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Top Trumps: Energy – 1 August 2024

This week FSA provides a quick comparison of two energy funds: the Pictet Clean Energy Transition fund and the Schroders Global Energy Transition 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 which is the Top Trump.

This week, the Pictet Clean Energy Transition fund defeats the Schroders Global Energy Transition fund tie 4-2.

Pictet Clean Energy Transition fund

The fund mainly invests in equities of companies that contribute to lowering carbon emissions by, for instance, favouring clean energy in their production process.

Top 10 holdings:

  1. Nextera Energy (6.2%)
  2. Trane Technologies (5.8%)
  3. Broadcom (5.7%)
  4. Nxp Semiconductors (5.5%)
  5. Marvell Technology (4.8%)
  6. Linde (4.8%)
  7. On Semiconductor Corp (4.6%)
  8. Topbuild Corp (4.4%)
  9. Applied Materials (4.3%)
  10. Iberdrola (4%)

Schroders Global Energy Transition fund

The fund aims to provide capital growth by investing in equities of companies worldwide that the investment manager believes are associated with the global transition towards lower-carbon sources of energy and which the investment manager deems to be sustainable investments.

Top 10 holdings:

  1. Johnson Matthey (4.7%)
  2. Vestas Wind Systems (4.5%)
  3. Red Electrica Corp (4.1%)
  4. EDP Renovaveis (4.1%)
  5. Hydro One (3.6%)
  6. Nexans (3.6%)
  7. Umicore (3.4%)
  8. First Solar (3.2%)
  9. Corp Acciona Energias Renovables (3.1%)
  10. Array Technologies (2.7%)

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