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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.
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.
North America | 64.0 % |
Asia | 28.2 % |
Europe | 7.0 % |
Asia-Pacific | 0.8 % |
Now that technology is accelerating at a faster pace, we aim to capitalise on the significant impact it is having on global equity markets.
Market environment
• 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.