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Investment Process
The principal driver of the UK & International Growth’s investment process is the “top down” asset management approach. We analyse major economic and geopolitical events, which influence the entire market, as well as ongoing investment themes. By determining these factors we then allocate industry sector weightings around our benchmark index. This provides us with the flexibility to take modest positions against the indices whilst providing a disciplined and diversified approach leading to more consistent investment returns over time.
This combination reduces the volatility, and inherent risk, that comes with investing in equities and displays a bias towards a longer term investment horizon.
We finally look at stock specific research within these sectors and our size and independence translates into nimbleness in the portfolio management process. We believe high quality research is the key driver to out performance and Charles Stanley provides the team with access to the best internal and external data available which is then interpreted and acted upon.