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Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund 2026 Q3 Investor Letter | Buyside Digest

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Primary Source Intelligence • Q3 2026 Letter Analysis

Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund Quarterly Analysis

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Fund Returns

QTD+0.75%

YTD-6.81%

Annualized+11.44%

Positioning StanceCONSTRUCTIVE

Market CapLarge Cap

GeographyGlobal

Digest Analysis

Quick Take

"Maintains disciplined, low-turnover exposure to dominant global compounders across artificial intelligence, enterprise software, and digital infrastructure while opportunistically adding to core holdings on valuation dislocations."

Executive Summary

During the third quarter of 2026, the Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund posted a net return of 0.75%, underperforming the MSCI ACWI Index Net benchmark return of 1.60% by 85 basis points. On a year-to-date basis, the fund generated a net return of -6.81% net of fees, trailing the benchmark's 13.03% gain. Relative performance was aided by positive stock selection in communication services, information technology, and financials, but dampened by stock selection within healthcare, consumer staples, and industrials, as well as sector allocations across consumer discretionary and tech. The investment team operates with a private equity approach to public markets, prioritizing high-quality global compounders exhibiting durable competitive moats, sustainable free cash flow generation, and structural secular tailwinds. Central narrative themes driving the portfolio include enterprise software mission-criticality, expanding monetization of global digital ecosystems, the scaling of proprietary artificial intelligence infrastructure and compute architectures, and the electrification of global transportation. Portfolio activity was disciplined with zero new purchases initiated during the period. The manager actively capitalized on temporary market dislocations to add to existing core holdings in LVMH and Netflix on share price weakness, while completely divesting positions in Budweiser APAC and Yum China due to broken investment theses. Top performance contributors included Meta Platforms, Shopify, and Microsoft, while Tesla, Arm Holdings, and Boeing detracted.

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Signal Matrix

Market Conviction

82%

CautiousHigh

High Conviction (82%)

Concentration is evidenced by the top ten holdings accounting for 55.9% of the fund and a low annualized portfolio turnover rate of 8.7% since inception. The manager demonstrates decisive willingness to hold through volatility and selectively add to high-conviction positions during drawdowns, while immediately divesting broken theses like Budweiser APAC and Yum China.

Growth Outlook

72%

BearishBullish

Bullish (72%)

The manager sees substantial upside potential, calculating that the overall portfolio trades at an aggregate 48.0% discount to intrinsic value. While general macro commentary is limited, forward growth expectations across key secular themes like cloud compute and AI adoption remain constructive.

Risk Appetite

74%

DefensiveAggressive

Aggressive (74%)

Capital is allocated to secular growth businesses exhibiting heavy reinvestment cycles, such as Meta's massive capex buildout and Tesla's factory expansions. The fund operates fully invested in equities with zero exposure to traditional defensive safe-haven sectors like utilities or real estate.

Capital Deployment

48%

De-riskingDeploying

Net Neutral (48%)

Portfolio activity was balanced, consisting of opportunistic additions to two existing positions and complete liquidations of two names, with no new holdings purchased. Overall equity positioning remained steady.

Forward Guidance

70%

CautiousExpansionary

Expansionary (70%)

The manager actively seeks to exploit near-term share price dislocations to scale high-quality holdings, as demonstrated by recent additions to LVMH and Netflix. While no entirely new positions were initiated, the team maintains extensive coverage ready for deployment.

Language Signal

78%

BearishBullish

Bullish (78%)

Discussions of core holdings heavily emphasize competitive moats, pricing power, secular tailwinds, and significant discounts to intrinsic value. Cautious language is largely confined to individual regulatory setbacks and transient supplier issues.

Perceived Risk

38%

Low RiskElevated

Moderate Risk (38%)

Macro-level risks are treated as standard cyclical background noise, with the manager rejecting broad market fears regarding AI-driven software disruption. Risk analysis focuses almost exclusively on company-specific regulatory reviews and manufacturing ramp timing.

Opportunity Density

52%

ScarceAbundant

Selective (52%)

The manager operates a highly selective private-equity-style hurdle where all aspects of quality, growth, and valuation must align, resulting in zero new company initiations during the quarter. However, significant valuation upside is identified within the existing portfolio coverage universe.

Time Horizon

90%

Short-TermLong-Term

Decade+ (90%)

The investment strategy explicitly employs a multi-year private equity framework with an annualized turnover of just 8.7% since 2016 inception. The commentary repeatedly references decade-long secular growth horizons and persistent cash flow compounding across holdings.