HL Select
Global Growth shares

Important information - The value of this fund can fall as well as rise so you could get back less than you invest. This information isn’t personal advice. If you're not sure whether an investment is suitable for your circumstances please contact us for personal advice. The HL Select Global Growth Shares fund is managed by our sister company HL Fund Managers Ltd.

The best opportunities, wherever we find them

The HL Select Global Growth Shares fund invests in the same type of high quality companies as our UK Growth fund, but on a global scale.

Long-term growth potential
The world is changing, and we believe only the strong can win over the long term, so we focus on high quality, financially robust businesses, who can drive their own growth.
Global advantage
Investing globally opens up new opportunities to find truly exceptional companies from a much bigger pool of choice. It also means no single economy affects the fund too much.
Superior insight
It’s your money. So we tell you exactly what we do with it, and why.

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Steve Clayton, Head of Equity Funds, speaks to an off-screen interviewer.

Steve: It really is about investing without compromises. We can look for the best business in every industry and pick them wherever we find them. The UK’s got fantastic companies of its own but we get more choice when we go globally.

Charlie Bonham, Equity Analyst, is on-screen.

Charlie B: We can shake off the shackles and we can go and invest anywhere that we like. We can really exploit the best investment opportunities that we see.

Steve Clayton continues.

Steve: There’ll be a big exposure to North American where we find lots of absolutely fabulous businesses. But we’ll be going over to Asia and Australasia as well. There’ll be a selection of European businesses and we’ll also take a few of the top picks that are in the HL Select UK Growth Shares fund and invest in those as well.

Charlie Huggins, Select Range Team, talks on camera.

Charlie H: We’re looking to own the best businesses we can, ultimately. Companies that we think can grow profit year after year. Where we think the profits in ten years’ time will be much higher than they are now. And in our view, that gives us the best chance of trying to grow our investors’ money in the long-term.

Steve Clayton continues.

Steve: Those businesses that have the ability to keep growing year in, year out, compounding their sales and their profits, tend to become much more valuable over time. In the short-term, we don’t know what the market is going to do, it can be quite random, but I the long run it takes notice of businesses that have grown. And that’s what we’re trying to benefit from.

The video cuts to Gareth Campbell, Equity Analyst.

Gareth: Very few companies actually fit the HL Select style, which automatically reduces the universe of investable companies quite dramatically. So we expect the portfolio will be concentrated.

Charlie Bonham continues.

Charlie B: A more concentrated fund certainly carries slightly more risk. But the way we counter that is to invest in very high quality stocks, with very strong balance sheets that means they can weather tough times and, hopefully, prosper extremely well in good times.

Amelia Nunn, Equity Analyst, speaks.

Amelia: We also write blogs to investors on what we’re doing and why. It’s their money and it’s really important that, if they want to, they can be kept up-to-date with what we’re doing.

Steve Clayton continues.

Steve: You’ll be able to see the whole portfolio. It’s there on the website 24/7. You can drill down on each individual name and read the rationale as to why we think this is a great business and why we’ve included it in the portfolio.

Amelia Nunn continues.

Amelia: The Global Growth fund is a concentrated portfolio of our best ideas. High-quality companies that we’ll invest in for the long-term.

Disclaimer: This video is not personal advice or a recommendation to invest. If you are unsure about the suitability of an investment, please seek advice. Investments can fall as well as rise in value, and you could get back less than you invest. The fund is a concentrated portfolio of shares and invests in emerging markets and smaller companies, all of which increase risk. Past performance is not a guide to the future. The HL Select Global Growth Fund is managed by our sister company, HL Fund Managers Ltd. Please read the key investor information before investing for more details of the risks and charges.

April 2019

An overview from the HL Select Global Growth Shares team

Companies in charge of their own destiny

If a business can keep growing reliably, compounding over a long time, it can increase its value many times over.

We’re looking for a virtuous circle of growth. Companies with fantastic products or services that are hard to copy generally have high profit margins and strong cash flows. This allows forward-thinking CEOs to keep debt low, ride out economic or political storms, re-invest back into their business and keep growing year after year.

We want to find these companies, wherever in the world they operate. We’ll then hold on to them as long as they keep doing it.

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The HL Select difference

We'll keep you updated every step of the way. You’ll know what we’ve bought, and why. And you’ll hear from us a least once a month through the HL Select Blog and email alerts.

Full portfolio breakdown

See every shareholding once dealt, not just the top 10
Find out exactly why each share made it into the portfolio
Up-to-date fund performance and breakdown

We can invest across the world, including higher-risk emerging markets, to find companies we believe are the very best. We might also invest in higher-risk smaller companies where we see excellent growth potential.

The fund will typically hold 30 to 40 companies. We want each investment to lift the fund when things go well, as we aim for higher returns. It works both ways though, so it’s a higher-risk approach.

Find out what we hold and why

New Holdings - Vulcan and Texas Pacific Land Trust

We’ve added a couple of businesses to the fund, using the fall in recent prices as an opportunity to own high quality businesses with unchanged long term growth opportunities. Read more

Fund changes

New Holdings - IDEXX Laboratories and Cryoport

Over the last few months we have added two new healthcare businesses to the portfolio, IDEXX Laboratories and Cryoport. Read more

Fund changes

What Does Quality Look Like?

Investing in the stock market is a fundamentally risky business. Wars, pandemics, recessions and straightforward corporate mistakes can all damage or destroy an investment’s value. Even the best-managed businesses can face challenges that hold them back. Read more

Managers' thoughts

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Low fixed annual fund charges

Net initial charge

0.6%

Ongoing fund charge
(OCF/TER)

0.45%

HL annual charge

1.05%

Total annual charge

The ongoing charge is taken directly from the fund. This covers the management of the fund and all expenses other than transactional fees, which all funds incur when shares are bought or sold.

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Costs and charges

The following charges are based on an investment of £5,000 within a Stocks and Shares ISA over 5 years assuming 5.00% growth.

Investment		£5,000.00
HL management charge	0.45%	£123.88
Investment charges		£178.78
Net initial charge including HL saving of 3%	0%	£0.00
Net ongoing charge	0.6%	£165.00
Incidental charges		£0.00
Transaction costs		£13.78
Total charges over 5 years		£302.66
Average annual charge		1.10%
Illustrative 5 year value		£6,040.62
Illustrative 5 year value with no charges applied		£6,381.41

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The costs and charges shown are for illustration purposes only based on the assumptions presented. Please refer to our Tariff of charges before investing. Returns are not guaranteed.

Figures may not add up to the given total due to rounding.

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HL Select Global Growth shares

The best opportunities, wherever we find them

Companies in charge of their own destiny

The HL Select difference

Full portfolio breakdown

New Holdings - Vulcan and Texas Pacific Land Trust

New Holdings - IDEXX Laboratories and Cryoport

What Does Quality Look Like?

Low fixed annual fund charges

HL Select
Global Growth shares