The Fund
The Fund aims to achieve capital growth over the long term (five years or more) through investment in sustainable securities, predominantly consisting of US equities.
You are able to redeem your investment from the Fund at any time and there is no exit fee for doing so.
"The US is home to some of the world’s most innovative companies. Sustainability considerably lags Europe and the UK and the opportunity for growth over the long term is very strong."
Meet the team
Chris Foster, Simon Clements and Peter Michaelis joined Liontrust in April 2017 as part of the acquisition of Alliance Trust Investments (ATI). Chris joined ATI through the management training programme after graduating with a First Class Honours degree in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Edinburgh. Chris is a CFA Charterholder. Prior to managing funds and ATI for five years, Simon spent 12 years at Aviva Investors where latterly he was Head of Global Equities. Peter has been managing money in Sustainable and Responsible Investment for over 20 years when he was promoted to lead Portfolio Manager at Aviva Investors, before being made Head of Sustainable and Responsible Investment.
Performance
As the share class has been in existence for less than one discrete year as at the previous quarter end, there is insufficient data to provide an indication of past performance.
Key features of the Fund
The Fund aims to achieve capital growth over the long term (five years or more) through investment in sustainable securities, predominantly consisting of US equities.
The Fund is not expected to have any exposure to financial derivative instruments in normal circumstances, but the Investment Adviser may on occasion, where it deems it appropriate in seeking to achieve the investment objective of the Fund, use financial derivative instruments (namely futures, options and total return swaps) for efficient portfolio management, for investment purposes and/or hedging purposes. Further details are set out under the heading “Use of Derivatives” below. The use of financial derivative instruments may, at times, result in the Fund being substantially invested in short term Money Market Instruments (as described below) and/or cash to support such exposures.
In normal conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its Net Asset Value in US equities and the Investment Adviser aims to hold a diversified portfolio of such equities which will not be constrained by industries or the size of issuers. US equities are those which, at the time of purchase, are incorporated, domiciled, listed or conduct significant business in the US. However, the Investment Adviser may decide to hold a more concentrated portfolio at certain times (i.e. where market factors dictate or at times of significant subscriptions and redemptions in the Fund) and it is possible that a substantial portion of the Fund could be invested in cash or Money Market Instruments. In addition the Fund may invest in exchange traded funds (which are classified as collective investment schemes) and other open-ended collective investment schemes. No more than 10% of the Net Asset Value of the Fund will be invested in aggregate in open-ended collective investment schemes. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its Net Asset Value in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) domiciled in the US and they are not considered an investment by the Fund in open-ended collective investment schemes but rather an investment in equity securities which are considered transferable securities. The Fund may invest in closed-ended funds domiciled in the United Kingdom and/or the EU that qualify as transferable securities and any such investment will be subject to the relevant UCITS investment restrictions relating to investment in transferable securities. Investment in closed-ended funds will be used where the closed-ended fund aligns to the objectives and policies of the Fund. Investment in closed-ended funds will further be confined to schemes which are considered by the Investment Adviser to be relatively liquid in nature and such an investment shall constitute an investment in a transferable security in accordance with the requirements of the Central Bank. Investment in closed-ended funds is not expected to comprise a significant portion of the Fund’s Net Asset Value and will not typically exceed 10% of the Fund’s Net Asset Value.
The Benchmark is a broad US equity index that represents large and mid-cap equity performance across the US markets. With over 600 constituents, the Benchmark covers part of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in the US.
For more information on the OCF, see our costs and charges page.
Additional resources
The Sustainable team’s Annual Review measures the impact of their investments and analyses the success of their engagement initiatives.
The Sustainable team’s latest Engagement and Voting Review covers the work done to drive improvement in the businesses held across the Sustainable Future funds and progress made on proactive engagement initiatives during 2021.
Learn more about how Liontrust is complying with the SFDR requirements.
Liontrust Sustainable Future Funds
Fund Manager Insights
Peter Michaelis
Chris Foster & Harriet Parker
How to invest in Liontrust funds
Key Risks
Past performance is not a guide to future performance. The value of an investment and the income generated from it can fall as well as rise and is not guaranteed. You may get back less than you originally invested. The issue of units/shares in Liontrust Funds may be subject to an initial charge, which will have an impact on the realisable value of the investment, particularly in the short term. Investments should always be considered as long term.
Investment in the Fund involves foreign currencies and may be subject to fluctuations in value due to movements in exchange rates.
Disclaimer
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This should not be construed as advice for investment in any product or security mentioned, an offer to buy or sell units/shares of Funds mentioned, or a solicitation to purchase securities in any company or investment product. Examples of stocks are provided for general information only to demonstrate our investment philosophy. The investment being promoted is for units in a fund, not directly in the underlying assets. It contains information and analysis that is believed to be accurate at the time of publication, but is subject to change without notice. Whilst care has been taken in compiling the content of this document, no representation or warranty, express or implied, is made by Liontrust as to its accuracy or completeness, including for external sources (which may have been used) which have not been verified. It should not be copied, forwarded, reproduced, divulged or otherwise distributed in any form whether by way of fax, email, oral or otherwise, in whole or in part without the express and prior written consent of Liontrust.
