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Top Trumps: TMT – 17 July 2025

This week FSA provides a quick comparison of two TMT equity funds: the BlackRock GF World Technology fund and the Alliance Bernstein (AB) International Technology Portfolio.
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 BlackRock GF World Technology fund defeats the Alliance Bernstein (AB) International Technology Portfolio: 5-1

AB (Alliance Bernstein) International Technology Portfolio

The strategy seeks growth of capital by investing in equity securities of companies located around the world that are expected to benefit from technological advances and innovations.

Top 10 holdings:

  1. NVIDIA (8.1%)
  2. Microsoft (4.8%)
  3. Broadcom (4.3%)
  4. Meta (3.0%)
  5. Amazon (2.3%)
  6. TSMC ((2.6%)
  7. Netflix (2.0%)
  8. ServiceNow (1.9%)
  9. Amphenol (1.9%)
  10. Oracle (1.6%)

BlackRock GF World Technology fund

The fund aims to maximise the return on your investment through a combination of capital growth and income on the fund’s assets and invest in a manner consistent with the principles of ESG investing.

Top 10 holdings:

  1. NVIDIA (9.9%)
  2. Microsoft (8.7%)
  3. Broadcom (8.4%)
  4. Apple (5.3%)
  5. Meta (5.1%)
  6. Oracle (3.9%)
  7. Amazon (3.2%)
  8. Snowflake (2.8%)
  9. TSMC (2.5%)
  10. Spotify (2.3%)

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