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At a glance
Index
S&P 500
Launch date
Feb 1968
Fund size
$2,736.4m
Fund currency
USD
OEICs
Fund Managers
Cormac Weldon
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American
The Threadneedle American Fund seeks to achieve capital growth through investing primarily in the stock of medium to large companies domiciled in North America or which have significant North American operations. The Fund offers access to a relatively diversified portfolio of American stocks with a bias towards large and mid-cap companies but with the flexibility to pursue investment opportunities wherever they exist in the market place.
Threadneedle's US equity capabilities
Managed by Head of US Equities Cormac Weldon, the fund offers access to a relatively diversified portfolio of American stocks and provides a more diversified mainstream offering compared with Threadneedle American Select Fund. The Fund Manager can exploit Threadneedle's broad research platform through fundamental bottom-up, stock-specific research and top-down, strategic analysis. The size and experience of our team, our presence in the City of London and the scale of the US assets we have under management provide us with crucial advantages over the competition in terms of direct access to US firms. The fund is also 'AA' rated by independent fund analysts Standard & Poor's.
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- Offers access to a relatively diversified portfolio of American stocks with a bias towards large and mid-cap companies but with the flexibility to pursue investment opportunities wherever they exist in the market place.
- More diversified mainstream offering compared with Threadneedle American Select Fund.
- The Fund Manager can exploit Threadneedle's broad research platform through fundamental bottom-up, stock-specific research and top-down, strategic analysis.
- The size and experience of our team, our presence in the City of London and the scale of the US assets we have under management provide us with crucial advantages over the competition in terms of direct access to US firms.
- 'AA' rated by independent fund analysts Standard & Poor's.
- Managed by Head of US Equities Cormac Weldon.
- Launch date: February 1968.
- Min. Investment £2,000 / €2,500 / $3,000.
- Morningstar Rating ****
- Index: S&P 500.
- Citywire: A rating.
- Cormac Weldon
Cormac Weldon joined Threadneedle in 1997 and is Head of US Equities. He manages the Threadneedle American Smaller Companies, the Threadneedle American Select and the Allied Dunbar North American Growth Funds.
Cormac started his career with KPMG. He has also worked for Provident Mutual as an Analyst on their North American equities team and British Gas Pension Fund as a Fund Manager on their North American equities team.
Cormac has a BA in Accounting and Finance from Dublin City University.
He is also an associate member of the UK Society of Investment Professionals (UKSIP) and a CFA Charter holder.
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