Quilter Investors Portfolio OEIC
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Quilter Investors Portfolio OEIC Interim Report and Financial Statements (unaudited) For the period from 1 January 2020 to 30 June 2020 Quilter Investors Portfolio OEIC Contents Page Company Information 3 Authorised Corporate Director's report 4 Statement of the Authorised Corporate Director’s responsibilities 5 Quilter Investors Diversified Portfolio 6 Investment Manager's review 6 Performance record 7 Portfolio Statement 9 Statement of total return 13 Statement of change in net assets attributable to shareholders 13 Balance sheet 14 Notes to the financial statements 15 Distribution table 16 Quilter Investors Portfolio OEIC Quilter Investors Portfolio OEIC Company Information Authorised Corporate Director (“ACD”) and Alternative Investment Fund Manager (“AIFM”) Directors of the ACD and AIFM Quilter Investors Limited D Bowden (appointed 9 March 2020) Millennium Bridge House P Simpson 2 Lambeth Hill S Fromson – Non-Executive Director (appointed 1 August 2020) London J Little – Non-Executive Director EC4V 4AJ R Skelt – Non-Executive Director (appointed 1 March 2020) C Turner – Non-Executive Director (resigned 14 May 2020) Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Depositary Citibank Europe plc, UK Branch Citigroup Centre Canada Square Canary Wharf London E14 5LB Authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland and the Prudential Regulation Authority and subject to limited regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. Legal Adviser Macfarlanes LLP 20 Cursitor Street London EC4A 1LT Independent Auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 141 Bothwell Street Glasgow G2 7EQ Administrator Citibank Europe plc 1, North Wall Quay Dublin 1 Ireland Authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) under the Investment Intermediaries Act 1995. Registrar SS&C Financial Services International Limited & SS&C Financial Services Europe Limited (formerly DST Financial Services International Limited & DST Financial Services Europe Limited, respectively) SS&C House Saint Nicholas Lane Basildon Essex SS15 5FS The register of shareholders can be inspected at the above address. Quilter Investors Limited, a member of the Quilter plc Group of companies, is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. FCA Register number 208543. Registered Office: Millennium Bridge House, 2 Lambeth Hill, London, EC4V 4AJ, United Kingdom. Registered Number: 4227837 England. www.quilterinvestors.com 3 Quilter Investors Portfolio OEIC Quilter Investors Portfolio OEIC Authorised Corporate Director’s report Directors’ report The Directors present the report and financial statements for Quilter Investors Portfolio OEIC (the “Company”) for the period from 1 January 2020 to 30 June 2020. Authorised status The Company is an Open-Ended Investment Company incorporated as an Investment Company with Variable Capital (“ICVC”) under Regulation 12 (authorisation) of the Open-Ended Investment Companies Regulations 2001 (SI 2001/1228) (the “OEIC Regulations”). It is incorporated in England and Wales and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority under the OEIC Regulations and the Financial Conduct Authority’s Collective Investment Schemes Sourcebook (“the COLL Sourcebook”). The Company is a non-UCITS retail scheme for the purposes of the COLL Sourcebook and an umbrella scheme. The Company is also an Alternative Investment Fund for the purposes of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive 2011/61/EU (“AIFMD”). Liability The Company is under the “Protected cell” regime. As such each sub-fund has a specific portfolio of securities to which that sub-fund’s assets and liabilities are attributable. So far as investors are concerned each sub-fund will be treated as a separate entity. The assets of a sub-fund shall not be used or made available to discharge (directly or indirectly) the liabilities of, or claims against, any other person or body, including the Company and any other sub-fund and shall not be available for any such purpose. Director changes Richard Skelt appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the ACD effective 1 March 2020. Dean Bowden appointed as a Director of the ACD effective 9 March 2020. Catherine Turner resigned as a Non-Executive Director of the ACD effective 14 May 2020. Sarah Fromson appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the ACD effective 1 August 2020. Company changes During the period, the Company changed from a single standalone fund to an umbrella structure with effect from 11 March 2020. On this date the Company was renamed from Quilter Investors Diversified Portfolio to Quilter Investors Portfolio OEIC. Significant event At this time, COVID-19 has been recognised by the World Health Organisation as a global pandemic, therefore this will impact global supply chains, global market growth and employee availability over the next few years. The Company may be adversely impacted by falls in equity market levels, adverse investor sentiment affecting revenue and increased operational risks depending on the extent of employment availability. The length and severity of the impact from COVID-19 remains a clear risk, although the Company would not expect this to materially change the underlying long-term prospects and going concern basis of the Company. Assessment of value The COLL Sourcebook requires the ACD to conduct an “assessment of value” at least annually for the sub-fund in the Company which includes, amongst other things, (i) an assessment of whether the payments out of scheme property set out in the prospectus are justified in the context of the overall value delivered to shareholders; (ii) an assessment of the range and quality of services provided to shareholders; (iii) an assessment of performance over an appropriate timescale and (iv) an assessment of comparable market rates for the services provided by the ACD. The ACD's assessment of value of the sub-fund in the Company as at 31 March 2020 has been published and is available on the ACD's website at https://www.quilterinvestors.com/siteassets/documents/legal/assessment-of-value-report-2020-for-multi-asset-portfolio-solutions.pdf.. Additional information The Company’s Registrar, DST, changed its name to SS&C with effect from 31 March 2020, as detailed in the Company Information section on page 3. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP replaced KPMG LLP as Auditor of the Company with effect from 11 May 2020. These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) for Authorised Funds issued by the Investment Management Association in May 2014. The Company is an umbrella scheme which complies with the COLL Sourcebook and as at 30 June 2020 had one sub-fund (listed below). Additional sub-funds may be launched in the future. Sub-fund name Launch date Quilter Investors Diversified Portfolio 13 February 2003 In accordance with the requirements of the Financial Services and Market Act 2000, we hereby certify these financial statements on behalf of the ACD. P Simpson D Bowden For and on behalf of Quilter Investors Limited For and on behalf of Quilter Investor Limited Director Director 28 August 2020 28 August 2020 4 Quilter Investors Portfolio OEIC Quilter Investors Portfolio OEIC Authorised Corporate Director’s Report (continued) The purpose of this report is to provide details of the progress of the Company, and the sub-fund contained within. The report provides details of the performance and the portfolio of the sub-fund. Net asset value of sub-fund 30 June 2020 31 December 2019 Net asset Net asset value of Shares Net asset value of Shares Net asset sub-fund by in value pence sub-fund by in value pence share class issue per share share class issue per share Quilter Investors Portfolio OEIC - Accumulation 'A' £48,918,513 49,561,464 98.70 £56,778,623 53,273,663 106.58 - Accumulation 'R' £421,436,764 71,518,063 589.27 £473,214,949 74,592,134 634.40 Securities Financing Transactions Regulation Disclosure The Company does not currently undertake securities financing transactions (as defined in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2365) or use total return swaps. Statement of the Authorised Corporate Director’s responsibilities The COLL Sourcebook requires the ACD to prepare financial statements for each annual and semi-annual accounting period which give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Company and of the net revenue and net capital gains or losses on the property of the Company for the period. In preparing the financial statements the ACD is responsible for: • selecting suitable accounting policies and then applying them consistently; • making judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; • following UK accounting standards, including FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland; • complying with the disclosure requirements of the SORP for UK Authorised Funds issued by the Investment Management Association in May 2014 and as amended in 2017; • keeping proper accounting records which enable it to demonstrate that the financial statements as prepared comply with the above requirements; • assessing the Company and its sub-fund’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern; • using the going concern basis of accounting unless they either intend to liquidate the Company or its sub-funds or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so; • such internal control as they determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free