Our philosophy and process
- The strategy is conviction-based with no sector constraints and few regional constraints; it has a higher exposure to UK securities than our Global Equity strategy. A constantly evolving and forward-looking approach seeks to anticipate change, manage risk, and identify opportunities.
- Material and relevant ESG risks, issues and opportunities are considered as part of the investment process.
- Every time we consider a security or look at an industry or country, it’s in the context of what’s happening across the world. We believe the investment landscape is shaped over the long term by some key trends, and we use a range of global investment themes to capture these.
Investment team
Our Global Equity (50/50) strategy is managed by a team with a wide range of backgrounds and varied experience. Our investment team of research analysts and portfolio managers works together across regions and sectors, helping to ensure that our investment process is highly flexible. Guided by our global investment themes, we seek to identify opportunities and risks through research and debate.
- 30
- years’ average investment experience
- 19
- years’ average time at Newton
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Bhavin Shah
Portfolio manager, multi-asset team
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Simon Nichols
Portfolio manager, global opportunities team
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Paul Flood
Head of mixed assets investment
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Hilary Meades
Head of charities investment
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Oliver Larminie
Portfolio manager, charities and specialist institutions
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Tim Wilson
Portfolio manager, multi-asset team
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Alison El-Araby
Portfolio manager, multi-asset team
Strategy profile
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Objective
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The strategy seeks to outperform a 50% UK equity and 50% international equity index by 1-2% per annum over rolling 5-year periods by achieving long-term capital growth from a portfolio of global securities.
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Performance benchmark
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50% UK equities (FTSE All-Share) and 50% international equities (1/3 FTSE AW North America, 1/3 FTSE AW Europe ex UK, 1/3 FTSE AW Asia Pacific)
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Typical number of equity holdings
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60 to 110
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Strategy inception
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Composite inception: 1 January 1996
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Strategy available through pooled UK vehicle
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BNY Mellon 50/50 Global Equity Fund
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Your capital may be at risk. The value of investments and the income from them can fall as well as rise and investors may not get back the original amount invested.
Newton will make investment decisions that are not based solely on ESG considerations. Other attributes of an investment may outweigh ESG considerations when making investment decisions. The way that ESG considerations are assessed may vary depending on the asset class and strategy involved. The research team performs ESG quality reviews on equity securities prior to their addition to Newton’s research recommended list (RRL). ESG quality reviews are not performed for all fixed income securities. The portfolio managers may purchase equity securities that are not included on the RRL and which do not have ESG quality reviews. Not all securities held by Newton’s strategies have an ESG quality review completed prior to investment, although since 2020 it has been a requirement for all (single name) equity securities to have an ESG quality review before they are purchased for the first time.