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Thornburg International Equity Fund 2026 Q3 Investor Letter | Buyside Digest

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Primary Source Intelligence • Q3 2026 Letter Analysis

Thornburg International Equity Fund Quarterly Analysis

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Fund Returns

QTD+1.33%

YTD+11.31%

Annualized+8.7%

Positioning StanceCONSTRUCTIVE

GeographyEurope, Asia

Digest Analysis

Quick Take

"Thornburg International Equity Fund outperformed its benchmark in the third quarter of 2026.48% for the index."

Executive Summary

Thornburg International Equity Fund seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing in premier foreign companies trading at attractive valuations relative to their underlying corporate earnings power. For the third quarter ended September 30, 2026, the fund's Class I shares delivered a total return of 1.43% net of fees, outpacing the MSCI ACWI ex USA Net Total Return USD Index return of 0.48%. Over the trailing 12-month period, the fund advanced 16.52% net of fees compared to 20.00% for the benchmark. Relative outperformance during the period was propelled by top contributors such as Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Hitachi, SAP, and Sony Group, which helped counterbalance pullbacks in holdings such as Orange, Ferrovial, and AstraZeneca. The macroeconomic backdrop was characterized by elevated bond yields, persistent fiscal borrowing, and renewed commodity price volatility, particularly across crude oil and refined energy products. In response, portfolio managers maintained active positioning with an 8.39% cash weighting, overweighting select industrials and utilities in Europe while leaning into structural secular growth drivers including artificial intelligence infrastructure adoption across Asia.

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Signal Matrix

Market Conviction

48%

CautiousHigh

Moderate (48%)

A moderately diversified 45-stock portfolio where the top 10 holdings represent 30.3% of fund assets and position sizes top out around 3.7%. While the managers express confidence in bottom-up business models, the portfolio spreads risk broadly across numerous sectors and regions with meaningful cash preserved.

Growth Outlook

50%

BearishBullish

Neutral (50%)

A neutral market outlook of 0.50 is assigned due to the stark balance between durable AI-related earnings momentum and the dampening effects of rising sovereign debt yields, high energy input costs, and slowing global GDP growth.

Risk Appetite

52%

DefensiveAggressive

Balanced (52%)

Risk appetite is scored at 0.52 because the managers maintain an 8.39% cash buffer while selectively holding cyclical and growth assets in industrials, materials, and technology, balancing upside capture with macro caution.

Capital Deployment

46%

De-riskingDeploying

Net Neutral (46%)

Slight de-risking and net neutral cash management, as cash exposure modestly grew from 6.98% at mid-year to 8.39% at quarter-end amid selective rebalancing.

Forward Guidance

50%

CautiousExpansionary

Neutral (50%)

Forward guidance is scored at 0.50 as the team executes measured, balanced portfolio adjustments (13 increases, 7 decreases, 1 new position, 2 eliminations) rather than aggressive net deployment or sweeping liquidation.

Language Signal

50%

BearishBullish

Balanced (50%)

Language signal stands at 0.50 as mentions of resilient growth, earnings power, and AI infrastructure buildout are directly balanced against warnings of elevated fiscal deficits, geopolitical conflict, inflation, and restrictive financial conditions.

Perceived Risk

68%

Low RiskElevated

Elevated Risk (68%)

Perceived risk is scored at 0.68 due to thorough commentary regarding sovereign bond yield spikes, crude oil exceeding $100 per barrel, Chinese real estate fragility, and European winter energy exposure.

Opportunity Density

55%

ScarceAbundant

Selective (55%)

Opportunity density is rated at 0.55 reflecting bottom-up opportunities in select international enablers within energy management, materials, and Japanese governance turnaround stories despite an overall slowing global macroeconomic backdrop.

Time Horizon

78%

Short-TermLong-Term

Decade+ (78%)

Time horizon is scored at 0.78 because the managers explicitly urge shareholders to maintain a long-term perspective and evaluate quality franchises across full economic and market cycles rather than short-term trading windows.