Share Class
LU0336083810
Crossing frontiers to discover small and mid-cap gems
- Capturing small- and mid-cap equity opportunities from both emerging countries and less covered frontier markets.
- Seeking out cash-generative companies with solid balance sheets and high growth perspectives.
Key documents
Asset Allocation
Equities95.1 %
Other4.9 %
Data as of: 28 Mar 2024.
Risk Indicator
4/7
Recommended Minimum Investment Horizon
5 years
Cumulative Performance since launch
Cumulative Performance 10 YearsCumulative Performance 5 YearsCumulative Performance 3 YearsCumulative Performance 12 Months
+ 85.2 %
+ 68.3 %
+ 17.6 %
+ 12.4 %
+ 20.4 %
To 15/04/2024
Calendar Year Performance 2014Calendar Year Performance 2015Calendar Year Performance 2016Calendar Year Performance 2017Calendar Year Performance 2018Calendar Year Performance 2019Calendar Year Performance 2020Calendar Year Performance 2021Calendar Year Performance 2022Calendar Year Performance 2023
+ 13.1 %
+ 3.0 %
+ 3.8 %
+ 17.9 %
- 8.9 %
+ 10.0 %
- 0.2 %
+ 25.5 %
- 22.4 %
+ 12.7 %
Net Asset Value
1851.9 €
Asset Under Management
108 M €
Market
Emerging markets
SFDR - Fund Classification
Article
8
Data as of: 28 Mar 2024.
Data as of: 15 Apr 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 Emerging Discovery 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: 29 Mar 2024.Fund management team
![[Management Team] [Author] Hovasse Xavier](https://carmignac.imgix.net/uploads/NextImage/0001/18/%5BManagement-Team%5D-%5BAuthor%5D-Hovasse-Xavier-1.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=fill&w=3840)
Xavier Hovasse
Head of Emerging Equities, Fund Manager
![[Management Team] [Author] Amol Gogate](https://carmignac.imgix.net/uploads/NextImage/0001/18/206d57f4169601a1b5be4a1556a54ff4db7b53d8.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=fill&w=3840)
Amol Gogate
Fund Manager
Performance commentary
The Fund delivered a positive return, and beat its reference indicator. Our stock picks such as Indian manufacturing company Jyoti Automation and hotel chain Juniper Hotels raised the Fund’s performance considerably. However, a few of our Indian positions, including Entero Healthcare, Sterling & Wilson Renewable and PB Fintech, were somewhat disappointing. Across the Atlantic, Mexico continues to benefit from the nearshoring of US production chains, and this reflected in share prices once again. Our positions in Fibra Terrafina and BBB Foods, for example, appreciated in March. On frontier markets, Kaspi was up too, making one of the biggest contributions to performance. This Kazakh banking company develops innovative products and services through its Kaspi.kz app for consumers and Kaspi Pay app for retailers, the most popular mobile apps in Kazakhstan.Outlook strategy
We still have an optimistic view of emerging market small and mid-caps due to some encouraging macroeconomic data, especially in Latin America and South-East Asia on which the Fund is focused. The vast emerging world presents numerous opportunities across all regions and sectors. Macroeconomic uncertainties abound, but some excellent investment opportunities can be found in a multitude of diverse themes ranging from domestic consumer spending to IT services and commodities. India remains our heaviest regional weighting and is an excellent local market in which to find long-term growth stocks, especially in the consumer, finance and new technology sectors, although we have to be aware of overpricing. We trimmed our Indian exposure during the month, taking profits after several months of excellent performance. Given what is at stake with artificial intelligence, we are maintaining our exposure to the semiconductor market through companies such as Gold Circuit Electronics, a Taiwanese IT parts manufacturer. Elsewhere, we are keeping significant Latin American exposure to diversify the portfolio and take advantage of secular trends such as nearshoring to Mexico, and rising commodity prices, which benefits commodity-producing countries like Brazil. We increased our Brazilian exposure during the month, opening a position on aircraft manufacturer Embraer, a global aviation leader specialised in regional and business jets.Performance Overview
Data as of: 15 Apr 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 01/01/2013 the equity index reference indicators are calculated net dividends reinvested.
Source: Carmignac at 16/04/2024
Carmignac Portfolio Emerging Discovery Portfolio overview
Below is an overview of the composition of the portfolio.Geographical Breakdown
Data as of: 28 Mar 2024.| Asia | 76.1 % |
| Latin America | 13.1 % |
| Middle East | 5.6 % |
| Eastern Europe | 4.8 % |
| Africa | 0.8 % |
| Europe | 0.3 % |
| Total % Equities | 100.6 % |
Asia76.1 %
 India | 42.4 % |
 China | 10.2 % |
 Taiwan | 7.6 % |
 South Korea | 6.0 % |
 Indonesia | 4.1 % |
 Vietnam | 3.0 % |
 Philippines | 1.9 % |
 Thailand | 1.0 % |
Key figures
Below are the key figures for the Fund, which will give you a clearer idea of the Fund's management and equity positioning.Exposure Data
Data as of: 28 Mar 2024.Equity Investment Weight94.5 %
Net Equity Exposure93.4 %
Number of Equity Issuers53
Active Share98.3 %
The strategy in a nutshell
Discover the Fund’s main features and benefits through the words of the Fund Managers.Fund Management Team
Xavier Hovasse
Head of Emerging Equities, Fund Manager
Amol Gogate
Fund Manager
We seek to select the most attractive companies in the universe of emerging small and mid-caps and underexploited frontier markets through a socially responsible investment approach.
Xavier Hovasse
Head of Emerging Equities, Fund Manager
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Carmignac Portfolio is a sub-fund of Carmignac Portfolio SICAV, an investment company under Luxembourg law, conforming to the UCITS Directive.
Market environment
Emerging markets were up in March (+2.4% for the MSCI EM in euro), as were global markets as a whole. However, Chinese markets were stable. Early in the month, the government announced it would be targeting 5% growth over the year and trying to cap the deficit at 3% of GDP, but its optimism failed to convince investors. China continues to face structural problems despite a slight improvement in certain economic indicators. For example, the NBS manufacturing PMI rose to 50.8 in March from 49.1 in February, and inflation of +0.7% put an end to five months of deflation. India’s healthy economy points to growth of 6.5%, so local markets continued to perform well. Another beneficiary of geopolitical tension, the South Korean market also made up ground (+3.0% for the KOSPI in euro), largely thanks to its technology companies. In Latin America, the Mexican economy continues to benefit from the nearshoring of US production chains, and its manufacturing PMI remains in expansionary territory (52.2). Mexico’s local CPI was up 6.5% in euro.