International

A focussed international value strategy with a classic, contrarian approach to building long term value
Fund Name: Overstone International Value Fund

Investment objective

The Fund will attempt to achieve over the long term a total return in excess of that of the MSCI EAFE Index (with net dividends reinvested) through investment in a concentrated portfolio of equity securities, across a mixture of large, medium, and smaller capitalisation companies, selected from the major markets (except the U.S.) and to a lesser extent from some emerging markets, worldwide. The approach is classic contrarian value, based on bottom-up fundamental research of individual companies.

Fund particulars

Launch date01 June 2006
DomicileIreland
StructureQIAIF
Base currencyUSD
DealingDaily
Min. investment€100,000
BenchmarkMSCI EAFE
Fund sizeUS$33.1m
Strategy sizeUS$33.1m

Share class details

* AMC - Annual management charge
** TER - Total expense ratio

Portfolio managers

Richard Garstang
Richard Garstang
Portfolio manager

Richard Garstang

Managing Partner | Portfolio Manager

Richard Garstang joined OP in November 2006. He was previously employed by Man Securities as a research analyst covering the banking and specialty finance sector. He has also worked as a consultant for Deloitte in London and San Francisco. He graduated from St. Andrews University and is a CFA Charterholder. He is Managing Partner of OP, co-manages the international all cap select portfolios, and contributes to the overall investment.

Richard Garstang
Christoph Ohm
Christoph Ohm
Portfolio manager

Christoph Ohm

Portfolio Manager

Christoph joined OP in August 2015. He previously worked as an analyst at Marlborough Partners, providing financing advice to private equity firms. Before that, he worked in the valuation team at Duff & Phelps. He graduated from Aston Business School and Free University of Berlin, and is a CFA Charterholder. He co-manages the international all cap select portfolios, and contributes to the overall investment selection.

Christoph Ohm

Fund performance (USD, %)

Annualised
1 monthYTD1 year3 years5 yearsLaunch*
Fund (I shares)+4.1+40.2+32.5+26.4+18.4+8.0
MSCI EAFE+4.3+22.8+13.9+17.0+10.2+6.4
Annual performance20242023202220212020
Fund (I shares)+0.5+31.1-14.7+15.2-2.2
MSCI EAFE+3.8+18.2-14.5+11.3+7.8

Performance is calculated net of all fees and expenses and on a total return basis, inclusive of all distributions to unit holders. *Launch reflects performance since the I share class was created on 01 October 2009.

The value of all investments and the income from them can go down as well as up; this may be due, in part, to exchange rate fluctuations. Past performance is not a guide to future performance

Sector breakdown (%)

Consumer Staples 19.8
Consumer Discretionary 15.0
Banks 14.3
Industrials 12.5
Materials 9.3
Energy 7.8
Information Technology 7.6
Communication Services 4.9
Real Estate 3.8
Financial Services 3.0
Cash 2.1

Country breakdown (%)

United Kingdom 30.9
Netherlands 14.6
South Korea 9.9
China/Hong Kong 7.3
Germany 7.2
Greece 5.3
Ireland 4.4
Sweden 4.2
Switzerland 3.8
Italy 2.8
France 2.7
Canada 2.6
Japan 2.3
Cash 2.1

Top 10 holdings (%)

Alpha Bank 5.3
JDE Peet's 5.1
BT 4.9
Lloyds 4.8
Ryanair 4.4
First Pacific 4.4
Handelsbanken 4.2
KT&G 4.0
Elmos Semiconductor 4.0
IWG 3.8

Fund characteristics

Fund Benchmark
P/E ratio (fwd) 10.3 16.0
P/B ratio (hist) 1.3 2.1
Gross div. yield (fwd) 3.2 2.9
Active share (%)* 96.8

Overstone International Value Fund is a constituent of the Oldfield Partners International Value Composite.

Oldfield Partners LLP claims compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) and has prepared and presented this report in compliance with the GIPS standards. Oldfield Partners LLP has been independently verified for the periods 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2011 by HSBC Securities Services and from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2023 by Ernst & Young LLP. To receive a copy of a GIPS® compliant presentation and/or a list and description of our composites, please contact us.

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