Overview
Monks Investment Trust aims for long-term capital growth which takes priority over income. This is pursued through applying a patient approach to investment, principally from a differentiated, actively managed global equity portfolio containing a diversified range of growth stocks.
We are drawn to businesses addressing a particular ‘crisis’ in a novel manner which can help to reduce costs and/or produce a radically improved quality of service.
Performance & Portfolio
Periodic Performance
All figures to 31/12/2024 1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Share Price 19.2% -7.3% 33.3% 230.4% NAV 17.6% 1.8% 53.5% 220.1% Index* 20.1% 30.6% 79.8% 227.9% Performance figures appear in GBP. The value of your investment may go down as well as up, and you may not get back the amount you invested.
NAV is calculated with borrowings deducted at fair value for 1, 3 and 5 years and par value for 10 years.
*FTSE World TR.
Performance source: Morningstar and relevant underlying index provider, total return.
Please bear in mind that past performance is not a guide to future returns.
Discrete Performance
Annual Performance to 31 December each year 31/12/2019
31/12/202031/12/2020
31/12/202131/12/2021
31/12/202231/12/2022
31/12/202331/12/2023
31/12/2024Share Price 42.1% 1.2% -31.0% 12.6% 19.2% NAV 40.7% 7.2% -23.4% 13.0% 17.6% Index* 12.7% 22.1% -7.2% 17.2% 20.1% Performance figures appear in GBP. The value of your investment may go down as well as up, and you may not get back the amount you invested.
NAV is calculated with borrowings deducted at fair value for 1, 3 and 5 years and par value for 10 years.
*FTSE World TR.
Performance source: Morningstar and relevant underlying index provider, total return.
Please bear in mind that past performance is not a guide to future returns.
Performance 31/12/2024Performance figures appear in GBP. The value of your investment may go down as well as up, and you may not get back the amount you invested.
Comparative index data is limited to a 5 year period from the current date.
The graph is rebased to 100.
Please bear in mind that past performance is not a guide to future returns.
Geographic analysis of total assets 31/12/2024Fund %
- 1 United Kingdom 3.35
- 2 Europe 15.36
- 3 North America 62.19
- 4 Japan 2.98
- 5 Developed Asia 2.60
- 6 Emerging Markets 12.73
- 7 Net Liquid Assets 0.47
- 8 Others 0.32
- Total 100.00
Sector analysis of total assets 31/12/2024Fund %
- 1 Technology 34.62
- 2 Consumer Discretionary 22.89
- 3 Industrials 17.20
- 4 Health Care 9.23
- 5 Financials 9.18
- 6 Basic Materials 1.78
- 7 Real Estate 1.77
- 8 Energy 1.68
- 9 Consumer Staples 0.63
- 10 Telecommunications 0.55
- 11 Net Liquid Assets 0.47
- Total 100.00
As the Fund invests in overseas securities, changes in the rates of exchange may also cause the value of your investment (and any income it may pay) to go down or up.
The information contained on this page is intended as a guide only and should not be relied upon when making investment decisions. All holdings information is unaudited. Source Baillie Gifford & Co.
Please note that totals may not sum due to rounding.
Insights
View all Insights.Meet the Managers
Spencer Adair
Spencer is an investment manager in the Global Alpha Team. He has been an investment manager in the Global Alpha Team since its inception in 2005 and Monks Investment Trust since 2015. Spencer is a co-manager of International Concentrated Growth Strategy. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2000 and became a partner in 2013. Spencer has also spent time working in the Fixed Income, Japanese, European, Emerging Markets and UK Equities teams. He graduated BSc in Medicine from the University of St Andrews in 1997.
Malcolm MacColl
Malcolm is an investment manager in the Global Alpha Team. He has been involved in Global Alpha since the product’s inception in 2005 and this is his sole portfolio responsibility. He joined Baillie Gifford in 1999 and became a partner of the firm in 2011. In 2021 he became a managing partner with overall oversight for the investment department. Malcolm previously worked in the UK Small Cap and North American equity teams. He managed the North American portion of wider global portfolios while in the North American Equity Team. Malcolm graduated MA in Economics and History in 1998 and MLitt in Economics, Politics and Management in 1999, both from the University of St Andrews.
Helen Xiong
Helen is an investment manager in the Global Alpha Team. She joined Baillie Gifford in 2008 and became a partner in 2020. In addition to Global Alpha, Helen has spent time working in our Developed Asia, UK, US Equity Growth, and Emerging Markets Equity teams. She graduated BSc (Hons) in Economics from the University of Warwick in 2007 and MPhil in Economics from the University of Cambridge in 2008.
Documents
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Annual reports
Corporate governance
Factsheets
Interim reports
Investor disclosure document
Philosophy and process documents
Portfolio valuation
Portfolio voting disclosure
RNS announcements
Sustainability-related disclosures and climate reports
PRIIPs key information document
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