| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 17, 2025 | Ariel Global Fund | 7.4% | - | 000660.KS, 1590.TW, 2319.HK, 6361.T, 6920.T, BBVA, DIS, FSLR, JD, LTO.MI, SAN, TSCO.L, ZBH | AI, Banking, energy, global, healthcare, semiconductors, value | Strong AI-driven demand for high bandwidth memory products drove performance at SK Hynix. The company gained market share in high-content server-grade DRAM modules with entire 2025 HBM supply sold out and Nvidia as a key customer. AI power demands are expected to benefit First Solar as the only US-based solar module manufacturer of scale. | ZBH DIS LOTTO.MI FSLR 6361.T BBVA 1590.TW SNY 2319.HK JD 6920.T 000660.KS TSCO.L BBVA SM 6920 JP |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 17, 2025 | Ariel International Fund | 12.6% | - | 000660.KS, 1590.TW, 2319.HK, 6361.T, 6920.T, BBVA, CHKP, JD, LTO.MI, SNY, TSCO.L | AI, Asia, Europe, international, semiconductors, technology, value | Investor enthusiasm for artificial intelligence themed stocks drove global indices to new all-time highs. Strong AI driven demand for high bandwidth memory products was a key highlight for SK Hynix, with the company gaining market share in AI memory market and having its entire 2025 HBM supply sold out with Nvidia as a key customer. | CHKP 6920 JP |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 16, 2025 | Harding Loevner International Equity | 9.2% | 14.8% | 002352.SZ, 005930.KS, 0669.HK, 0700.HK, 1299.HK, 2057.HK, 2308.TW, 2318.HK, 2330.TW, 300760.SZ, 4507.T, 4519.T, 4684.T, 6146.T, 6301.T, 6383.T, 6690.HK, 6758.T, 6861.T, 6869.T, 8113.T, ADYEN.AS, AI.PA, ALC, ALFA.ST, ALV.DE, ASML, ASSA-B.ST, ATCO-A.ST, ATD.TO, BAP, BBVA, BHP, CNR, COLOB.CO, D05.SI, DSY.PA, EPI-A.ST, FMX, GFNORTEO.MX, GMAB, HDB, HLN.L, LIN, MELI, MFC, NESN.SW, NTES, NVS, NZYM-B.CO, OR.PA, RIO, ROG.SW, RYA.L, SAF.PA, SAP, SEB-A.ST, SHEL, SOON.SW, SU.PA, SY1.DE, TLKM | aerospace, AI, defense, Europe, Health Care, international | Health care equities have underperformed despite strong fundamentals due to political and regulatory uncertainty in the US and beyond. Policy risks include drug pricing reforms, Medicaid funding cuts, and reduced NIH funding. However, the sector's structural advantages remain intact with continued innovation like GLP-1 therapies. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Harding Loevner International Equity | 9.5% | 11.5% | 005930.KS, 0700.HK, ADYEN.AS, ALV.DE, ASML, BBVA, BHP, BNTX, D05.SI, HDB, IFX.DE, MELI, NESN.SW, OR.PA, ROG.SW, SAP, SHEL, SONY, SU.PA, TSM | AI, diversification, growth, international, Japan, Quality, semiconductors, technology | The fund has significant portfolio-level exposure to AI growth through a diverse set of fundamentally strong companies. AI beneficiaries fall into two categories: companies providing AI-enhanced goods and services, and companies developing underlying AI technology including semiconductor manufacturers and infrastructure providers. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | BlackRock Global Dividend Fund | 0.7% | 0.7% | ACN, AVGO, AZN, BA.L, BBVA, CMS, DEO, KO, LLY, MSFT, NVDA, NVO, RELX, TSM, TXN, UNH | AI, defense, dividends, Europe, global, healthcare, technology, Trade Policy | The fund avoided Nvidia exposure which proved beneficial as the stock faced market concerns from hedge fund short positions and anxiety about Chinese company DeepSeek's low-cost AI model. Broadcom was negatively impacted by AI-related market concerns and trade tensions. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 9, 2025 | ClearBridge Investments International Growth ADR Strategy | - | - | 0700.HK, 1211.HK, 3064.T, 8035.T, ADYEN.AS, AEM, ALC, ARGX, ARM, BBVA, BVI.PA, CLS.TO, CPG.L, DOL.TO, DTE.DE, HDB, HSBA.L, KBC.BR, KOF, L.TO, LSEG.L, MELI, NVO, NVZMY, PRY.MI, REL.L, SAN, SAP, SFTBY, SIK.SW, SONY, SPOT, STMN.SW, TRI.TO, UCB.BR, VNA.DE | AI, banks, Biotechnology, China, Europe, growth, international, value | European biotechs Argenx and UCB delivered solid contributions with robust sales growth and positive clinical trial results. Argenx benefited from strong Vyvgart autoimmune treatment sales and renewed pipeline confidence. UCB rose on strong uptake of recently launched treatments Bimzelx and Rystiggo, plus positive Phase 3 seizure disorder trials. | CLS CN UCB BB |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 14, 2025 | Harding Loevner International Equity | 6.6% | 22.4% | 005930.KS, 2308.TW, 2413.T, 4519.T, 4684.T, 6301.T, 7741.T, 9984.T, AIA, ALC.SW, ALV.DE, ASML, BBVA, BHP.AX, CATL, D05.SI, NESN.SW, NICE, SE, TSM | AI, China, financials, growth, international, Quality, semiconductors, valuation | The fund maintains a persistent tilt toward higher-quality companies as a hedge against economic downturns. However, high-quality stocks have dramatically underperformed, with the top third returning 17% versus 37% for the bottom third year-to-date. This quality bias explains essentially all relative performance shortfall this year. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 20, 2026 | Harding Loevner International Equity | 4.2% | 27.6% | 005930.KS, 0700.HK, 1299.HK, 1398.HK, 2330.TW, 6758.T, ALC.SW, ALFA.ST, ALV.DE, ASML, ATCO-A.ST, BBVA, D05.SI, MELI, NTES, NVO, NVS, ROG.SW, SE, SU.PA | AI, defense, emerging markets, international, semiconductors, technology, Valuations | AI represents a capital-expenditure regime with two distinct camps: demand-side hyperscalers investing in compute capacity, and supply-side physical enablers spanning chip foundries, memory makers, and infrastructure providers. The portfolio holds companies across this ecosystem including TSMC, Samsung Electronics, ASML, and power management providers like Delta Electronics and Schneider Electric. The semiconductor ecosystem is central to AI buildout, with the portfolio holding foundries like TSMC, memory producers like Samsung Electronics, and equipment suppliers including ASML, Disco Corp, and Lasertec. These companies represent the physical enablers of AI infrastructure despite potential cyclical risks if AI capex slows. EM exposure increased to roughly 30% of the portfolio, the largest weight ever, driven by compressed valuations and opportunities in companies like CATL, Delta Electronics, Naver, and Tencent. The manager sees attractive risk-reward profiles in EM companies where fundamentals remain robust despite underperformance. Added BAE Systems amid broader European defense sell-off, capitalizing on sustained higher defense budgets in Europe and modernization push in the US. BAE's intellectual property, government relationships, and program execution track record support resilient profitability even through periods of restrained spending. Portfolio includes e-commerce operators MercadoLibre and Sea Limited, as well as Naver which is South Korea's second-largest e-commerce business. These companies benefit from AI-based targeting and automated ad-generation tools that can expand revenue opportunities and improve monetization. | BA LN 035420 KS |
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| 2022 Q3 | Sep 11, 2022 | Artisan Global Discovery | 7.6% | 13.1% | AZTA, BBVA, BURL, CAE, CTLT, GNRC, ON, SMGKF, TEAM, VEEV, VMI | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 18, 2024 | ClearBridge Investments International Growth ADR Strategy | 5.7% | 0.0% | 1299.HK, 2348.HK, 4568.T, 7733.T, 8035.T, ABB, ACN, ALC, ATLKY, AZN, BBVA, BVI.PA, CP, LYG, MC.PA, MELI, NICE, NVO, RACE, SE, TSM, UCB.BR, UL | Asia, banks, Europe, growth, healthcare, international, technology | International IT stocks continued to diverge from their generative AI-driven U.S. counterparts, creating performance headwinds. TSMC benefited from renewed strength as the foundry of choice for Nvidia and other AI silicon developers. Accenture's AI projects are ramping up fast and will become increasingly meaningful as companies need to digitize operations and move to cloud. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 18, 2024 | Harding Loevner International Equity | 9.5% | 11.5% | 700.HK, ALV.DE, ASML, BAP, BBVA, BHP.AX, D05.SI, GFNORTEO.MX, HDFC.NS, ICICIBANK.NS, IFX.DE, LIN, NESN.SW, NVDA, NVO, OR.PA, RIO, SAP.DE, SHEL, TSM | AI, Banking, emerging markets, international, M&A, Political Risk, semiconductors, technology | AI beneficiaries like semiconductors and semiconductor equipment surged by double digits, with TSMC continuing to soar on sustained demand for AI-related chips for NVIDIA and others. Returns within IT were bifurcated as direct AI beneficiaries outperformed while software & services fell. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | ClearBridge Investments International Growth ADR Strategy | - | - | 1211.HK, 4091.T, 6273.T, 7011.T, 7733.T, 7936.T, AIR.PA, ARGX, BBVA, CP, DB1.DE, DTE.DE, ISP.MI, LLOY.L, NVO, NWG.L, SE, TT, UCB.BR, UCG.MI | banks, China, defense, Europe, growth, infrastructure, international, technology | Defense spending is expected to increase dramatically in the EU and Japan, boosting revenues for aerospace contractors like Airbus and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Germany is leading substantial increases in defense spending as Europe shoulders greater responsibility for security. Military spending in Japan could increase from 1% to 3% of GDP. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Harding Loevner International Equity | 5.1% | 5.1% | 005930.KS, 1299.HK, 6146.T, 6367.T, AI.PA, ALV.DE, ASML, BBVA, D05.SI, HDFCBANK.NS, LIN, MELI, MFC.TO, NESN.SW, OR.PA, ROG.SW, SHEL, SNE, SU.PA, TSM | AI, international, Policy Uncertainty, semiconductors, tariffs, Trade Policy | The Trump administration has implemented heightened US policy uncertainty with tariffs expanding beyond China to include Canada, Mexico, and European allies. This creates business uncertainty and undermines investment confidence as companies become less willing to commit capital when rules become increasingly arbitrary. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Jan 31, 2024 | Harding Loevner International Equity | 9.5% | 11.5% | 005930.KS, 1810.HK, 4507.T, 4519.T, 6301.T, 6383.T, 8306.T, ADYEY, ALFVY, ATD, ATLKY, BAC, BBVA, BHP, D05.SI, DASTY, ENNEF, FMX, IFX.DE, KRYAY, LOGI, MFC, NZYMF, OR.PA, PNGAY, RIO, SAP, SBGSY, SYSMF, TSM | emerging markets, Europe, financials, growth, industrials, international, Quality, technology | The manager emphasizes their focus on high-quality companies that provide stability against market turbulence. They seek quality combined with high growth, noting that quality companies often generate higher risk-adjusted returns due to more predictable profitability and earnings growth. | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Ariel Global Fund | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA | Financials | Banks | Bull | NYSE | banking, Discount Valuation, merger, Mexico, Nearshoring, ROE, Spain, Turkey | View Pitch |
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