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Carmignac Portfolio Long-Short European Equities

Luxembourg SICAV sub-fundEuropean marketArticle 8
Share Class

LU0992627538

A high-conviction long/short approach to European equities
  • A bottom-up fundamental approach to maximise long and short alpha generation.
  • Active management of the net equity exposure (-20% to +50%) ensuring great responsiveness to market fluctuations.
Key documents
Risk Indicator
3/7
Recommended Minimum Investment Horizon
3 years
Cumulative Performance since launch
+ 93.3 %
+ 94.1 %
+ 50.6 %
+ 15.3 %
+ 19.9 %
From 15/11/2013
To 03/10/2024
Calendar Year Performance 2023
+ 1.7 %
- 7.4 %
+ 10.8 %
+ 19.0 %
+ 6.6 %
+ 3.1 %
+ 8.4 %
+ 13.9 %
- 4.2 %
+ 2.7 %
Net Asset Value
193.31 $
Asset Under Management
535 M €
Market
European market
SFDR - Fund Classification

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Data as of:  3 Oct 2024.
​Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future performance. Performances are net of fees (excluding possible entrance fees charged by the distributor).

Carmignac Portfolio Long-Short European Equities fund performance

Take a look at the Fund's performance supported by our Fund managers’ market commentary and strategy insight.

Our monthly comments

Data as of:  30 Aug 2024.

Market environment

  • Choppy market narrative in August. Early in the month, concerns about a potential US recession and a sharp rise in the Japanese yen led to a notable drop across global markets.
  • An increase in “Hard Landing” risk following a spike in claims, weak manufacturing ISM and a disappointing July jobs report on Aug 2nd overlapped with the unwind of the yen FX carry trade.
  • As a result, the SPX fell 6% from July 31st to August 5th, when the VIX rose to 60 intraday.
  • Stocks reversed this drop during the rest of August as the “Growth without inflation” narrative re-gained traction.
  • This was helped by firm retail sales, jobless claims moving lower, a rebound in ISM Services and upward GDP revisions on signs of solid consumer spending.
  • As a result, many equity market indices have rallied back to near all-time highs.

Performance commentary

  • In August, the fund posted a positive performance, driven by our Short book.
  • We managed the early August market selloff well thanks to our defensive positioning and the strategy was positive during the week of the selloff.
  • Our Long book suffered from the softness in China with Prada coming down on no stock specific news and the AI theme / momentum trade, where our positions in Amazon and SK Hynix suffered.
  • Our Trading Longs performed well thanks to its defensiveness and some positions, like Deutsche Telekom, have strong short-term catalysts driving the stock price.
  • On the Short side, we benefited from the weakness in momentum stocks as we had built a strong exposure in the Technology sector.
  • Our Capital Goods Short exposure also contributed to performance as the outlook remains muted with weak top-down macro data, limited end market momentum and the increased references to delays in CAPEX decisions.

Outlook strategy

  • The net exposure of the strategy stayed in the 20s throughout the month; and our gross exposure is in the 150-160% range.
  • On the long side of the book, we took advantage of the selloff to re-enter some of the AI themed positions like Meta and TSMC, as we continue to see strong structural drivers for the theme.
  • On the short side, we continue to find many new names in the Consumer, Industrials and Technology spaces with poor balance sheets and deteriorating fundamentals, bringing tightened margins and profit warnings.
  • Overall, we are staying cautious as we expect the current volatile environment to continue throughout September.

Performance Overview

Data as of:  3 Oct 2024.
​Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future performance. Performances are net of fees (excluding possible entrance fees charged by the distributor). Morningstar Rating™ :  © Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The information contained herein: is proprietary to Morningstar and/or its content providers; may not be copied or distributed; and is not warranted to be accurate, complete or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information.From 1 January 2022, the Fund’s investment objective is an absolute performance objective.
Source: Carmignac at 04/10/2024

Carmignac Portfolio Long-Short European Equities Portfolio overview

Below is an overview of the composition of the portfolio.

Geographical Breakdown

Data as of:  30 Sep 2024.
Europe EUR39.6 %
Europe ex-EUR9.3 %
Others4.1 %
North America-2.1 %
Index Derivatives-3.3 %
Equity Basket Derivatives-10.2 %
Total % of alternative37.4 %
Europe EUR39.6 %
deGermany
25.9 %
itItaly
7.5 %
nlNetherlands
4.0 %
frFrance
2.7 %
esSpain
1.8 %
ptPortugal
1.6 %
Luxembourg
-0.9 %
fiFinland
-3.1 %

Key figures

Below are some key figures to help you understand the Fund's management and positioning.

Exposure Data

Data as of:  30 Sep 2024.
Net Equity Exposure37.4 %
Beta+0.1 %
Sortino Ratio+2.6
Number of Holdings24

The strategy in a nutshell

Discover the Fund’s main features and benefits through the words of the Fund Manager.0
We strive to build a high-conviction portfolio of long and short positions, based on a thorough fundamental company analysis to identify the best opportunities in Europe.
[Management Team] [Author] Heininger Malte

Malte Heininger

Delegated Fund Manager, White Creek Capital LLP
View Fund's characteristics
Reference to certain securities and financial instruments is for illustrative purposes to highlight stocks that are or have been included in the portfolios of funds in the Carmignac range. This is not intended to promote direct investment in those instruments, nor does it constitute investment advice. The Management Company is not subject to prohibition on trading in these instruments prior to issuing any communication. The portfolios of Carmignac funds may change without previous notice.
The reference to a ranking or prize, is no guarantee of the future results of the UCIS or the manager.
Carmignac Portfolio is a sub-fund of Carmignac Portfolio SICAV, an investment company under Luxembourg law, conforming to the UCITS Directive.