The Latitude Global Fund

A high conviction, long-term global equity portfolio

Launch date - 23.09.20
Base Currency - GBP
Legal structure - Irish Domiciled UCITS Fund
Dealing - Daily

Data as of 30.11.24 - Share Class (GBP Acc)

£1.693

NAV per share

£339m

Fund Assets

25

Holdings
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Investment Objective

The Latitude Global Fund follows a focused, style agnostic approach to equity investment. By combining fundamental internal research with disciplined portfolio construction we have achieved strong returns for our clients to date, throughout market cycles.

Key Facts

  • High conviction, style agnostic
  • Large cap, liquid investments
  • Concentrated - typically 25-35 positions
  • Globally diverse
  • Seeking strong returns through market cycles

By Contacting

Details

Patrick Valentine
patrick.valentine@latitudeim.com

+44 (0)20 7087 9278
The Fund's Administrator, NT
oriel_ta@ntrs.com

+353 1 434 5178

Institutional Investors

Primary Shareclasses (No minimum)

Share Class

ISIN Code

Sedol Code

GBP Acc - Class P
IE00BMT7RH14
BMT7RH1
GBP Inc - Class P
IE00BMT7RG07
BMT7RG0
Institutional Shareclasses (Minimum GBP 1m)

Share Class

ISIN Code

Sedol Code

GBP Acc - Class I
IE00BMT7RM66
BMT7RM6
GBP Inc - Class I
IE00BMT7RL59
BMT7RL5
Additional information (click on any of the titles below to view the relevent document)

private investors

There are three ways for you to invest.

a) The simplest way to invest is through the following retail platforms:

b) Through your existing bank, stockbroker or IFA quoting one of the following share class identifiers:

Share Class

ISIN Code

Sedol Code

GBP Acc
IE00BMT7RH14
BMT7RH1
GBP Inc
IE00BMT7RG07
BMT7RG0
c) If you wish to invest directly with Latitude please contact us for more information (Minimum GBP 1m):

01 February 2020 Commentary

The coronavirus was a highly unpredictable event, yet investors always knew that something would cause a recession to interrupt the present bull market. Since late 2018 there have been a number of warning signs including: the Fed overtightening of interest rates, the yield curve inverting, and the New York Fed Probability of Recession Model, which has been right each time since 1968.

Economic and earnings forecasts, which are of little use at the best of times, are hopeless at present while the cloud of uncertainty is heaviest. Financial markets are the best predictors of recession, in large part due to their reflexive nature. As they fall investors and consumers lose confidence, making a recession ever more likely, leading markets to potentially fall further. It is this confidence spiral which needs to end in order for markets to find a floor – either through policy intervention (by directly addressing the virus, or financial markets to a lesser extent), or through stocks falling further and finding a clearing price

Despite the fall, equities are still expensive compared to historic levels while, concurrently, they are incredibly attractive compared to most alternatives. This gap between the fair value implied by historic valuations (10-20% lower) and the fair value justified by a lower opportunity cost from owning cash or bonds (c.50% higher) is an ever widening no man’s land filled with fog. It is our view that markets are likely to fall lower towards their historic valuations until such time as clarity prevails, when the upper bounds of possibility will reassert themselves. As a result we trimmed our equity allocation and increased our cash holding recently, and will be looking for further market weakness as an opportunity to initiate new positions.

Bond yields are now effectively zero across the world and, even if earnings fall 20%, stock markets will have an earnings yield of 5% at today’s prices. These earnings are implicitly inflation protected and will grow through time, at least in line with GDP. Many individual stocks which are potential investments for the Horizon Fund are already more attractively valued and offer higher potential growth.

The stock market is alive with opportunities, and it is the only remaining asset class with a long term positive expected return. In 2020 investors need to decide when, not if, to reallocate some of their portfolios to equities.

NB Markets are moving fast and stock markets have fallen again in March. To the 9th March the FTSE World Index (£) has fallen -9% and the fund is down -2%.

Fact Sheet

Key info

Tom Allison
Head of Private Credit
AIG Investments

Georgina Cadbury
Chairman
James Alpha Holdings, LLC

Jonathan Elkington
Head of Equities
Goldman Sachs LLP

Max Lami
Head of Options
Merill Lynch NYC

Gordon Moore

William Noortman

Crispin Odey

Waleed Saigol

Jonathan Summers

Jane Tufnell

Hugo van Vredenburch

Suzi Williams

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This is for professional clients and eligible counterparties and their Professional Advisors only, this is not to be marketed to Retail Clients or the General Public. Past performance is neither an indication or guarantee as to future performance. All investments may go down as well as up and you may not get back to total value of your investment. The return information is net of management and performance fees, but gross of taxation. Acquiring units may expose an investor to a significant risk of losing the entire amount invested. Please seek advice from your FCA regulated Investment Advisor, before making any investment decisions.

Where this communication constitutes a financial promotion/marketing communication it is issued and only made available to, and directed at, (a) persons who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Order”) or (b) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(1) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). This communication is written for the benefit of the categories of persons described above. It is not addressed to any other person and may not be used by them for any purposes whatsoever. Furthermore, this communication must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons.

Any investment or investment activity to which this communication relates is only available to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons.

This is an Undertaking for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) regulated by Central Bank of Ireland (CBI). The information herein was obtained from various sources. We do not guarantee its accuracy. This information is for your private information and is for discussion purposes only. A variety of market factors and assumptions may affect this analysis, and this analysis does not reflect all possible loss scenarios. There is no certainty that the parameters and assumptions used in this analysis can be duplicated with actual investments. Any historical examples which appear are not necessarily indicative of future investments. Neither the information, recommendations or opinions expressed herein constitutes an offer to buy or sell the specified investment product. Foreign currencies denominated investments are subject to fluctuations in exchange rates that could have a positive or adverse effect on the investor’s return.

Unless otherwise stated, any pricing information in this presentation is indicative only and is subject to change. Prior to undertaking any investment, you should discuss with your professional tax, accounting or other adviser how such a particular investment(s) affect you and whether it is suitable. The fund is not registered in all jurisdictions and you must check it is registered in your country before investing. All analysis (whether in respect of tax, accounting, law or of any other nature), should be treated as illustrative only and not relied upon as accurate.This product may place your capital at risk; return figures quoted may not display all the short and long term prospects for the investment.

This document is being made available by Latitude Investment Management LLP (FRN# 774437) which is Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Latitude Global Fund, a sub- fund of Waystone UCITS Platform ICAV (An Irish collective asset-management vehicle constituted as an umbrella fund with segregated liability between sub-funds with registration number C141639 and authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland pursuant to the European Communities [Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities]). Regulations 2011 (as amended). Management Company and Investment Management services provided by Waystone Investment Management Services (Europe) Limited.
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