A globally diversified portfolio of companies that are well-positioned for the transition to a decarbonised economy.
Key differentiators
- Blends quantitative tools with fundamental insights to create a core global equity portfolio designed to avoid style biases
- Seeks to identify attractive stocks using a quantitative model with proprietary peer grouping that allows for a more robust assessment
- Designed to select climate transition winners using forward-looking assessment of climate positioning
- Leverages macro risk tools and deep fundamental insights designed to avoid unintended risks and improve return consistency
- Benchmarked against the MSCI ACWI to provide broad market exposure well suited to investor preferences
Performance
Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Prices and distributions
Historical prices
YTD high | £104.54 | 10/14/2024 |
YTD low | £93.66 | 8/5/2024 |
52-week high | £104.54 | 10/14/2024 |
52-week low | £93.66 | 8/5/2024 |
2023 high | - | |
2023 low | - | |
Best quarterly return | 0.00% | |
Worst quarterly return | -0.80% | 9/30/2024 |
Composition
Portfolio statistics
Portfolio statistics
(as of 9/30/2024)Fund | Benchmark | |
---|---|---|
Number of Holdings | 102 | 2687 |
Equity Style Box
(as of 9/30/2024)Placement within the Morningstar Equity Style Box is based on two variables: relative median market capitalization and relative price valuations (price/book and price/earnings) of the fund’s portfolio holdings. These numbers are drawn from the fund’s portfolio holdings figures most recently entered into Morningstar’s database and the corresponding market conditions. The Ownership Zone is represented by a shaded area surrounding the centroid. This zone encompasses 75% of a portfolio’s holdings on an asset-weighted basis and is designed to be a visual measure of how wide-ranging the portfolio is.
Holdings
Top 10 holdings
(as of 9/30/2024)
Security
|
Fund
|
---|---|
NVIDIA Corporation
|
4.75%
|
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
|
2.18%
|
Visa Inc. Class A
|
1.85%
|
Broadcom Inc.
|
1.82%
|
Netflix, Inc.
|
1.78%
|
Bank of New York Mellon Corp
|
1.76%
|
NEC Corp.
|
1.75%
|
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
|
1.74%
|
CACI International Inc Class A
|
1.71%
|
Citigroup Inc.
|
1.68%
|
Based on ending weights as of month-end. Source: FactSet. The information shown is not intended to be, nor should it be construed to be, a recommendation to buy or sell an individual security.
Sector allocation
Sector allocation
(as of 9/30/2024)
Type
|
Fund
|
Benchmark
|
---|---|---|
Information technology
|
27.34% | 24.51% |
Financials
|
17.48% | 16.22% |
Health care
|
13.43% | 10.85% |
Industrials
|
10.49% | 10.64% |
Communication services
|
6.84% | 7.75% |
Consumer discretionary
|
6.06% | 10.65% |
Consumer staples
|
5.01% | 6.36% |
Utilities
|
4.60% | 2.72% |
Real estate
|
4.34% | 2.24% |
Materials
|
3.06% | 4.07% |
Other
|
1.34% | - |
Energy
|
0.00% | 4.00% |
Based on ending weights as of month-end. Source: FactSet. Percent total may not add to 100% due to rounding.
Geographic allocation
Geographic allocation
(as of 9/30/2024)
Type
|
Fund
|
Benchmark
|
---|---|---|
United States
|
59.49% | 64.12% |
France
|
6.02% | 2.55% |
United Kingdom
|
5.92% | 3.31% |
Taiwan
|
3.93% | 1.86% |
Canada
|
3.90% | 2.75% |
Japan
|
3.53% | 5.01% |
South Korea
|
3.15% | 1.10% |
China & Hong Kong
|
3.06% | 3.40% |
Germany
|
2.25% | 2.02% |
Switzerland
|
1.00% | 2.22% |
Based on ending weights as of month-end. Source: FactSet. Percent total may not add to 100% due to rounding.
Currency allocation
Currency allocation
(as of 9/30/2024)
Currency
|
Share Class
|
Benchmark
|
---|---|---|
British Pound Sterling
|
5.89% | 3.31% |
Canadian Dollar
|
3.88% | 2.75% |
Chinese Yuan
|
1.30% | 0.44% |
Euro (EUR)
|
12.92% | 7.53% |
Hong Kong Dollar
|
0.87% | 2.72% |
Japanese Yen
|
3.51% | 5.01% |
South Korean Won
|
3.14% | 1.10% |
Swedish Krone
|
1.15% | 0.75% |
Swiss Franc
|
0.99% | 2.22% |
Taiwan Dollar
|
3.92% | 1.86% |
United States Dollar
|
61.10% | 64.77% |
Currency allocation is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. Percent total may not add to 100% due to rounding.
ESG data summary
Product involvement 3
Portfolio | Benchmark | |
---|---|---|
Controversial Weapons exposure | 0.00% | 1.38% |
Oil Sands exposure | 0.00% | 0.19% |
Small Arms exposure | 0.00% | 0.11% |
Thermal Coal exposure | 0.00% | 0.95% |
Tobacco exposure | 0.00% | 0.69% |
UN Global Compact non-compliant exposure | 0.00% | 1.20% |
¹ Data is sourced from MSCI ESG Research where companies are rated on a scale of 0 – 10 (0 - worst, 10 - best). Weighted average scores exclude effects of unrated securities.
² ESG Risk Ratings measure exposure to and management of ESG risks. Lower risk scores reflect less ESG risk. Sustainalytics ESG Risk Scores measure ESG risks on a scale of 0 – 100 (0 - no ESG Risk, >40 - Severe ESG Risk).
³ Carbon emissions includes operational and first-tier supply chain greenhouse gas emissions. Data sourced from S&P Trucost Limited.
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Key risks
Currency risk: Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time and can be affected unpredictably by intervention (or the failure to intervene) by relevant governments or central banks, or by currency controls or political developments.
ESG risk: Applying an ESG screen for security selection may result in lost opportunity in a security or industry resulting in possible underperformance relative to peers. ESG screens are dependent on third-party data and errors in the data may result in the incorrect inclusion or exclusion of a security.
Smaller-company securities risk: Securities of companies with smaller market capitalisations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than securities of larger companies.
Global investment risk: Securities of certain jurisdictions may experience more rapid and extreme changes in value and may be affected by uncertainties such as international political developments, currency fluctuations and other developments in the laws and regulations of countries in which an investment may be made.
Emerging market risk: Emerging markets may be more sensitive than more mature markets to a variety of economic factors and may be less liquid than markets in the developed world.
Leverage risk: The use of certain types of financial derivative instruments may create leverage which may increase share price volatility.
Investors should note that, relative to the expectations of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers, this fund presents disproportionate communication on the consideration of non-financial criteria in its investment policy.
The ongoing charges/total expense ratio (TER) reflects annual total operating expenses for the class, excludes transaction costs and is expressed as a percentage of net asset value. The figure shown is from current KID. The investment manager has committed to reimburse the Sub-Fund when the ongoing charges exceed the agreed upon TER. Ongoing charges may vary over time.
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