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Mutual Fund Top Trumps: Infrastructure – 21 September 2023

This week FSA presents a quick comparison of two infrastructure products: the BlackRock GF Future of Transport Fund and the Morgan Stanley Global Infrastructure Fund.
Source: FE Fundinfo. All relevant fund data converted to US dollars for comparative purposes. Performance, alpha and volatility are annualised over three years with data as reported at the end of last month. Information ratio (IR) aims to measure a portfolio manager’s consistent ability to generate excess returns relative to a benchmark. The higher the IR, the more consistent the manager is.

Based on the popular 80s card game, each week we select an asset class and use FE Fundinfo data to compare two funds based on their three-year performance, assets under management, alpha, volatility, ongoing charges and information ratio to decide who is the Top Trump.

This week the the the BlackRock GF Future of Transport Fund defeats the Morgan Stanley Global Infrastructure Fund 5-1.

BlackRock GF Future of Transport Fund

Sector Breakdown:

  1. Technology (42%)
  2. Industrials (22.63%)
  3. Basic Materials (18.3%)
  4. Consumer Discretionary (10.9%)
  5. Cash and/or Derivatives (3.94%)
  6. Consumer Staples (2.04%)

Top 10 Holdings:

  1. LG Chem (3.76%)
  2. Albemarle Corp (3.74%)
  3. BYD (3.74%)
  4. Samsung SDI (3.73%)
  5. Infineon Technologies (3.73%)
  6. STMicroelectronics (3.71%)
  7. Aptiv (3.7%)
  8. Analog Devices (3.69%)
  9. TE Connectivity (3.5%)
  10. Union Pacific Corporation (3.46%)

Morgan Stanley Global Infrastructure Fund

Sector Breakdown:

  1. Oil & Gas Storage and Transportation (34.47%)
  2. Communications (15.46%)
  3. Electricity Transmission and Distribution (13.47%)
  4. Diversified (13.1%)
  5. Others (8.95%)
  6. Airports (5.29%)
  7. Water (4.83%)
  8. Toll Roads (3.37%)
  9. Cash (5.03%)

Top 10 Holdings:

  1. China Gas Holding (7.05%)
  2. GFL Environmental (5.63%)
  3. Vinci (5.22%)
  4. National Grid (5.07%)
  5. American Tower Corp (4.79%)
  6. Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane (4.4%)
  7. Enbridge (4.1%)
  8. Sempra (4.04%)
  9. Exelon Corp (3.31%)
  10. Cheniere Energy (3.19%)

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