
Carmignac Portfolio Tech Solutions: Letter from the Fund Manager - Q2 2025
During the second quarter of 2025, Carmignac Portfolio Tech Solutions (F EUR Acc) delivered a robust return of +22.5%, significantly outperforming its reference indicator, which posted a gain of +14.5%. Year-to-date, the Fund has achieved a positive performance of +3.9%, in contrast to a -1.4% decline recorded by its reference indicator.
Market environment
The second quarter was characterized by heightened volatility, with a sharp drawdown, a swift rebound, and record-setting highs.
Markets opened the quarter under pressure after the announcement on April 2 by President Trump regarding broad tariffs. The move triggered a sharp selloff, pushing U.S. equities into bear market territory, with declines exceeding 19% from February peaks. However, sentiment quickly reversed when the administration paused the tariffs for 90 days on April 9, sparking a dramatic V-shaped recovery.
By the end of June, the technology sector rebounded sharply from volatility earlier in the year and outperformed broader equity indices. This rally was driven primarily by large-cap technology and AI-related stocks, especially in the semiconductor space, where Nvidia, Microsoft, and Broadcom emerged as key performance leaders. The pickup in semiconductor names also benefitted emerging markets, primarily Taiwan and South Korea, with names like TSMC rebounding c.40% from its April trough, benefitting from surging demand for advanced chips and AI accelerators.
Performance review & positioning
During the quarter, the Fund outperformed its reference indicator, driven primarily by strong stock selection in our Industrial Tech & Digital Infrastructure and Tech Materials buckets. Our Korean and Taiwanese semiconductor names, Elite Materials, TSMC and SK Hynix were among our largest contributors throughout the quarter, demonstrating the benefits of diversification across the Asian technology value chain which supported our performance during the recovery phase.
Our biggest reinforcements were in Alphabet and MediaTek, both names in which we have a high conviction -which were bought on weakness. MediaTek, was added based on its repositioning from a leading chip design house specializing in smartphone application processors to a broader AI enabler including cutting edge AI. Additionally, the company is less geopolitically sensitive compared to Nvidia or TSMC.
Within the theme of datacentres, we increased our weight to electricity related industrials on weakness following DeepSeek’s developments in January. Namely Schneider Electric and Eaton involved in electrification and cooling systems, as well as initiating a position in Vertiv.
Finally in the software space, sub-sector in which we are structurally underweight, we initiated new positions in Salesforce, SAP and Adobe on the back of recent weakness in these names.
Outlook
Trump’s mandate introduced uncertainty and volatility while fiscal discipline under a Republican leadership looks unlikely. In this environment, we favour tech names with strong pricing power and robust balance sheets—companies that can absorb inflationary pressures and perform even if interest rates stay elevated. We also believe that overall, technological innovation continues to advance, largely independent of political shifts.
The sharp market drawdown allowed us to increase our weight in many of our large US and Taiwanese Tech names as well as software names we had not held since launch, and benefitted from the upside from their trough in early April. We see their current valuations as a buying opportunity and see this period as a growth inflection point we have actively taken part in.
In a market environment influenced by political rhetoric, our strategy remains focused on identifying the tech companies at the forefront of innovation that offer indispensable products and services. We look for those technology companies that have a dominant position within the value chain and benefit from high barriers to entry across geographies and market cap.
Carmignac Portfolio Tech Solutions F EUR ACC
- Horizonte de investimento mínimo recomendado
- 5 anos
- Escala de Risco*
- 5/7
- Classificação SFDR**
- Artigo 9
*Escala de Risco do KID (documentos de informação fundamental). O risco 1 não significa um investimento isento de risco. Este indicador pode variar ao longo do tempo. **Regulamento SFDR (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation) 2019/2088. A classificação SFDR dos Fundos pode evoluir ao longo do tempo.
Principais riscos do fundo
volumes de negociação de ações ou capitalização bolsista.
Comissões
- Custos de entrada
- Não cobramos uma comissão de subscrição.
- Custos de saída
- Não cobramos uma comissão de saída para este produto.
- Comissões de gestão e outros custos administrativos ou operacionais
- 1,15% O impacto dos custos que suportamos anualmente pela gestão dos seus investimentos e outras comissões administrativas. Esta é uma estimativa baseada nos custos efetivos ao longo do último ano.
- Comissões de rendimento
- 20,00% quando a classe de ações supera o indicador de referência durante o período de desempenho. Será pago também no caso de a classe de ações ter superado o indicador de referência, mas teve um desempenho negativo. O baixo desempenho é recuperado por 5 anos. O valor real varia dependendo do desempenho do seu investimento. A estimativa de custo agregado acima inclui a média dos últimos 5 anos, ou desde a criação do produto se for inferior a 5 anos.
- Custos de transação
- 0,35% O impacto dos custos inerentes às nossas operações de compra e de venda de investimentos subjacentes ao produto.
Desempenho
| Carmignac Portfolio Tech Solutions | +3,9 | +6,5 |
| Indicador de Referência | −1,4 | +7,5 |
| Carmignac Portfolio Tech Solutions | +10,2% | - | +10,3% |
| Indicador de Referência | +6,3% | - | +5,9% |
Fonte: Carmignac em 30 de jun de 2025.
Data do primeiro VPL : 21/06/2024.
O desempenho passado não é necessariamente um indicador do desempenho futuro. Os desempenhos são líquidos de comissões (excluindo eventuais comissões de subscrição cobradas pelo distribuidor). O Fundo apresenta um risco de perda do capital.
O retorno pode aumentar ou diminuir em resultado de flutuações cambiais, para as acções que não estão cobertas por divisas.
Indicador de Referência: MSCI AC World Information Technology 10/40 Capped NR index

