Income Fund October 2014 Fund Facts (as at 30/09/2014 ) Fund Type Unit Trust Fund Currency Pound Sterling Fund Size £224.6m Launch Date 05/04/2007 Launch Price £1.00 No. of Holdings 72 Historic Yield (as at 30/09/2014) 4.20% IMA Sector UK Equity Income Accounting Dates 31 March (Final) 30 September (Interim) Unit Types Available Charges - Institutional Units Initial Charge 0.00% Annual Management Charge 0.75% Ongoing Charges Figure 0.93% Charges - Retail Units Initial Charge 0.00% Annual Management Charge 1.50% Ongoing Charges Figure 1.68% Institutional Share Class (£500,000 Minimum Investment) Accumulation SEDOL: B29LZ80 ISIN: GB00B29LZ803 Income SEDOL: B29LZ79 ISIN: GB00B29LZ795 Retail Share Class (£1,000 Minimum Investment) Accumulation SEDOL: B1RQR62 ISIN: GB00B1RQR625 Income SEDOL: B1RQN64 ISIN: GB00B1RQN640 Fund Aim The aim of the fund is to enable the investor to achieve a reasonable and rising income together with a long term capital growth by investing primarily in UK companies. Fund Managers Following the Miton acquisition of PSigma last summer, Gervais Williams joined the management team of the PSigma Income Fund in November 2013. Bill Mott continues in his strategic role looking at top-down themes. He articulates the macroeconomic background, the economic and stock market environment, as well as the fund’s key Eric Moore Bill Mott Gervais Williams themes. He works closely with Eric and Gervais to ensure that the fund’s stock selection reflects the key macro themes. They work closely with the broader UK equity team and use inputs and ideas from the entire team to focus in on the key stocks for the fund. Commentary Political risk in the UK is rising as we head into an election in May next year (the bookies have it as ‘no overall majority’) and the possibility of an in-out referendum on Europe. The world’s economy is growing, but the growth is very weak and we think that this pedestrian rate is the best we can hope for The fund’s key over-weight position in Pharmaceuticals was largely neutral because strong performances from Novartis and BB Biotech were offset by weakness from our biggest holding in the sector, GlaxoSmithKline. The under-weight in Banks contributed positively, especially the nil holding in HSBC which finished the month poorly as the protests in Hong Kong made headlines. The fund’s over-weight in Life Assurers was also helpful, particularly Standard Life which performed well on the back of the surprise disposal of its Canadian business at a highly satisfactory price. The nil holding in Food Retailers was also helpful as the problems at Tesco lurched from bad to worse. Our position in Spirit Pub Company added to relative performance as they found themselves on the receiving end of an initial bid approach from Greene King. The negatives during the month were continued weakness in Royal Mail and Stobart Group and a profit warning from Tate & Lyle. We are building a new holding in hybrid house-builder/contractor, Galliford Try. The company have a strong position in building affordable housing, an area that is seeing support from all the major political parties. The company is growing strongly and the dividend could grow at double digit rates for at least the next 3 years. On a similar vein, we increased our holding in Kier after a very good meeting with the company and in advance of the interim dividend payment. We exited allergy biotech company Circassia. Future biotech investments will probably be limited to BB Biotech. We also switched some of our Centrica holding into Vodafone. We take great heart that we can still find interesting investment opportunities and are confident that we will provide both a good and a growing income stream for our investors. Discrete Performance — Based on Retail Acc Unit Class 30/09/13 –30/09/14 30/09/12 –30/09/13 30/09/11 –30/09/12 Fund 7.61% 14.63% 15.10% 0.70% 9.20% FTSE All Share 6.09% 18.93% 17.25% -4.36% 12.99% PSigma Income Fund Quartile Ranking* 30/09/10 –30/09/11 30/09/09 –30/09/10 3 4 3 2 3 47/88 74/84 58/81 22/74 47/72 Cumulative Performance — Based on Retail Acc Unit Class PSigma Income Fund 1 Month 3 Months 6 Months 1 Year Since Launch Fund -1.52% -0.16% -0.02% 7.61% 21.79% FTSE All Share -2.77% -0.97% 1.24% 6.09% 38.68% 2 2 3 3 4 27/89 34/89 53/88 47/88 48/61 Quartile Ranking* Source of all performance data: Morningstar, total return, bid to bid income reinvested. Period ending 30 September 2014. *Ranking — refers to the position of the PSigma Income Fund within its sector. Please note that the price of units and the income from them may fall as well as rise and is not guaranteed. The use of past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. PSigma Unit Trust Managers Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. FCA Registration Number 220241. Registered office: 51 Moorgate, London EC2R 6BH. Registered in England and Wales No. 04569694. PSigma Asset Management is a trading name of PSigma Asset Management Holdings Limited. Registered office: 51 Moorgate, London EC2R 6BH. Registered in England and Wales No. 05374635. A Miton Group plc company. Sales & Support Email 020 3714 1500 brokersupport@mitongroup.com Website www.mitongroup.com Income Fund October 2014 Top Ten Holdings Top Ten Sub-Sector Breakdown Royal Dutch Shell B 6.8% Pharmaceuticals 16.21% GlaxoSmithKline 5.8% Integrated Oil & Gas 13.65% Vodafone Group 3.6% AstraZeneca 3.5% BP 3.4% BT Group 2.7% BB Biotech 2.6% BAE Systems 2.5% Imperial Tobacco Group 2.4% Standard Life 2.3% Data as at 30/09/2014 Life Insurance 7.84% Property & Casualty Insurance 4.67% Tobacco 4.47% General Mining 3.60% Mobile Telecommunications 3.60% Biotechnology 3.36% Food Products 3.36% Broadcasting & Entertainment 3.21% Data as at 30/09/2014 Important Information Please note that this fact sheet should be read in conjunction with the Full Prospectus, Key Investor Information Document ("KIID") and the Supplementary Information Document ("SID") as this will provide you with further information. If you are in any doubt about the suitability of this fund for your investment needs you should then contact a financial adviser before investing. You may have to pay for this advice. You must be aware that you may not get back the amount of your original investment. The mention of specific stocks must not be construed as a recommendation to deal and where a fund invests overseas, its value may fluctuate as a result of currency exchange rates. The generation of income is being treated as a higher priority than capital growth. The whole of the Annual Management Charge is charged to the capital. This means the amount of taxable income available for distribution to unit holders will increase but there will be a constraint against the capital growth. This has an effect of reducing the capital of the funds by approximately 0.125%. FTSE is a trademark of the London Stock Exchange Plc and The Financial Times Limited and is used by FTSE International Limited ("FTSE") under licence. PSigma Unit Trust Managers Limited is licensed by FTSE to redistribute the FTSE All Share. All rights in and to the FTSE All Share INDEX vest in FTSE and/or its licensors. All information is provided for reference only. Neither FTSE nor its licensors shall be responsible for any error or omission in the FTSE All Share INDEX. Contact Us For sales, support and literature please call us direct on 020 3714 1500. For all general enquiries and to place deals, please call 0845 608 0942. Postal dealing requests and completed application forms should be sent to: PSigma Unit Trust Managers Limited Client Servicing Centre BNY Mellon House Ingrave Road Brentwood Essex CM15 8TG PSigma Unit Trust Managers Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. FCA Registration Number 220241. Registered office: 51 Moorgate, London EC2R 6BH. Registered in England and Wales No. 04569694. PSigma Asset Management is a trading name of PSigma Asset Management Holdings Limited. Registered office: 51 Moorgate, London EC2R 6BH. Registered in England and Wales No. 05374635. A Miton Group plc company. Sales & Support Email 020 3714 1500 brokersupport@mitongroup.com Website www.mitongroup.com
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