Global Responsible Managed Fund

The Fund invests in shares (also known as equities) and bonds of companies and issuers, in any industry, in any country. The Fund also invests in developed market G7 government bonds. The Investment Manager seeks to identify companies with attractive long-term business models offering the potential for good capital returns over the long term. The equity element of the fund consists of one underlying allocation of UK shares and one underlying allocation of global shares. The allocation of Global shares in the Fund will invest in companies that derive at least 50% of their revenues from products and services that are considered by the Investment Manager as contributing to positive environmental or social change and thereby have an impact on the development of a sustainable global economy.

The Fund may also invest in other assets including cash.The Investment Manager may use derivatives (complex financial instruments) to reduce risk or to manage the Fund more efficiently.
The Fund is managed with reference to the IA Mixed Investment 40 - 85% Shares sector average, which is based on a peer group of broadly similar funds, as this limits the level of exposure the Fund may have to company Shares. The Investment Manager has a high degree of freedom to choose individual investments for the Fund and to vary allocations between asset types.

As an additional means of assessing the performance of the Fund, its Composite Index (50% MSCI World ex UK, 25% FTSE All-Share Index, 12.5% Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Corporate Unhedged GBP, and 12.5% Bloomberg Barclays Sterling Aggregate Unhedged GBP), which is broadly representative of the mix of assets to which the Fund is typically exposed may also provide a useful comparator