It is important that an active manager can demonstrate their ability to beat the market, i.e. to make more than the market in rising markets and to give less money back in falling markets. For this reason, whenever we show our performance, we do so relative to our comparator benchmark. As active managers our only interest is outperforming this benchmark to add value for our investors. Find out about the rewards and the risks of investing in equities

Our Global approach means we can look into every corner of the world for opportunities, unconstrained by geography. We only select 25 - 35 stocks at a time, which allows us to invest only in what our research and analysis identify as companies with the best prospects for outperformance. There are a lot of stocks out there, so it is important we focus only on the best possible companies available.

Our investment team comprises six highly experienced professionals who company-wide focus solely on a universe of less than 100 high-quality companies. This enables each member of the team to spend significant time analysing each potential investment.

It is for this reason we believe our understanding of our investee companies is second to none. What is more, all our research is our own. This means we generate our own understanding of each company based on proprietary research, raising conviction in our conclusions and allowing us to make better informed investment decisions.

We run a concentrated portfolio of 25 - 35 stocks, for three very clear reasons:

• We only want to invest in the best stocks, as identified by our proprietary analysis
• We want to differentiate ourselves from our competitors in the market, so we can deliver better-than-average returns
• Each investment in a stock will be meaningful and can positively impact performance