330 Global active equity funds, AUM $1.1tr Global Funds: Extreme Stocks Summary In this report, we screen for stocks at the extreme ends of their positioning or momentum ranges. We synthesize current and historical data on fund positioning with recent manager activity to accurately assess sentiment for each stock within our coverage. Stocks in focus this month: High Positioning, Positive …
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330 Global funds, AUM $1.1tr Global Funds: Performance & Attribution Review, Q2 2024 Summary Challenging Q2 as majority underperform: Average returns of 1.29% lag the SPDRs MSCI ACWI ETF by -2.2%, with 69% of funds underperforming. Growth beats Value: All Style groups lost out to the benchmark, with Value funds experiencing notable underperformance. USA Drives Underperformance: Global funds once again …
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332 Global Equity Funds, AUM $1.1Tr Positioning Insights & Investment Trends In this month’s report, we look at positioning in France and the United Kingdom ahead of the upcoming snap elections. We highlight a regime shift in the Industrials sector, the decline in US Consumer Staples exposure and continued outward rotation in Biotechnology stocks. Summary France: Global Funds Overweight Ahead …
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333 Global funds, AUM $1.1tr Active Global funds: Top-Down Country Insights Summary Americas Dominance: The United States remains the top allocation and largest country underweight. Value funds increase underweight in the USA but Growth funds reduce. Argentina rises at Brazil’s expense, with MercadoLibre gaining popularity. EMEA Conviction Overweight: The UK, France, and the Netherlands maintain near-record overweights. France sees …
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338 Global funds, AUM $1.1tr Global Funds: Performance & Attribution Review, Q1 2024 Summary Strong start to 2024, but majority underperform: Average returns of 7.6% lags the SPDRs MSCI ACWI ETF by -0.33%, with 44% of funds outperforming. Growth beats Value: Aggressive Growth funds the star performers with 8.3% returns on average. Value funds underperform benchmark with 6.9% Q1 …
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339 global equity funds, AUM $1.1tr Semiconductors: Winners Emerge as Allocations Hit Record Highs Summary Semiconductor Sector Hits Historic Highs: Record allocations highlight investor confidence in the sector as second phase of bull market drives allocations to fresh peak. Industry Rotation Accelerates: Semiconductors Overtake Pharmaceuticals as 2nd largest allocation whilst Banks suffer. Country Dynamics Shift: Peak Ownership in Taiwan, USA, …
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340 Global Equity Funds, AUM $1tr Global Positioning Insights, February 2024 • LATAM Momentum: MercadoLibre leads regional allocations higher. • Consumer Staples: Allocations fall to lowest levels on record, but optimism remains. • China: Darkest before the Dawn? Sentiment plunges to new depths. • Salesforce Hits New Highs: Strong rotation drives Salesforce up the Tech rankings. • The latest stock …
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342 Global Equity Funds, AUM $1.1bn Global Active Fund Performance & Attribution Review, 2023 Active Global funds posted strong returns of 19.1% in 2023, but few surpassed the benchmark MSCI ACWI benchmark. Value and Yield funds severely dragged on fund returns, underperforming the top Growth funds by a significant margin. Returns driven by the Magnificent 7 group of stocks, but …
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342 Global Equity Funds, AUM $990bn Riding High: The Magnificent 7 Surge in Global Equity Funds • The Magnificent 7, comprising Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, NVIDIA and Tesla have hit record high allocations among active Global equity funds this year. • Thought of as a standalone allocation, they represent the 2nd largest country weight, but also stand as a …
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344 Global Equity Funds, AUM $905bn Global Fund Positioning Analysis, November 2023 Taiwan: Underowned Yet Gaining on Peers ServiceNow.Inc: Global Funds Ramp Up Exposure Global Funds Stock Radar 344 Global Equity Funds, AUM $905bn Taiwan: Underowned Yet Gaining on Peers • The percentage of Global funds invested in Taiwan hits an all-time high of 57.8%. • Taiwan has been …
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