Mike Appleby

Liontrust IP is an active manager which seeks to find investment opportunities that can sustain or improve their market share over the long-term. The firm’s investment approach is rooted in fundamental, bottom-up research and independent analysis. Investment opportunities are considered by and then debated within the investment team against several macro and micro factors.

AIGSL is an active, research-oriented manager which invests in all major asset classes including equity, fixed-income, real estate and cash. They also have expertise in SRI and alternative investments. The firm manages equity funds and fixed-income funds, following long-only and hedged strategies. They specialize in UK-related markets and share research globally throughout Aviva divisions. AIGSL employs a bottom-up investment process based on fundamental financial analysis and valuation and informed by top-down macro-economic research. They select stock by focusing on favorable industry sectors and utilize a dividend discount model. Determinant criteria include return on assets, price-to-book ratio and a low historical price-to-earnings ratio.

LIL’s investment process includes the objective, strategy, implementation and review. The firm’s fund management teams use distinct and rigorous investment process in managing their funds. They invest worldwide and manage generalist, diversified portfolios spread across various sectors, managed both on a global and regional basis. LIL’s investment team seeks to create value for shareholders over the medium- to long-term, utilizing a top-down approach for asset allocation and a bottom-up approach for selecting ordinary shares. They monitor performance against relevant indexes, but do not track any index. The firm is primarily an equity investor.