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Munro Global Growth Fund 2026 Q3 Investor Letter | Buyside Digest

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Primary Source Intelligence • Q3 2026 Letter Analysis

Munro Global Growth Fund Quarterly Analysis

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Fund Returns

QTD-12.6%

YTD+7.9%

Annualized+12.6%

Positioning StanceCONSTRUCTIVE

Market CapAll Cap

GeographyGlobal

Digest Analysis

Quick Take

"Driven by a broad-based pullback in AI supply chain equities and battery manufacturer CATL, while maintaining constructive high net exposure to capitalize on expanding agentic compute demand."

Executive Summary

The Munro Global Growth Fund returned -12.6% net of fees for the third quarter of 2026, lagging global equity benchmarks as long equity positions bore the brunt of performance headwinds alongside marginal detractors from currency, hedging, and short holdings. Net equity exposure closed the period at 93.5% across 39 long and 8 short positions, while gross exposure stood at 103.4% and the portfolio maintained a 55% currency hedge back to the Australian dollar. Equity market performance was mixed globally as the S&P 500 rose 2.3% and the Nasdaq was flat at 0.2%, whereas AI supply chain-heavy Asian indices declined significantly. The macroeconomic environment was characterized by rising interest rates, with US 10-year Treasury yields surpassing 5% and the Federal Reserve initiating a rate hike, alongside geopolitical tensions in the Middle East that sustained elevated energy prices. Despite these headwinds, the manager maintains that technological advancements and AI scaling will ultimately exert a structural deflationary impact on the broader economy. Market apprehension surrounding AI infrastructure durability, power constraints, local data center pushback, and pre-election political sentiment is viewed as a disconnect from underlying operational fundamentals, where token consumption and compute demand continue to accelerate via autonomous agentic architectures. Portfolio attribution was led by high-performance computing stalwarts Nvidia and Lam Research alongside Mastercard, which rebounded following non-fundamental drawdowns. Conversely, Chinese battery manufacturer CATL was the principal detractor, prompting risk-management trimming following a 20% quarterly decline, while Applied Materials and Nokia also detracted during the July technology sell-off. The manager maintained high conviction across core structural growth themes, asserting that negative sentiment and capex longevity concerns are now adequately priced into current valuations.

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Signal Matrix

Market Conviction

72%

CautiousHigh

High Conviction (72%)

The manager runs a reasonably focused book of 39 long and 8 short positions, detailing high structural conviction across concentrated sub-themes like AI infrastructure and clean tech. Specific positions such as Nvidia and CATL are profiled with granular revenue visibility and valuation multiples, though portfolio-level sizing figures for individual stocks are presented as bar charts rather than explicit weights. Conviction is trimmed slightly due to deliberate risk-management position reductions following drawdowns in CATL.

Growth Outlook

70%

BearishBullish

Bullish (70%)

The manager remains constructive on global equity fundamentals, asserting that recent technology weakness represents a transient correction similar to early 2025 volatility rather than a cyclical peak. The letter highlights robust enterprise demand and attractive valuation multiples below 15x forward earnings for key AI enablers. However, macroeconomic concerns including central bank monetary tightening and geopolitical headwinds temper an unqualified bullish stance.

Risk Appetite

75%

DefensiveAggressive

Aggressive (75%)

The fund maintains a risk-on tilt with a net equity exposure of 93.5% and gross exposure of 103.4%, holding only 4.9% in short positions. Cash balances are negligible, and capital remains heavily tilted toward structural growth equities in North America and Asia-Pacific. A 55% AUD currency hedge is actively utilized to buffer against macro exchange rate fluctuations.

Capital Deployment

55%

De-riskingDeploying

Net Neutral (55%)

Capital deployment is largely neutral to mildly active, as the fund stays nearly fully invested with 93.5% net exposure. While risk management protocols prompted selective trimming in CATL after a 20% pullback, the capital was largely preserved within existing structural themes rather than swept into cash reserves.

Forward Guidance

65%

CautiousExpansionary

Expansionary (65%)

The manager signals a constructive bias to deploy capital into beaten-down structural growth holdings, particularly in commercial aerospace and semiconductor capital equipment. While the team took risk-mitigating trimming actions on CATL, their stated posture is looking forward to earnings beats and platform ramp catalysts to drive positive revisions. Guidance reflects a selective accumulation stance without announcing wholesale new portfolio allocations.

Language Signal

70%

BearishBullish

Bullish (70%)

The report utilizes largely constructive language, citing robust demand profiles, compelling risk-reward opportunities, and attractive entry multiples. Bearish vocabulary is largely restricted to discussing transient external factors such as political sentiment, permitting delays, and macroeconomic interest rate increases. Positive terms regarding growth visibility and multi-year investment cycles heavily outweigh negative framing.

Perceived Risk

55%

Low RiskElevated

Moderate Risk (55%)

The manager acknowledges identifiable external risks, including Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, rising 10-year Treasury yields above 5%, Middle Eastern geopolitical tensions, and localized consumer pushback against data center power consumption. However, these issues are viewed as transient sentiment headwinds rather than systemic threats capable of derailing secular corporate earnings.

Opportunity Density

70%

ScarceAbundant

Abundant (70%)

The team identifies compelling opportunity density across AI compute, agentic commerce, drug discovery in healthcare, and grid-scale storage solutions. Valuation compression has created what the manager describes as attractive entry points across high-quality compounders trading below historical multiples. Opportunities are somewhat constrained to secular growth themes rather than a broad-market resurgence.

Time Horizon

75%

Short-TermLong-Term

Decade+ (75%)

Munro articulates a distinct multi-year investment horizon, explicitly framing the current environment as the early phase of a 2- to 5-year secular investment cycle. Near-term noise, such as quarterly political friction and monthly token volatility, is contextualized against multi-year product roadmaps extending through 2027 and beyond.