
Carmignac Portfolio Grande Europe: Letter from the Fund Manager - Q2 2025
During the second quarter of 2025, Carmignac Portfolio Grande Europe (F share class) posted a positive return of +2.60%, providing a return above its reference indicator which rose +2.49%.
Market environment
The second quarter of 2025 was marked by heightened volatility, underpinned by persistent geopolitical tensions and shifting monetary policy dynamics. Amid this turbulence, monetary policy acted as a stabilizing force. The European Central Bank cut interest rates twice—each by 25 basis points—bringing the key policy rate to 2.25%, its lowest level since 2022. These moves were broadly supportive of risk assets, particularly in the context of softening inflationary pressures and a more accommodative policy stance globally.
Investor sentiment, however, remained highly sensitive. The renewed threat of U.S. tariffs on European imports—proposed by President Trump at rates as high as 50%—was a significant source of market stress. While the initial announcement triggered a sharp risk-off move, the subsequent delay of the tariff implementation to July 9 provided a temporary reprieve. This window of relief catalysed a strong rally in European equities, buoyed by improving consumer sentiment and a resurgence in risk appetite. Nonetheless, this momentum proved fragile. As the tariff deadline approached and uncertainty resurfaced, markets retraced gains, ending the quarter on a more cautious note.
Performance review & positioning
After a difficult first quarter, the fund participated in the somewhat surprising rally post the initial sell-off post tariff announcements. The rebound was also led by an eclectic collection of sectors with Telecoms, Financials, Industrials, Real estate and Technology all relatively strong. These are sectors which would not normally be supportive for the fund; however, stock selection was positive enough to offset any headwinds.
In Q2, healthcare continued to be one of the weaker areas of the market and is a large exposure in the fund. Ongoing concerns over attempts by the US administration to cut healthcare costs have hung heavy over the pharmaceutical stocks, including attempts to instigate a “most favoured nation” pricing deflator. In practice we do not see this having a significant impact on most companies. We are also waiting to see what tariff level will be applied to the sector by the US, which has been unhelpful. These concerns plus weak prescription growth continued to hinder Novo Nordisk, which fell 7% in the period. On a positive note, the banning of cheap counterfeit versions of their weight loss drug should allow prescriptions to revert to a growth trajectory in the second half this year. Consequently, we retain conviction in the name.
Overall, our stock selection in Healthcare was strong enough to allow the sector to contribute positively to fund performance, primarily through strong performance of Galderma which rose +25% as market expectations rose for its portfolio of dermatological products, especially the recently launched eczema drug Nemluvio. Hearing aid manufacturer Demant was another bright spot, rising 12%, anticipating better growth in 2H sales after a subdued first quarter.
We have reduced some of our exposures in the sector in recent weeks, including Zealand Pharma, where we expect a more competitive environment for their yet to be launched obesity portfolio. We also cut back biotech name Argenx, where after a stellar performance in 2024 rising 80%, we expect a quieter year this year and few research & development catalysts to spur upside.
In Europe we had confirmation that the German government is to pursue large scale spending on defence and infrastructure in the coming years through establishing and implementing a 500bn€ fund. We expect this to have meaningful beneficial impact on the German economy and on several companies who we expect to have exposure to this spending. Some of our pre-existing names such as Siemens and Schneider are set to benefit, but we have also pro-actively added several new names with more targeted exposure including warehouse equipment company Kion, whose stock was a large contributor for us in Q2 rising 36%, as well as IT service company Bechtle and engineering services company SPIE. All these names should benefit from the plan, while also being stocks that conform to our stringent financial and sustainability criteria.
The Financial sector continues to perform well in Europe, rising more than 5% in the period. Since the aftermath of the banking crisis of 2008, the banking sector has been repairing itself through cost cutting, some mergers & acquisitions and better capital allocation. It has also had the tailwind of rising interest rates boosting income in recent years.
Most balance sheet financials still do not meet our criteria, however after recent changes some now do, including UBS which is proceeding well with integrating Credit Suisse and given that the Swiss government has made clear future capital requirements, investors can now focus on the jewel in their crown – their Wealth management business which is significantly undervalued relative to global peers. This is a name we have added to the fund. In addition, we have reinforced our conviction in direct to consumer platforms Fineco and Nordnet as we expect that distribution channels to continue gaining market share in Europe.
Outlook
We retain our exclusive focus on companies demonstrating consistently high profitability and reinvestment, and the best sustainability standards, as we believe these names will deliver the highest and most consistent long term profit growth. The good news is that the recent pullback in such companies offers the long-term investor an opportunity to add to holdings, which we have been doing.
1From 01/01/2025 the Benchmark was changed to MSCI Europe (Net Return, EUR), historical data will be chain linked with STOXX Europe 600 (Net Return, EUR).

Carmignac Portfolio Grande Europe
Carmignac Portfolio Grande Europe F EUR Acc
- Empfohlene Mindestanlagedauer
- 5 Jahre
- Risikoskala*
- 4/7
- SFDR-Klassifizierung**
- Artikel 9
*Die Definition der Risikoskala finden Sie im KID/BIB (Basisinformationsblatt). Das Risiko 1 ist nicht eine risikolose Investition. Dieser Indikator kann sich im Laufe der Zeit verändern. **Die Offenlegungsverordnung (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation - SFDR) 2019/2088. Die SFDR-Klassifizierung der Fonds kann sich im Laufe der Zeit ändern.
Hauptrisiken des Fonds
Kosten
- Einstiegskosten
- Wir berechnen keine Einstiegsgebühr.
- Ausstiegskosten
- Wir berechnen keine Ausstiegsgebühr für dieses Produkt.
- Verwaltungsgebühren und sonstige Verwaltungs- oder Betriebskosten
- 1,17 % des Werts Ihrer Anlage pro Jahr. Hierbei handelt es sich um eine Schätzung auf der Grundlage der tatsächlichen Kosten des letzten Jahres.
- Erfolgsgebühren
- 20,00 % wenn die Anteilsklasse während des Performancezeitraums den Referenzindikator übertrifft. Sie ist auch dann zahlbar, wenn die Anteilsklasse den Referenzindikator übertroffen, aber eine negative Performance verzeichnet hat. Minderleistung wird für 5 Jahre zurückgefordert. Der tatsächliche Betrag hängt davon ab, wie gut sich Ihre Investition entwickelt. Die obige aggregierte Kostenschätzung enthält den Durchschnitt der letzten 5 Jahre oder seit der Produkterstellung, wenn es weniger als 5 Jahre sind.
- Transaktionskosten
- 0,58 % des Werts Ihrer Anlage pro Jahr. Hierbei handelt es sich um eine Schätzung der Kosten, die anfallen, wenn wir die Basiswerte für das Produkt kaufen oder verkaufen. Der tatsächliche Betrag hängt davon ab, wie viel wir kaufen und verkaufen.
Performance
| Carmignac Portfolio Grande Europe | −1,7 | +12,0 | +15,5 | −20,6 | +22,5 | +14,4 | +35,5 | −9,6 | +11,0 | +5,1 |
| Referenzindikator | +8,5 | +8,8 | +15,8 | −10,6 | +24,9 | −2,0 | +26,8 | −10,8 | +10,6 | +1,7 |
| Carmignac Portfolio Grande Europe | +10,1 % | +7,3 % | +6,2 % |
| Referenzindikator | +12,8 % | +11,2 % | +6,3 % |
Quelle: Carmignac Stand 30. Jun 2025.
Die Wertentwicklung der Vergangenheit ist keine Garantie für die zukünftige Wertentwicklung. Sie verstehen sich nach Abzug von Gebühren (außer eventuellen Ausgabeaufschlägen, die von der Vertriebsstelle erhoben werden).
Bei den nicht währungsgesicherten Anteilen kann die Rendite aufgrund von Währungsschwankungen steigen oder fallen (bei Aktien, die nicht gegen das Währungsrisiko abgesichert sind).
Referenzindikator: MSCI Europe NR index
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