Amazon is held as a relatively large position and is the only significant exposure to the AI theme in the portfolio, though it was purchased prior to the current AI boom.
Danaher is the fund's largest position. It has strong market power and barriers to entry, allowing it to capture AI-driven productivity gains in its margins rather than passing them on to consumers.
Extreme pessimism created attractive valuations in Brazil.
Risks in Brazil are currently overestimated and returns are underestimated due to extreme market pessimism. High-quality Brazilian companies are trading at attractive valuations, prompting a reallocation of about 11% of the fund into two Brazilian equities.
Industrial gases are protected from AI disruption.
Linde is a large position because its industrial gas business is highly protected from AI disruption. It operates like an unregulated utility with very low tail risk and highly predictable returns.