SVS Aubrey Europe Ex UK Fund

Overview

The Aubrey Europe Ex UK Fund was launched in 2021 and is run in parallel with the segregated European mandate and Aubrey European Conviction Fund, excluding UK holdings.

The businesses we invest in are typically not those which represent the major proportion of the European market index, e.g. banking, oil, pharmaceuticals. Our portfolios are 95% ‘active’ i.e. only 5% overlap with the index. We are investing not in those mature companies whose best growth is past but in the leaders of the future, companies that are delivering quite astounding levels of innovation. These are typically mid-sized, specialist niche companies, which are facilitating big changes in the way industries operate, energy is provided, and consumers live their lives.

We are signatories to the UN supported Principles for Responsible Investment, and have an extremely strong internal ESG process, with all investments scrutinised and scored against multiple sustainability criteria, based on the principles of the UN Global Compact in relation to Human Rights, Labour, Environment, Anti-Bribery and Corruption. We invest with the foremost aim that our companies should do no harm, and indeed, have a positive societal impact.

Investment Objective & Policy

The Fund aims to achieve capital growth over the long term (5 years plus) and will invest at least 80% in equities and equity related securities of companies listed on the stock exchanges of European countries (excluding UK). The Investment Manager’s focus is on investing in strong, stable and competitive businesses exhibiting high earnings growth, sound balance sheets with a minimum market capitalisation of EUR500m. As part of its investment process, the Investment Manager integrates environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors into its routine analysis.