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

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>UK Industrials maintain top Sector weight. Real Estate and Consumer Discretionary underweights fund Technology overweight.</li>
<li>Investment Managers Industry group hits record exposure. REITs largely unloved by UK Small/Midcap funds.</li>
<li>Future plc remains the most widely held company. XPS Pensions and Foresight Group Holdings are the top overweights. B&amp;M, Weir Group and Rightmove lead the underweights.</li>
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UK Industrials maintain top Sector weight. Real Estate and Consumer Discretionary underweights fund Technology overweight.
Investment Managers Industry group hits record exposure. REITs largely unloved by UK Small/Midcap funds.
Future plc remains the most widely held company. XPS Pensions and Foresight Group Holdings are the top overweights. B&amp;M, Weir Group and Rightmove lead the underweights.


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

United Kingdom

Senior plc is an international manufacturing group that designs and manufactures high-technology components and systems for original equipment manufacturers. The company serves the worldwide aerospace, defense, land vehicle, and power & energy markets through its two divisions: Aerospace and Flexonics. Senior plc was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Rickmansworth, England.

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Senior (SNR LN)

UK Small/Midcap Fund Positioning Update

How are UK Small and Midcap equity funds positioned? We analyse the holdings of 106 actively managed UK strategies to find out.

Steven Holden

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...

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