The objective of the Sub-Fund is to achieve a balance between capital growth and income predominantly from a portfolio of UK and international securities. The Sub-Fund may also invest in derivative instruments, forward transactions and collective investment schemes.
General information
Total net assets (million)
£ 1,812.76
Historic yield (%)
3.2
IMA sector
Balanced Managed
Lipper sector
LGC - Mixed Asset Sterling Agg - Global
Index
see performance note
Fund domicile
UK
Fund type
ICVC
Fund manager
Iain Stewart
Alternate
Matthew Brown
Base currency
GBP
Currencies available
GBP
Key dates
Fund launch
04 Nov 1986
Close of financial year
30 Jun
Distributions
28 Feb, 31 Aug
Dealing
09:00 to 17:00 each business day
Valuation point: 12:00 London time
Fund Specific Important Information
Performance Note: The fund benchmark is the WM Private Client Balanced Index. For comparison purposes all performance returns are shown against a composite index comprising 35% FTSE All-Share, 50% FTSE World ex UK and 15% FTSE A British Gov’t All Stocks. Performance attribution is shown against the WM Private Client Balanced Index.
Source: Lipper as at 31 May 2010. Total return including income net of UK tax and annual charges, but excluding initial charge.
All figures are in sterling terms. The impact of the initial charge, which may be up to 4%, can be material on the performance of your investment. Performance figures including the initial charge are available upon request. Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
Fund
26.3%
-4.1%
4.1%
5.6%
22.0%
Performanceto
Sterling income shares
Fund
Index
Sector
Ranking
No. of funds in sector
Quartile rank
Source: Lipper as at 31 May 2010. Total return including income net of UK tax and annual charges, but excluding initial charge. For comparison, please note that the index quoted is gross of tax. All figures are in sterling terms. The impact of the initial charge, which may be up to 4%, can be material on the performance of your investment. Performance figures including the initial charge are available upon request. Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
1 month
-3.64
-4.19
-4.41
31
156
1
3 months
-0.82
0.78
0.61
140
151
4
6 months
0.74
5.32
3.74
144
149
4
YTD
-0.96
2.32
0.83
136
150
4
1 year
14.39
22.95
18.54
126
145
4
3 years
14.36
1.03
-5.72
7
119
1
5 years
51.61
37.21
28.62
8
96
1
3 years annualised
4.57
0.34
-2.04
7
119
1
5 years annualised
8.67
6.53
5.06
8
96
1
Calendar Performance
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Source: Lipper as at 31 May 2010. Total return including income net of UK tax and annual charges, but excluding initial charge. For comparison, please note that the index quoted is gross of tax. All figures are in sterling terms. The impact of the initial charge, which may be up to 4%, can be material on the performance of your investment. Performance figures including the initial charge are available upon request. Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
Fund
17.92
8.78
14.05
-4.08
14.46
Sector
20.29
10.18
4.50
-21.48
20.15
Quartile Rank
4
3
1
1
4
Performance record over 5 years
Source: Lipper as at 31 May 2010. Total return including income net of UK tax and annual charges, but excluding initial charge. For comparison, please note that the index quoted is gross of tax. All figures are in sterling terms. The impact of the initial charge, which may be up to 4%, can be material on the performance of your investment. Performance figures including the initial charge are available upon request. Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
51.61
Newton Balanced
28.62
Balanced Managed Sector
Asset allocation
Asset allocation - industry
Absolute contribution - top 5
Stock level contributors
%
Sprint Nextel Corp
0.18
ETFS Physical Gold (GBP)
0.16
Gold Fields Ltd
0.09
ETFS Physical Gold (AUD)
0.09
Tele Norte Leste Participacoes
0.08
Top 10 holdings
%
Vodafone Group PLC
4.1
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
3.7
Norway (Kingdom of) 6.5% 15/05/2013
3.2
BP PLC
2.6
ETFS Physical Gold
2.3
Royal Dutch Shell PLC
2.0
Newcrest Mining Ltd
1.9
ETFS Agriculture DJ-AIGCISM
1.7
Millicom Intl Cellular
1.5
BHP Billiton PLC
1.4
Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time without notice. The information provided is for illustrative purposes only and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell any security.
