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Markets have been climbing the wall of worry for most of the summer.
In August 2025, equity markets posted solid gains globally, with major indices such as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq reaching new record highs. These gains were primarily driven by a small group of mega-cap technology firms, including Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon.
At Jackson Hole, following the release of July’s US non-farm payrolls—which suggested a slowing labour market—Powell opened the door to potential mid-September rate cuts. This fueled expectations of an aggressive cutting cycle.
European markets underperformed in local currencies, with France lagging in particular due to political uncertainties.
Chinese onshore equities rose to decade highs, supported by optimism around anti-involution reforms, strength in the technology sector, and incremental government measures aimed at boosting the equity market.
The euro appreciated against the dollar over the period, creating a divergence between local currency and euro-denominated index performances.
Performance commentary
Over the month of August the fund had a negative absolute return but outperformed its benchmark.
Our positive relative performance came mostly from stock selection in our Industrial Tech & Digital Infrastructure theme.
Arista Networks, Astera Labs and Innodisk were among our largest performance contributors as demand for scalable, high performance networking and connectivity solutions drove growth across the sector.
In the cloud & software space, Alphabet was our top contributor over the month with continued performance we have been seeing over the past months.
Outlook strategy
In August, we continued building our position in Nitto Boseki within the Tech Materials space.
Within the AI value chain, these materials are used in servers for their exceptional thermal and mechanical stability.
Similarly we added to our position in Broadcom by trimming names that performed well like Astera Labs and Arista Networks.
Over the month, We also initiated a small position in Qualcomm based on valuation and the potential upside in AI. And sold out of small positions we had in Vertiv and Oracle.
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Market environment
Markets have been climbing the wall of worry for most of the summer.
In August 2025, equity markets posted solid gains globally, with major indices such as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq reaching new record highs. These gains were primarily driven by a small group of mega-cap technology firms, including Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon.
At Jackson Hole, following the release of July’s US non-farm payrolls—which suggested a slowing labour market—Powell opened the door to potential mid-September rate cuts. This fueled expectations of an aggressive cutting cycle.
European markets underperformed in local currencies, with France lagging in particular due to political uncertainties.
Chinese onshore equities rose to decade highs, supported by optimism around anti-involution reforms, strength in the technology sector, and incremental government measures aimed at boosting the equity market.
The euro appreciated against the dollar over the period, creating a divergence between local currency and euro-denominated index performances.