We have detailed some examples of our ESG policy in practice below:
MLCM is dedicated to achieving the best possible risk-adjusted returns for our investors and we believe that responsible investment is essential in maximising returns to our clients. We strive to gain an in-depth understanding of the relevant ESG issues applicable to all our investments through our internal research process and we seek to identify these issues as part of the ongoing investment decision making process before they escalate into events that may potentially threaten the value of our investment.
MLCM’s approach via it’s Fund Managers to integrating ESG factors into our investment analysis includes the following activities:
The cornerstone of our investment approach is bottom-up research. As well as studying financial results, our portfolio managers and analysts are dedicated to carrying out additional qualitative analysis of potential investments.
Examples of ESG factors that our investment teams may consider as part of their company and industry analysis include:
Training programmes have been undertaken by the investment team in London include the CFA and CISI courses which generally include a module on ESG issues and the broad range of topics that fall under this heading.
MLCM pursues an active investment style through portfolio management decisions, voting on resolutions at general meetings and maintaining an ongoing dialogue with a company’s management.
Quite often our views will differ from those of a company’s management and where this is accompanied by a failure to achieve our reasonable expectations for shareholder returns, we will consider promoting change.
Our specific response will be determined on a case-by-case basis, after weighing up the relative merit of intervention or a sale of the shares. Typically, we will choose to intervene to promote change when the expected benefits of intervention (through increased returns to our investors) outweigh the anticipated cost.
We do screen out companies from our investment universe purely on the grounds of poor ESG performance and we do adopt a positive engagement approach whereby we discuss these issues with the management of the companies in which we invest or are considering investing on behalf of our clients. We believe it is an advantage to us and our clients to build positive relationships with our investee companies as this enhances our ability to introduce constructive change where required.
The M&M Group makes a number of Charitable donations which they believe are supportive of the Environmental, Economic and Social health of the UK. A number of these have been shown below:
| Charity/Organisation: | Date: | Amount: |
|---|---|---|
| National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children | 06 March 2015 | £1,250.00 |
| Zoological Society of London | 05 April 2016 | £100.00 |
| National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children | 03 February 2017 | £4,000.00 |
| Victoria and Albert Museum | 03 April 2017 | £1,000.00 |
| Children on Edge (activities for less abled children) | 05 April 2017 | £1,000.00 |
| The Calvert Trust (activities for less abled children) | 01 August 2017 | £4,310.86 |
| Alzheimer’s Research UK | 03 February 2018 | £13,600.00 |
| The Grange School Project (construction of a school building in Africa) | 05 April 2018 | £1,000.00 |
| Alzheimer’s Research UK | 03 August 2018 | £2,500.00 |
| Alzheimer’s Research UK | 10 August 2018 | £2,500.00 |
| Alzheimer’s Research UK | 13 September 2018 | £5,000.00 |
| Client Earth (environment) | 07 February 2019 | £9,950.00 |
| Stow-on-the-Wold Community Land Trust (affordable housing for local people) | 13 March 2019 | £100.00 |
| The Conservative Party | 04 July 2019 | £2,000.00 |
| The Conservative Party | 08 August 2019 | £50,000.00 |
| The North West Police Benvolent Fund | 06 February 2020 | £3,150.00 |
| Wikimedia | 06 February 2020 | £3,150.00 |
| National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children | 18 June 2020 | £1,657.00 |
| Total: | £106,267.86 |
We truly believe in the importance of the Environment and our responsibilities towards it.
Our central investment thesis is that we believe in the increasing economic power of the Machine in the two century long battle for supremacy between Man & Machine
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MLCM is registered in England & Wales under number 04089418, with its registered address at 12a Princes Gate Mews, London, SW7 2PS.
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