3 December 2024
The Fund aims to deliver consistent and sustainable long-term returns by investing in a concentrated portfolio of global equities.
The Fund seeks to invest in a diverse range of businesses offering exposure to the key trends which we believe will help shape the future. These trends naturally align with the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations and are trends which we believe will grow in importance regardless of the economy and regulation.
The Fund is highly concentrated with low levels of turnover, and is sector, size, and geography agnostic. Portfolio construction is conducted bottom-up, with an emphasis on quantitative and qualitative factors as well as ESG considerations. The Fund does not invest in areas such as gambling, weapons, or tobacco and engages in active dialogue with companies to foster good ESG practices and improve the sustainability profile of companies in the long-term. Fund Manager, Alex Gunz, has worked in finance since 1997 and prior to joining Heptagon in 2011 was a top-ranked analyst at firms including Credit Suisse and JP Morgan.
Cyberattacks could cost the world $9tr in 2024. This is despite annual cybersecurity spending growing at over 10% and remaining the number-one priority in enterprise budgets. Artificial intelligence (AI) has changed the rules of the game. It has increased both the range and sophistication of potential cyberattacks as well as the tools with which defenders can potentially manage them. AI needs to be incorporated into defences before large-scale adoption occurs in the hacker community. While the imperative is clear, the challenge relates to prioritising IT spend and ensuring appropriate ongoing training and education. Human error remains the number one reason why cyberattacks occur. From an investment perspective, there are multiple ways of playing the cybersecurity theme in both the public and private arena. Given the number of players, we expect industry consolidation to remain an active force and favour seeking exposure either through niche businesses or those with sufficient scale to develop dedicated platforms.
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Name | Sector | Country | Weight % | |
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1 | Quanta Services Inc | Industrials | United States | 6.6 |
2 | Palo Alto Networks Inc | Information Technology | United States | 6.1 |
3 | Equinix Inc | Real Estate | United States | 6.0 |
4 | Prologis Inc | Real Estate | United States | 5.5 |
5 | Intuitive Surgical Inc | Health Care | United States | 5.3 |
6 | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc | Health Care | United States | 5.2 |
7 | Cheniere Energy Inc | Energy | United States | 5.1 |
8 | Mastercard Inc Class A | Financials | United States | 4.8 |
9 | Novo Nordisk AS Class B | Health Care | Denmark | 4.8 |
10 | Xylem Inc | Industrials | United States | 4.6 |
The Fund aims to deliver consistent and sustainable long-term returns by investing in a concentrated portfolio of global equities. The Fund also has the ability to invest in financial derivative instruments for investment purposes and to hedge against market risk. The Fund seeks to invest in a diverse range of businesses offering exposure to the key trends which we believe will help shape the future. These trends naturally align with the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations and are trends which we believe will grow in importance regardless of the economy and regulation. The Fund is highly concentrated with low levels of turnover, and is sector, size, and geography agnostic. Portfolio construction is conducted bottom-up, with an emphasis on quantitative and qualitative factors as well as ESG considerations. The Fund does not invest in areas such as gambling, weapons, or tobacco and engages in active dialogue with companies to foster good ESG practices and improve the sustainability profile of companies in the long-term. Fund Manager, Alex Gunz, has worked in finance since 1997 and prior to joining Heptagon in 2011 was a top-ranked analyst at firms including Credit Suisse and JP Morgan.
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