Ellerston Capital
Manager Overview
Ellerston Capital is a specialist investment manager providing a range of innovative equity and alternative strategies. As a firm majority owned by its principals and employees, our clients' objectives are our objectives. Ellerston Capital has been managing money since 2002 and manages over $5 billion in long only Australian, global and Asian equities, Australian market neutral, global macro, global long-short equity and private equity strategies. The Manager's investment products are designed to take advantage of the strengths and capabilities of our experienced investment team and also the opportunities which we feel exist in the market place.
Manager's responsible investing approach
Ellerston Capital integrates consideration of labour standards or social, environmental or ethical considerations through a proprietary and multi-step approach to ESG embedded throughout the investment process in the selection, retention or realisation of investments. Ellerston believes that incorporating ESG considerations into the investment process of its products can lead to more informed and holistic investment decision-making and better investment outcomes for its clients.
Ellerston Capital's commitment to responsible investing is outlined approach to practising responsible investing which comprises of four key components:
- Integration of ESG considerations in the investment process: research, analysis, investment decision making, ongoing monitoring and divestment;
- Portfolio screening: negative and positive;
- Stewardship: engagement with companies in our investible universe and those included in our portfolios (and all relevant stakeholders), participation in industry working groups and undertaking proxy voting appropriately;
- Transparency: full disclosure of our portfolio holdings on a bi-annual basis and annual publication of our Stewardship Report.
Ellerston Capital recognizes its fiduciary obligation to act in the best interests of all clients, and good and effective stewardship of its client's investments is an important aspect of achieving its obligation.
Funds
Ellerston Global Mid Small Cap Fund (Class B)
Strategy Summary
The investment objective of the Fund is to generate a 3% outperformance over the MSCI World Mid Cap Index net return (NR)(AUD) over a rolling 5 year period with a focus on risk management and capital preservation. The Fund aims to achieve this by investing in a concentrated portfolio primarily targeting between 20 and 40 Securities with a global mid small cap bias. The Fund will be denominated in Australian dollars and currency exposures will be generally unhedged.
Key Terms
| Status: | Hard closed | Inception Date: | Nov 2014 |
| Strategy: | Equity Long | Style: | Blend |
| Geography: | Global | Domicile: | Australia |
| Investors: | Wholesale | Min. Investment: | AU$25000 |
| Mgmt. Fee: | 0.75% | Perf. Fee: | 10% |