Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>BAE ownership jumped from 29.4% to 36.7% of UK funds, reaching its strongest level in two years.</li>
<li>Despite gains, BAE remains the sixth-largest underweight versus the FTSE All-Share.</li>
<li>BAE dominates UK aerospace and defence peers, but underweights may be harder to defend amid Europe’s rearmament and geopolitical tensions.</li>
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BAE ownership jumped from 29.4% to 36.7% of UK funds, reaching its strongest level in two years.
Despite gains, BAE remains the sixth-largest underweight versus the FTSE All-Share.
BAE dominates UK aerospace and defence peers, but underweights may be harder to defend amid Europe’s rearmament and geopolitical tensions.


BAE Systems: Positioning Rebounds, Underweight Widens

Investment Advisor, Upslope Capital Management

Upslope Capital Management

Investment Advisor

Investment advisor for Upslope Partners Fund, LP, a global long/short equity hedge fund.

<ul><li>Q2 saw markets whipsawed in an unprecedentedly deliberate fashion. Markets got slammed when aggressive tariffs were announced.</li><li>They quickly rebounded when relief extensions were granted and “deals” announced. Then they rebounded some more.</li><li>Where does that leave us? No one believes harsh tariffs will be widely implemented. This (lack of tariffs) is a good thing, and it is well reflected in markets and valuations. But markets are now extremely frothy.</li></ul>

Q2 saw markets whipsawed in an unprecedentedly deliberate fashion. Markets got slammed when aggressive tariffs were announced.They quickly rebounded when relief extensions were granted and “deals” announced. Then they rebounded some more.Where does that leave us? No one believes harsh tariffs will be widely implemented. This (lack of tariffs) is a good thing, and it is well reflected in markets and valuations. But markets are now extremely frothy.

Upslope's Quarterly Investor Letter: 2025-Q2 Update

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Index Rebalance

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<li>The MV Global Defense Industry Index represents the performance of companies in national defense industries.</li>
<li>There will be 3 ADDs for the MV Global Defense Index in June 2025. </li>
<li>We expect one-way flow of US$505mn for June 2025, which translates to a turnover of 8.8%. </li>
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The MV Global Defense Industry Index represents the performance of companies in national defense industries.
There will be 3 ADDs for the MV Global Defense Index in June 2025. 
We expect one-way flow of US$505mn for June 2025, which translates to a turnover of 8.8%. 


[Quiddity Index] MV Global Defense Jun25 Rebalance Results: Flow Expectations

<ul><li>Q4 was the most challenging quarter for Upslope since early 2021 (peak of the SPAC/meme stock bubble).</li><li>Longs underperformed and shorts dragged. Month-to-date performance has been similarly challenging (approximately -4% as of this writing).</li><li>In addition to a tough market environment, I made mistakes that made things worse.</li></ul>

Q4 was the most challenging quarter for Upslope since early 2021 (peak of the SPAC/meme stock bubble).Longs underperformed and shorts dragged. Month-to-date performance has been similarly challenging (approximately -4% as of this writing).In addition to a tough market environment, I made mistakes that made things worse.

Upslope's Quarterly Investor Letter: Q4 2024

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations

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<li>In this insight, we take a look at the names leading the race to become ADDs/DELs for the STOXX Europe 600 and EuroSTOXX Indices for the September 2022 Rebalance.</li>
<li>Based on current rankings, I estimate there to be 10 ADDs/DELs for the STOXX Europe 600 Index including potential M&amp;A-related deletions.</li>
<li>In addition, I have discussed some LONG-SHORT pairs with interesting potential index flow dynamics.</li>
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In this insight, we take a look at the names leading the race to become ADDs/DELs for the STOXX Europe 600 and EuroSTOXX Indices for the September 2022 Rebalance.
Based on current rankings, I estimate there to be 10 ADDs/DELs for the STOXX Europe 600 Index including potential M&amp;A-related deletions.
In addition, I have discussed some LONG-SHORT pairs with interesting potential index flow dynamics.


STOXX Europe Quiddity Leaderboard Sep 2022: 10 ADDs/DELs & Some LONG-SHORT Ideas

United Kingdom

QinetiQ Group PLC is a science and technology research company formed from the British Governments defense research and development organization.

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BAE Systems: Positioning Rebounds, Underweight Widens

BAE Systems ownership has rebounded sharply, cementing its lead in UK defence holdings. Yet it remains a key underweight, raising risks for...

Steven Holden

Upslope's Quarterly Investor Letter: 2025-Q2 Update

Q2 saw markets whipsawed in an unprecedentedly deliberate fashion. Markets got slammed when aggressive tariffs were announced. They quickly...

Upslope Capital Management

[Quiddity Index] MV Global Defense Jun25 Rebalance Results: Flow Expectations

The MV Global Defense Index sees 3 ADDs for June 2025. This is an index family which gives short notice. We expect $500mm+ of one-way flows for...

Travis Lundy

Upslope's Quarterly Investor Letter: Q4 2024

Q4 was the most challenging quarter for Upslope since early 2021 (peak of the SPAC/meme stock bubble). Longs underperformed and shorts dragged.

Upslope Capital Management

STOXX Europe Quiddity Leaderboard Sep 2022: 10 ADDs/DELs & Some LONG-SHORT Ideas

STOXX Europe 600 Index could see around 10 ADDs/DELs between now and the end of September 2022. These index flow dynamics pave way to some...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

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