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Over the month of June, the fund had both a negative return in absolute and relative terms.
Our overweight to consumer staples was our primary driver of underperformance. Over the month our positions in Costco, Unilever, Nestle and Procter & Gamble were among our largest detractors.
On the other hand, our overweight to technology and underweight to healthcare limited our underperformance. Nvidia, Oracle, Cisco and TSMC were among our largest contributors in June.
In June, we undertook very few changes to the portfolio. We continued building our position in Tencent following strong conviction from our analyst based on its opportunities related to AI and the long runway for advertising monetisation.
We also sold out of our position in UBS during the month. This decision was driven by the company’s deteriorating CHX score.
We remain cautious in positioning our portfolio and continue to focus on higher quality companies.
North America | 57.2 % |
Europe | 29.8 % |
Asia | 9.4 % |
Asia-Pacific | 3.6 % |
The social theme is one of the most disregarded areas within ESG. Yet we believe that companies providing positive experiences to both their customers and employees are better positioned to achieve superior returns over the long run.
Market environment
June witnessed a renewed appetite for risk, driving US equity indices to fresh all-time highs.
Investor sentiment was buoyed by the continued resilience of the US economy, easing political uncertainty, and signs of diminishing pressure on interest rates.
Technology and AI-related stocks led the rally, with standout performances from Nvidia, Alphabet, and Amazon.
While Wall Street outperformed other developed markets, it was surpassed by emerging markets, which benefited from a weaker US dollar.
However, European value sectors, particularly banks and industrials, outperformed the European market.