The Fund aims to achieve long-term capital growth primarily through investment in equities issued by companies around the globe involved in gold mining. The Fund may also invest, up to one-third, in companies around the globe that are involved in mining for other precious metals and other minerals and metals.
Fund feature
A specialist, benchmark agnostic, gold equity fund
George Cheveley
Portfolio Manager
George is a portfolio manager and metals and mining specialist in the Natural Resources team. George...
Investment objective summary
The Fund aims to achieve long-term capital growth primarily through investment in equities issued by companies around the globe involved in gold mining. The Fund may also invest, up to one-third, in companies around the globe that are involved in mining for other precious metals and other minerals and metals.
Fund feature
A specialist, benchmark agnostic, gold equity fund
George Cheveley
Portfolio Manager
George is a portfolio manager and metals and mining specialist in the Natural Resources team. George is a portfolio manager for the Global Gold strategy and co-portfolio manager for the Natural Resources strategy. He covers all aspects of metals and mining supply and demand including, most recently, the impact of renewable energy and electric vehicles on metals demand.
Prior to joining the firm, George was a market analyst for three years at BHP Billiton, working in The Hague and Singapore. He was recruited to BHP Billiton in 2004 from CRU (Commodities Research Unit), an independent metals/chemicals related research company based in London. At CRU, he spent three years in the Carbon Steel team and five years as a Research Manager – Copper, providing in-depth research and forecasts to the industry, banks and hedge funds. George began his career in 1990 in operations at British Steel Strip Products, working for three years in the Tinplate division.
George graduated from the University of Oxford in 1989 with an honours degree in Classics and in 1995 was awarded a Master of Business Administration from Warwick University.
Top & bottom region weightings vs comparative index (%)
Top & bottom sector weightings vs comparative index (%)
Top & bottom stock weightings vs comparative index (%)
Top holdings (%)
Portfolio statistics
Fund
Index
Canada
45.3
Australia
21.5
United States
18.5
South Africa
11.6
United Kingdom
1.7
Cayman Islands
China*
Colombia
Hong Kong
Mexico
Peru
Taiwan
Cash
1.4
*Offshore and/or Mainland
Geographic breakdown (%)
Canada
Fund: 45.3%
Index: 53.9%
Australia
Fund: 21.5%
Index: 8.5%
United States
Fund: 18.5%
Index: 18.1%
South Africa
Fund: 11.6%
Index: 5.1%
United Kingdom
Fund: 1.7%
Index: 6.7%
Cayman Islands
Fund: 0%
Index: 1.6%
China*
Fund: 0%
Index: 3.5%
Colombia
Fund: 0%
Index: 0.1%
Hong Kong
Fund: 0%
Index: 0.9%
Mexico
Fund: 0%
Index: 0.1%
Peru
Fund: 0%
Index: 1%
Taiwan
Fund: 0%
Index: 0.5%
Cash
Fund: 1.4%
Index: 0%
*Offshore and/or Mainland
Sector breakdown (%)
Gold
Fund: 88.4%
Index: 93.4%
Silver
Fund: 7.3%
Index: 4.6%
Precious Metals & Minerals
Fund: 2.4%
Index: 0.1%
Diversified Metals & Mining
Fund: 0.5%
Index: 1.8%
Cash
Fund: 1.4%
Index: 0%
Top & bottom region weightings vs comparative index (%)
Australia
13.2%
South Africa
6.5%
Colombia
-0.1%
Brazil
-0.3%
United Kingdom
-0.4%
Peru
-1%
China
-4.5%
United States
-5.7%
Canada
-9%
Top & bottom sector weightings vs comparative index (%)
Silver
2.3%
Precious Metals & Minerals
2.3%
Diversified Metals & Mining
-1.3%
Gold
-4.7%
Top & bottom stock weightings vs comparative index (%)
Northern Star Resources Ltd
3%
Eldorado Gold Corp
2.7%
Evolution Mining Ltd
2.6%
Discovery Silver Corp
2.5%
OceanaGold Corp
2.4%
Kinross Gold Corp
-3.8%
Franco-Nevada Corp
-4.7%
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp
-6.3%
Newmont Corp
-7.8%
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd
-9.7%
Top holdings (%)
Barrick Mining Corp
9.2%
Anglogold Ashanti Plc
7.1%
Gold Fields Ltd
5.6%
Northern Star Resources Ltd
5%
Newmont Corp
4.8%
Evolution Mining Ltd
4.5%
Pan American Silver Corp
4.4%
Royal Gold Inc
4.3%
Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd
3.7%
Endeavour Mining Plc
3.5%
Portfolio statistics
Number of equity holdings: 37
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