Polar Capital Tech shifts to AI winners as US mega-cap underweight hurts relative performance

Share price up 10.6%

Elliot Gulliver-Needham
clock • 2 min read

The £3.1bn Polar Capital Technology trust has continued to reposition towards AI winners, after relative underperformance hit the vehicle due to an underweight in stocks such as Broadcom and Adobe.

In its interim results to 31 October published today (12 December), the trust revealed its NAV had increased 12.1% over the six months, while its share price rose 10.6%. However, it lagged the Dow Jones Global Technology index, which rose 12.8% over the same period. Its discount also continued to widen, rising from 13.4% in April to 14.5% by 31 October, and currently sits at 13.2%, according to data from the Association of Investment Companies. Since 31 October, the trust's NAV has risen up 11.1%, compared to a 10.1% rise for the index. Monks laments 'bruising' underperformance period...

To continue reading this article...

Join Investment Week for free

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the investment industry, including the Sustainable Hub covering fund news from the ESG space
  • Get ahead of regulatory and technological changes affecting fund management
  • Important and breaking news stories selected by the editors delivered straight to your inbox each day
  • Weekly members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from leading industry experts
  • Be the first to hear about our extensive events schedule and awards programmes

Join now

 

Already an Investment Week
member?

Login

More on Investment Trusts

Trustpilot