Global Equity: Consensus Positioning

359 Active Global Funds, AUM $832bn Consensus Positioning Consensus positioning is something that is often discussed in investment circles. More often then not it tends to be anecdotal: “Everybody owns insert stock, nobody is overweight insert country” etc etc. The fact is, there are very few consensus positions in Global investing, with a vast opportunity set of thousands of companies …

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Global Funds: Q3 Performance & Attribution

359 Active Global Funds, AUM $950bn. Q3 Performance & Attribution In this piece, we provide an overview of Q3 performance among the Global active funds in our analysis. We look at quarterly performance broken down by Style and Market Cap focus, together with longer-term analysis of active versus passive. We then breakdown this quarter’s performance based on the average active …

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Record Exposure as North American Rotation Continues

358 Active Global Funds, AUM $930bn North American Rotation Active Global investors are at record allocations in North American stocks. Driven higher by rising Health Care, Industrials and Energy exposure, North America continues to take market share from the key regions in Europe and Asia. Yet with Global investors still underweight North America, does this rotation have further to run? …

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Global Fund Positioning Analysis, August 2022

362 Active Global Funds, AUM $960bn Investor Positioning Insights Communication Services: Lowest Exposure on Record Taiwan Technology: Pause and Reverse Australia: Sleeping Giant Awakes UK Consumer Discrexodos Momentum in the Trucking Industry South Korean Autos. All Over?   Communication Services: Lowest Exposure on Record Charts clockwise from top to bottom Communication Services allocations among active Global managers are at their …

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France: Europe’s High Conviction Holding

365 Active Global Funds, AUM $906bn France Global equity managers are positioned at their highest ever overweight in French equities. France is the 4th largest country allocation globally and the largest in the European Union. Versus the benchmark, only the Netherlands has more funds positioned overweight. Sanofi and Cap Gemini SA have benefited from fund rotation this year, with the …

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Microsoft Corp: The Growth / Value Split

365 Active Global Funds, AUM $906bn Microsoft Corp (MSFT) Microsoft Corporation is the most widely held stock among active US equity investors. Of the 365 active strategies in our analysis, 75% own Microsoft at an average weight of 3.02%. There is a growing dispersion between Value and Growth managers in MSFT. Growth managers are at record levels of ownership, whereas …

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