GF Tortoise Fund
The Liontrust GF Tortoise Fund is a long/short global equity fund, lead managed by Matthew Smith and co-managed by Tom Morris. The Fund is actively managed using a combination of long equity positions and short CFD positions.
Awards and ratings
Sauren Fund Manager Rating: Double Gold
Matthew Smith
Morningstar Sustainability Rating: 4
Meet the team
Matthew Smith and Tom Morris both joined Liontrust in April 2022 as part of the acquisition of Majedie Asset Management and are members of the Global Fundamental team. Matthew has 28 years’ experience managing funds. Prior to joining Majedie in 2006, Matthew had worked at Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and NPI. Tom joined Majedie as an Analyst on the graduate programme in 2009 and also co-manages the LF Liontrust Global Equity and LF Liontrust Global Focus funds.
Performance
Performance since fund launch date
Discrete performance (%)
| As at previous quarter 12 months ending: | Mar 22 | Mar 21 | Mar 20 | Mar 19 | Mar 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liontrust GF Tortoise | 3.7 | 59.9 | -21.4 | -1.5 | -10.7 |
Cumulative performance (%)
| As at previous day end | 1 month | 3 months | 6 months | YTD | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | Since Inception |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liontrust GF Tortoise | 2.0 | 2.8 | 18.0 | 15.5 | 8.2 | 48.7 | 23.8 | 79.9 | 183.2 |
Key features of the Fund
The Fund aims to achieve positive absolute returns in all market conditions through investment primarily in long and synthetic short positions in equities over rolling three-year periods with less volatility than a conventional long-only equity fund.
The Fund is actively managed. The Fund is managed with reference to a benchmark in the context of performance fees only. The Fund will hold a maximum of 60 long positions, representing an overall net position of up to 100% of NAV. No more than 10% of the NAV will be invested in any one security. The long positions will be achieved by direct purchases of equities using the assets of the Fund.
The Fund will hold a maximum of 60 short positions, which may represent up to 100% of the NAV, and each synthetic short position held will not exceed 10% of the NAV. The synthetic short positions will ordinarily be achieved by the use of contracts for differences placed with approved counterparties and will be financed out of the assets of the Fund.
Investments will primarily be in equity securities listed on eligible markets or exchanges located in EEA Member States, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland or the United States of America. However, the Fund may invest in the equity securities of companies incorporated anywhere in the world. The Fund will not invest more than 20% of its Net Asset Value in equity securities of companies incorporated in emerging markets as determined by the Investment Manager. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its NAV in other collective investment schemes. For the avoidance of doubt, such other collective investment schemes include money market funds invested in for cash management purposes. There is no policy to restrict investment to particular economic sectors.
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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. The Fund may invest in derivatives. The use of derivatives may create leverage or gearing. A relatively small movement in the value of a derivative's underlying investment may have a larger impact, positive or negative, on the value of a fund than if the underlying investment was held instead.
Disclaimer
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