The Fisher Funds International Growth Fund is a hand-picked portfolio of 20-40 growth companies located predominantly in the US, Europe and Asia. We provide New Zealand investors access to a portfolio of high quality growth companies through a single tax efficient investment.
Our investment team travels around the world to identify businesses that have durable competitive advantages and significant growth opportunities. The portfolio includes both large well-recognised businesses (many of which are household names), and smaller companies with long growth runways. Regardless of the size of these businesses they are typically leaders in their markets. We employ a research heavy investment process, and invest only when we believe the market does not fully appreciate the long term potential of these businesses.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd » |
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| -15% Share Price Change | -0.8% Contribution to Return |
Fresenius Medical Care » |
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| -21% Share Price Change | -0.7% Contribution to Return |
Signature Bank |
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| -17% Share Price Change | -0.6% Contribution to Return |
| Alphabet Inc. Class A | 8.2% |
| PayPal Holdings Inc | 6.6% |
| Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Sponsored ADR | 5.9% |
| Cash | 1.2% |
| Top 10 holdings | 48.6% |
There was no holiday cheer in the global share markets in December with sharp falls in global markets. In New Zealand dollar terms our measure of global share performance ended the month 6.8% lower. Against this challenging backdrop the International Growth Fund fell 7.3% for the month.
In a month where few stocks made gains, the performance of recent addition Tencent was a highlight, gaining 3% as Chinese authorities restarted the online game approval process earlier than expected. New game licenses approvals had been halted since March, so this news was welcomed by the market as Tencent can now look to launch and monetise its pipeline of new games.
Heart valve company Edwards Lifesciences outperformed the market after a well-received investor day which reconfirmed the large market opportunity in trans-catheter heart valve replacement (which allows for valve replacement without open-heart surgery).
Core Laboratories was our worst performer, down 26% as the oil services sector reacted to the ongoing decline in the oil price which is impacting customer demand for its oilfield services and drilling products. Fresenius Medical Care was down 19% as the company downgraded 2019 guidance citing lower dialysis revenue and increased investment in the home dialysis market. We view these headwinds as largely temporary and still see strong long-term fundamental growth drivers as global dialysis patient numbers continue to grow and as Fresenius takes a greater role in managing the full care of kidney patients through risk sharing agreements with insurers.
See a selection of the companies the International Growth Fund invests in below. You’ll find a wide variety of companies from technology giant Alphabet - the parent company of Google, discount retailer TJ Maxx through to Chinese app provider Tencent.
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