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Analyst Report
Morningstar's Take
|19/12/2024

by Shamir Popat
Walter Scott Global Equity offers investors an attractive global growth equities proposition that is run by a laudable team applying a time-tested process.

The Edinburgh-based investment team at Walter Scott and Partners possesses admirable attributes that tie into its long-term mindset. The 20-member unit has a high tenure, with most starting their careers at the firm. This includes the senior five-member investment executive team in charge of portfolio management, and this structure promotes succession. These attributes reflect a strong culture, with long-term incentives promoting retention and investor alignment. The decision-making structures force debates, and the requirement for unanimous approval of new ideas sets a challenging hurdle for stocks to enter or exit the portfolio. The research team coverage is divided regionally, with roughly quinquennial rotations to foster diverse research knowledge. This is evidenced through insights and understanding of the nuances across geographies, markets, and stocks and flows through into portfolio construction.

The investment process stands out for its consistency and applicability across markets. The rigorous fundamental bottom-up framework and solid environmental, social, and governance integration continue to support the team’s stock-picking prowess. The team searches for stocks that can provide a 20% plus cash flow return on investment. It leads to a concentrated portfolio with a growth tilt that is currently between 40 and 60 stocks. Turnover is low, with only a handful of changes over 2024. The long-term approach is well-established, so short-term market pivots will affect performance, but this is not uncommon across similar strategies. The long-term focus sees the portfolio consistently favoring healthcare and discretionary names while being structurally underweight in financial services and energy. This focus has prevented the firm from aggressively chasing the market darlings through 2023 and 2024, though it has lagged both its peers and the Morningstar Category benchmark. That said, its long-term focus has been a key element in eliminating the market noise; the alpha generated over most of its track record is solid evidence of the approach’s merits.

Overall, the high-caliber and tenured investment team running a time-tested process makes this a notable strategy, though some share classes could have more competitive fees.
 
Morningstar Medalist Rating™A commendable global growth proposition for the long term.
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Morningstar Pillars
PeopleHigh
ParentAverage
ProcessAbove Average
 
Morningstar Medalist RatingMorningstar assigns the Medalist Rating to funds that are qualitatively and quantitatively assessed through manager research and algorithmic processes. The assessment turns on three key “pillars” – People, Process, and Parent – that yield an estimate of how well a fund will perform before fees but after adjusting for risk.
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