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Iain Pocock

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<ul><li>Global supply rose for a sixth straight month from a year earlier despite easing from March's five-year high.</li><li>Asia accounted for more than 55% of global production, its highest monthly share in more than five years.</li><li>Europe's production fell to a six-month low, accounting for a larger share of the monthly decline than the Middle East.</li></ul>

Global supply rose for a sixth straight month from a year earlier despite easing from March's five-year high.Asia accounted for more than 55% of global production, its highest monthly share in more than five years.Europe's production fell to a six-month low, accounting for a larger share of the monthly decline than the Middle East.

Global Base Oils Supply Holds Firm In April Despite Middle East

<ul><li>Disruption-driven stock-building unwound across major markets, improving supply availability faster than buyers had anticipated</li><li>Supply returned to surplus in markets such as Argentina as recovering production and weaker demand reversed recent shortages</li><li>Group I again demonstrated the benefits of a broader production base, contrasting with tighter Group II and especially Group III supply</li></ul>

Disruption-driven stock-building unwound across major markets, improving supply availability faster than buyers had anticipatedSupply returned to surplus in markets such as Argentina as recovering production and weaker demand reversed recent shortagesGroup I again demonstrated the benefits of a broader production base, contrasting with tighter Group II and especially Group III supply

Base Oils and Lubricants: Weekly Global Market Review - 3 July '26

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

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Energy remains one of the most structurally underowned sectors in the global universe — just 62.85% of funds invested, average weight down from 8% in 2012 to 2.23% today.</li>
<li>For the first time in years, every ownership metric is moving in the right direction — 14 new positions, 20 net buyers, and $2.79bn of estimated inflows in six months.</li>
<li>The buyer base is narrow — Value and Yield funds dominate, Growth less convinced.  Stock ownership is light, but newcomers are emerging.</li>
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Energy remains one of the most structurally underowned sectors in the global universe — just 62.85% of funds invested, average weight down from 8% in 2012 to 2.23% today.
For the first time in years, every ownership metric is moving in the right direction — 14 new positions, 20 net buyers, and $2.79bn of estimated inflows in six months.
The buyer base is narrow — Value and Yield funds dominate, Growth less convinced.  Stock ownership is light, but newcomers are emerging.


Global Energy: Short-Term Recovery or Structural Shift?

<ul><li>Supply recovered across most major markets, while buyers became more cautious as crude oil prices fell and disruption risks eased.</li><li>South Korea increased exports to the US but cut volumes to India, pointing to a shift in demand rather than a shortage of supply.</li><li>Taiwan's exports rebounded and Singapore's exports began recovering, reinforcing signs of improving Asian availability.</li></ul>

Supply recovered across most major markets, while buyers became more cautious as crude oil prices fell and disruption risks eased.South Korea increased exports to the US but cut volumes to India, pointing to a shift in demand rather than a shortage of supply.Taiwan's exports rebounded and Singapore's exports began recovering, reinforcing signs of improving Asian availability.

Base Oils and Lubricants: Weekly Global Market Review - 19 Jun '26

<ul><li>Global base oils supply rose to a five-year high in March, but demand rose even faster, flipping the market into its first deficit in more than five years.</li><li>Asia's supply continued to outpace demand, with higher output, softer exports and weaker Chinese procurement pointing to firmer regional availability.</li><li>China's output fell from a four-year high, but remained well above normal levels, reinforcing signs of sufficient domestic supply and limited need for additional imports.</li></ul>

Global base oils supply rose to a five-year high in March, but demand rose even faster, flipping the market into its first deficit in more than five years.Asia's supply continued to outpace demand, with higher output, softer exports and weaker Chinese procurement pointing to firmer regional availability.China's output fell from a four-year high, but remained well above normal levels, reinforcing signs of sufficient domestic supply and limited need for additional imports.

Base Oils and Lubricants: Weekly Global Market Review - 12 Jun '26

United Kingdom

Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company that explores, produces, refines, and markets oil, natural gas, and petroleum products. It also operates in solar and electric power, biofuels, and petrochemicals, with a focus on integrated gas and new energy solutions. The company was formed in 1907 through the merger of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company and is headquartered in London, England.

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Global Base Oils Supply Holds Firm In April Despite Middle East

Global supply rose for a sixth straight month from a year earlier despite easing from March's five-year high. Asia accounted for more than 55% of...

Base Oil News

Base Oils and Lubricants: Weekly Global Market Review - 3 July '26

Disruption-driven stock-building unwound across major markets, improving supply availability faster than buyers had anticipated Supply returned...

Base Oil News

Global Energy: Short-Term Recovery or Structural Shift?

Energy remains one of the most structurally underowned sectors in the global universe, but appetite for a larger allocation is growing

Steven Holden

Base Oils and Lubricants: Weekly Global Market Review - 19 Jun '26

Supply recovered across most major markets, while buyers became more cautious as crude oil prices fell and disruption risks eased. South Korea...

Base Oil News

Base Oils and Lubricants: Weekly Global Market Review - 12 Jun '26

Global base oils supply rose to a five-year high in March, but demand rose even faster, flipping the market into its first deficit in more than...

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