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Guinness Global Money Managers Fund

The Guinness Global Money Managers strategy gives exposure to the growth potential of companies in the asset management sector.

Overview

The Guinness Global Money Managers strategy gives exposure to the growth potential of companies in the asset management sector.

We believe that, over the long term, asset management companies can grow their earnings faster than the general equity markets. Successful asset management businesses can grow very rapidly, particularly in rising markets, offering the potential to outperform the market (offer higher beta). Their risk-return characteristics are especially attractive from a shareholder’s point of view, since they tend to require relatively little capital to grow. Asset management is also a growing global sector: assets under management are rising faster than underlying equity markets.

Compared to other financial sectors (especially banks), money management companies tend to have very low gearing, reducing balance sheet risk. The sector typically exhibits high free cashflow, which translates into higher dividend yields on average than the broad equity market.

If you believe that global equity markets are set on a path of reasonable long-term growth, in an environment of rising global invested assets, a diversified portfolio of listed asset managers can play a useful role in your portfolio.

 

Investment Team

High quality funds are run by high quality people.

We are proud of our collegial culture, with teams across the business benefiting from each other’s expertise as they target long-term returns for investors.

Will Riley

Will Riley

Portfolio Manager, Specialist Team

Awards & Ratings

We have a firm commitment to delivering the very best. That commitment is reflected in the awards we have received, some of which are shown below.

 


 

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Guinness Global Money Managers Fund

BEST FUND OVER 3 YEARS
Lipper - Equity Sector Banks & Other Financials

How to Invest

We aim to make it simple to invest in our funds. All our funds are open to direct investment via an application form. They are widely available on investment platforms and are eligible for UK investors’ ISAs and SIPPs.

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Investment Case

Our process starts with identifying the global investment universe of companies engaged in asset management services. Most of these companies are chiefly involved in asset management; however, we also look at associated services such as custody banks and stock exchanges. We analyse the universe regularly for companies which look attractive on valuation, return on investment, earnings sentiment and price momentum. Put simply, we are looking for good companies that are attractively valued where investor sentiment is improving and investor buying is occurring. For the asset managers, we add an important fifth criterion: superior underlying asset management performance. This process is designed to give us a portfolio of reasonable value, good quality, successful asset management companies with the potential to provide a shareholder return in excess of the broad equity market.

Stock ideas are taken from our screens and subjected to due diligence, centred around detailed financial modelling, to establish whether we have conviction to include the stock in our portfolio. The portfolio comprises 30 broadly equally weighted positions without reference to a benchmark.

In brief: why invest in a fund of asset managers?


 

High returns on capital

Successful asset management companies can grow using relatively little capital. Overall shareholder returns can therefore be very high.
 

Growing global sector.

Global conventional assets under management are growing faster than world equity returns, supporting growing revenues in the sector
 

Low balance sheet risk

Money management companies tend to have very low gearing versus other financial sectors (especially banks), reducing balance sheet risk.
 

Above average dividend yield

The sector typically exhibits high free cashflow, which translates into higher dividend yields on average than the broad equity market.
 

Higher beta

The sector has the potential to outperform the market (capture higher beta) during periods of market strength, particularly in equities.

Investment case for a portfolio of asset managers

Asset managers have a number of characteristics which make them particularly interesting from a shareholders point of view.
 

High returns on capital

A key attraction of the money management industry is that successful companies can enjoy both very high rates of return on capital (not much is required) and a growth rate higher than the underlying investment returns as additional assets are raised. Overall shareholder returns can therefore be very high.
 

Growing global sector

The value of assets under management globally has grown faster than the performance of equity markets. Since 1990, new investable companies and increasing personal wealth have helped grow conventional assets under management by 700%, versus world equity returns of 150%. We expect this trend to continue. An expanding pool of assets provides an attractive environment for good asset managers to grow.
 

Financials exposure with lower balance sheet risk

For investors who are concerned about the fragility of bank balance sheets globally, we believe this Fund gives exposure to the attractive growth and return attributes of the financial sector whilst lessening the balance sheet risk. The average gearing of the underlying companies held in the Fund has been consistently less than zero (i.e. overall net cash).
 

Above average dividends

Asset management companies often deliver high free cash flow, which translates into higher dividend yields on average than the broad equity market. The gross dividend yield paid by the companies in our universe of asset managers has been consistently higher than the MSCI World Index gross yield. (You should note that Guinness Global Money Managers Fund is managed for total returns, and has not paid out dividends to investors in the past. There is currently no intention to do so in the future.)
 

Higher beta

In periods of rising equity markets, asset management companies focusing on managing equities can enjoy a rising income without adding any new customers. They effectively provide a geared exposure to rising equity markets. So the Fund is a means for investors to capture higher beta during periods of market strength, particularly in equities.
 

Potential for rapid growth

A final interesting characteristic is that a successful asset management company can grow its business very rapidly if markets are rising and the underlying performance of its fund range is strong. To date we have had our best successes in the Fund by identifying and investing in this type of company.
 

Favourable environment for investing in asset management companies

If you believe that global equity markets are set on a path of reasonable long-term growth, albeit at likely lower returns than of old, and in an environment of rising global invested assets, a diversified portfolio of listed asset managers can play a useful role in your portfolio.

Investment process

We seek quality asset management companies at the right price.
 

Identifying high quality asset managers

Our process starts with identifying the global investment universe of companies engaged in asset management services. The majority of the universe comprises companies where asset management is the main activity; however, we also look at associated services such as custody banks and stock exchanges. We analyse the universe regularly for companies which look attractive on valuation, return on investment, earnings sentiment and price momentum. In plain English – good companies that are attractively valued where investor sentiment is improving and investor buying is occurring. For the asset managers, we add an important fifth criteria: superior underlying asset management performance. This process is designed to give us a portfolio of reasonable value, good quality, successful asset management companies which we hope will provide a shareholder return in excess of the broad equity market.
 

Stock due diligence

Stock ideas are taken from our screens. We then conduct due diligence to establish whether we have conviction to include the stock in our portfolio. The due diligence centres around detailed financial modelling.

Portfolio construction


 

Equal-weight approach

The portfolio comprises 30 broadly equally weighted positions. Our equal-weight portfolio construction approach is designed to create the best balance between maintaining fund concentration and managing stock-specific risk.  It also imposes a structural sell discipline: an existing position must be sold to purchase a new holding.
 

Sector weights

There is no benchmark adherence in the Fund’s sub-sector weights.

Portfolio risk controls


 

Stock specific risk

By constructing the fund of 30 broadly equally weighted positions, we avoid significant exposure to any one individual stock.

Emerging market exposure

Emerging market exposure is normally limited to 20% of the portfolio.
 

Liquidity

The portfolio is liquid, with 80% of the Fund normally invested in companies with a market capitalisation over US $500 million.
 

Currency

The Fund is not hedged from a currency perspective.

 

Factsheets

 

 

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KIIDS

 

 

Fund Class ISIN English French German Spanish Italian Swedish Finnish
Guinness Global Money Managers Fund C EUR Acc IE00BGHQF748
Guinness Global Money Managers Fund C GBP Acc IE00B64PRP62
Guinness Global Money Managers Fund C USD Acc IE00B3QW5Z07
Guinness Global Money Managers Fund I USD Acc IE00BMYPMW02
Guinness Global Money Managers Fund Y EUR Acc IE00B68GW162
Guinness Global Money Managers Fund Y GBP Acc IE00B7MJHM43
Guinness Global Money Managers Fund Y USD Acc IE00B3NSFR34

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Fund Class ISIN English French German Spanish Italian Swedish Finnish
Guinness Global Money Managers Fund Y USD Acc IE00B3NSFR34
Guinness Global Money Managers Fund Y EUR Acc IE00B68GW162
Guinness Global Money Managers Fund C EUR Acc IE00BGHQF748
Guinness Global Money Managers Fund C USD Acc IE00B3QW5Z07
Guinness Global Money Managers Fund C GBP Acc IE00B64PRP62
Guinness Global Money Managers Fund Y GBP Acc IE00B7MJHM43
Guinness Global Money Managers Fund I USD Acc IE00BMYPMW02

Documents

 

 

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Guinness Asset Management Funds plc - Prospectus

Guinness Asset Management Funds plc - Target Market Assessment

Guinness Asset Management Funds plc - UK Reporting Fund Status 2023

Guinness Global Money Managers Fund - Responsible Investment Factsheet

Fund Supplement

Guinness Asset Management Funds plc - Application Form

Fund Facts

For information on the Fund’s current investments, please see the latest factsheet available on the literature tab above.
 

Launch Date
Fund managers (start date)
Will Riley (31/12/2010)
Tim Guinness (31/12/2010)
Benchmark
MSCI World Index
IA sector
IA Financials and Financial Innovation
Structure
OEIC (UCITS)
Domicile
Ireland
Underlying currency
US Dollar
Pricing
Daily, forwards
Valuation
2300 Dublin time
Deal cut off time
1500 Dublin time
Administrator
Waystone Fund Administrators (IE) Limited
Custodian
Brown Brothers Harriman
UK Reporting Fund status
Yes
ISA Eligible
Yes

Share Classes

For full information on the share classes available for investment please refer to the Key Investor Information document.

 

Class OCF Max Initial Charge Min Investment ISIN SEDOL Bloomberg
C EUR Acc 1.99% 5% 0 IE00BGHQF748 BGHQF74 GUGLMCE ID
C GBP Acc 1.99% 5% 0 IE00B64PRP62 B64PRP6 GUGLMMC ID
C USD Acc 1.99% 5% 0 IE00B3QW5Z07 B3QW5Z0 GUGLMMB ID
I USD Acc 0.74% 0% 10,000,000 IE00BMYPMW02 BMYPMW0 GUGMMIU ID
Y EUR Acc 0.74% 5% 0 IE00B68GW162 B68GW16 GUGLMMD ID
Y GBP Acc 0.74% 5% 0 IE00B7MJHM43 B7MJHM4 GUGLMMX ID
Y USD Acc 0.74% 5% 0 IE00B3NSFR34 B3NSFR3 GUGLMME ID

Share Prices

The Funds are priced every working day at 23.00 Dublin time and updated here the following day.

 

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Guinness Global Money Managers Fund is an equity fund. Investors should be willing and able to assume the risks of equity investing. The Fund invests only in companies involved in asset management and other related industries; it is therefore susceptible to the performance of that one sector, and can be volatile. The value of an investment and the income from it can fall as well as rise as a result of market and currency movement; you may not get back the amount originally invested. Further details on the risk factors are included in the Fund’s documentation, available on our website.​ Past performance does not predict future returns.

Source FE fundinfo. Investors should note that fees and expenses are charged to the capital of the Fund. This reduces the return on your investment by an amount equivalent to the Ongoing Charges Figure (OCF). The current OCF for the share class used for the fund performance returns is 0.74%. Returns for share classes with a different OCF will vary accordingly. Transaction costs also apply and are incurred when a fund buys or sells holdings. The performance returns do not reflect any initial charge; any such charge will also reduce the return.