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Bellevue SICAV: The Bellevue Funds (Lux) SICAV is admitted for public offering and distribution in Switzerland . Representative agent in Switzerland   Waystone Fund Services (Switzerland) SA, Avenue Villamont 17, CH-1005 Lausanne and paying agent in Switzerland: DZ PRIVATBANK (Schweiz) AG Münsterhof 12, PO Box, CH-8022 Zürich. Austria: Paying and information agent: Zeidler Legal Process Outsourcing Ltd., SouthPoint, Herbert House, Harmony Row, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2, Ireland. Germany: information agent: Zeidler Legal Process Outsourcing Ltd., SouthPoint, Herbert House, Harmony Row, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2, Ireland. Spain: The Bellevue Funds (Lux) SICAV is registered with the CNMV under the number 938. Paying and information agent: atl Capital, Calle de Montalbán 9, ES-28014 Madrid.  Prospectus, Key Investor Information Document (“KID”), the articles of association as well as the annual and semi - annual reports of the Bellevue Funds under Luxembourg law are available free of charge from the above mentioned representative, paying, facilities and information agents as well as from Bellevue Asset Management AG, Seestrasse 16 , CH - 8700 Kusnacht. 

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Fund documents Bellevue Entrepreneur Switzerland

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Fund documents Bellevue Funds and Bellevue Healthcare Strategy

Prospectus, Key Investor Information Document („KID“), fund contract as well as the annual and semi - annual reports of the Bellevue Medtech and Services fund established under Swiss law in the category "Other Funds for Traditional Investments" are available free of charge from : Switzerland : Swisscanto Fondsleitung AG, Bahnhofstrasse 9 , CH - 8001 Zürich or Bellevue Asset Management AG, Seestrasse 16 , CH - 8700 Kusnacht

Fund documents StarCapital Equity Value plus, StarCapital Multi Income, StarCapital Strategy 1 and StarCapital Dynamic Bonds.

Prospectus, the key investor information document ("KID"), the management regulations and the semi-annual and annual report are available free of charge in German from Bellevue Asset Management (Deutschland) GmbH, your advisor or intermediary, the paying agents, the relevant custodian bank or from the management company IPConcept (Luxembourg) S.A. (société anonyme), 4, rue Thomas Edison, L-1445 Luxembourg, Luxembourg, https://www.ipconcept.com. For information on opportunities and risks as well as tax information, please refer to the current detailed sales prospectus. Further information on investor rights can be found on the Management Company's website (https://www.ipconcept.com). The management company may decide to cancel the arrangements it has made for the distribution of the units of its collective investment undertakings in accordance with Article 93a of Directive 2009/65/EC and Article 32a of Directive 2011/61/EU.

Fund documents Bellevue Option Premium fund

Prospectus, the key investor information document ("KID"), the management regulations and the semi-annual and annual reports are available free of charge in German from Bellevue Asset Management (Deutschland) GmbH, your advisor or intermediary, the paying agents, the responsible depositary (UBS Europe SE, Bockenheimer Landstrasse 2-4, D-60306 Frankfurt am Main) or from the management company Universal-Investment-Gesellschaft mbH, Theodor-Heuss-Allee 70, D-60486 Frankfurt am Main, https://www.universal-investment.com. For information on opportunities and risks as well as tax information, please refer to the current detailed sales prospectus. Further information on investor rights can be found on the Management Company's website (https://www.universal-investment.com). The management company may decide to cancel the arrangements it has made for the distribution of the units of its collective investment undertakings in accordance with Article 93a of Directive 2009/65/EC and Article 32a of Directive 2011/61/EU.

 Fund documents StarCapital Premium Bonds plus  

Prospectus, the key investor information document ("KID"), the management regulations and the semi-annual and annual reports. These can be obtained free of charge in German from Bellevue Asset Management (Deutschland) GmbH, your advisor or intermediary, the paying agents, the responsible depositary (UBS Europe SE, Bockenheimer Landstrasse 2-4, D-60306 Frankfurt am Main) or from the management company Donner & Reuschel AG, Ballindamm 27, 20095 Hamburg, https://www.donner-reuschel.de. For information on opportunities and risks as well as tax information, please refer to the current detailed sales prospectus. Further information on investor rights can be found on the Management Company's website (https://www.universal-investment.com). The management company may decide to cancel the arrangements it has made for the distribution of the units of its collective investment undertakings in accordance with Article 93a of Directive 2009/65/EC and Article 32a of Directive 2011/61/EU.

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Bellevue Entrepreneur Switzerland (CH)

Owner-operated or family-run companies think in generations, not in quarters 

Solid balance sheets, high innovative strength and safety awareness have a positive effect on the share price

Companies impress with high ESG scores

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Investment Focus

ISIN-No. CH0259354873

The Fund invests in listed owner-managed companies in Switzerland where an entrepreneur or a founder family holds at least a 20% of a company’s voting rights, thereby exerting significant influence. The Management Team pursues a fundamental, bottom-up approach in identifying the most attractive founder-controlled companies while maintaining an investment portfolio diversified by sector and style (Value, GARP, Growth).

Indexed performance (as at: 02.10.2023)

NAV: CHF 185.68 (28.09.2023)


Fund (gross)
01 Jan 2010 - 01 Jan 2010
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I-CHF
Benchmark

Rolling performance (28.09.2023)

I-CHFBenchmark
28.09.2022 - 28.09.202312.41%5.79%
28.09.2021 - 28.09.2022-25.72%-11.85%
28.09.2020 - 28.09.202133.11%15.76%
27.09.2019 - 28.09.202020.14%5.31%

Annualized performance (28.09.2023)

I-CHFBenchmark
1 year12.41%5.79%
3 years3.58%2.58%
5 years4.56%5.09%
Since Inception p.a.8.95%7.43%

Cumulative performance (28.09.2023)

I-CHFBenchmark
1M-3.33%-4.45%
YTD4.59%2.54%
1 year12.41%5.79%
3 years11.14%7.96%
5 years24.97%28.21%
Since Inception92.49%72.79%

Annual performance

I-CHFBenchmark
2022-24.63%-17.83%
202126.69%23.38%
202018.27%3.82%
201930.21%30.59%

Investment Focus

The fund invests in listed owner-managed companies in Switzerland where an entrepreneur or a founder family holds at least a 20% of a company’s voting rights. The qualities of these companies – a focused business model, fast decision-making processes and a strong corporate culture – go hand in hand with efficient innovation, high product quality and strong customer loyalty. The corresponding impact on the share price is demonstrably positive. The fund’s Management Team offers a wealth of experience in this investment segment and has built up an extensive network with executives throughout the sector. It pursues a fundamental, bottom-up approach in identifying the most attractive founder-controlled companies with a small, mid as well as large market capitalization while maintaining an investment portfolio of 35 to 45 stocks diversified by sub-sector and style (Value, GARP, Growth). The fund takes ESG factors into consideration while implementing the aforementioned investment objectives.Show moreShow less

Investment suitability & Risk

SRRI

Low risk

High risk

The Fund’s investment objective is to generate attractive and competitive capital growth in the long term. It is therefore particularly suited to investors with an investment horizon of at least 5 years who want to enhance their portfolio diversification with investments in Swiss founder-controlled companies. The Fund displays the typical risks associated with equity investments.

General Information

Investment ManagerBellevue Asset Management AG
CustodianRBC Investor Services Bank, Zürich
Fund AdministratorPMG Investment Solutions AG, Zug
AuditorPWC
Launch date04.04.2006
Year end closing31. Dec
NAV CalculationDaily "Forward Pricing"
Cut of time15:00
Management Fee0.90%
Subscription Fee (max.)5.00%
ISIN numberCH0259354873
Valor number25935487
BloombergPMBESWI SW
Total expense ratio (TER)1.58% (31.07.2023)

Legal Information

Legal formInvestment funds under Swiss law
SFDR categoryArticle 8

Key data (31.07.2023, base currency CHF)

Beta1.00
Volatility16.50
Tracking error4.12
Active share42.42
Correlation0.97
Sharpe ratio0.58
Information ratio0.46
Jensen's alpha2.06
No. of positions43

Top 10 positions

Lindt & Sprüngli
Straumann
Burckhardt Compression
Kardex
SIG Combibloc Group
Roche
Aryzta
VZ Holding
SFS Group
LEM
3.5%
3.4%
3.2%
3.1%
3.1%
3.0%
3.0%
2.8%
2.8%
2.7%

Market capitalization

0 - 1 bn
1 - 2 bn
2 - 5 bn
5 - 15 bn
15 - 20 bn
> 20 bn
Others
8.9%
14.6%
28.8%
26.3%
2.4%
15.3%
3.7%

Breakdown by sector

Industrials
Consumer Staples
Financials
IT
Healthcare
Consumer Discretion.
Materials
Cash
34.1%
13.1%
12.7%
12.1%
9.3%
6.2%
5.1%
7.4%

Benefits

  • Above-average top line growth driven by high innovation and strong pricing power.
  • Higher operating margins on the back of high market share ("Champion in the niche") combined with good cost discipline.
  • More conservatively financed, lower debt exposure and a higher risk capacity compared to non-family businesses.
  • Multi-award-winning management team with a long and successful track record investing in owner-run firms.
  • Entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs – the Bellevue Group is itself an owner-run company with the majority of shares held by employees.

Risks

  • The fund invests in equities. Equities are subject to price fluctuations and so are also exposed to the risk of price losses.
  • Shares in smaller businesses are generally traded in lower volumes and are subject to bigger price fluctuations than larger enterprises.
  • The fund may invest a proportion of its assets in financial instruments that might under certain circumstances have a relatively low level of liquidity, which can in turn affect the fund’s liquidity.
  • Succession planning poses an additional risk for owner-run companies.
  • The fund may engage in derivatives transactions. The increased opportunities gained come with an increased risk of losses.

Swiss equities, as measured by the SPI Index, rose 0.5% in July (SPIEX: +1.4%, STOXX 600 +2%), sustained by the encouraging downward trending US inflation. The US economy is showing signs of a gradual slow down giving further credit to the thesis of a soft landing. In Europe, inflation remained high, with the core component flat mom at 5.5% and close to the March record-high of 5.7%. The Eurozone Composite PMI fell to 48.9 in July, down from 49.9 in the previous month, including 51.1 for the Services PMI (52.0 in June) and 42.7 for Manufacturing (43.4). Against this backdrop, the Fed and the ECB raised their rates by a further 25 bps in July, leaving the door open for further hikes. US and German rates increased, with the 10 years back to 2023 highs, but with an encouraging steepening through the curve. The Chinese Politburo Standing Committee launched new easing measures, not on a large scale and with no clear direction but enough to trigger a positive market reaction. Sector wise, retail (+9.7%), financial services (+8.3%) and chemicals (+7.6%) performed best, while media (-5.7%), food, beverage and tobacco (-4.4%) and utilities (-1.4%) lagged the most.

Against this backdrop, the fund rose 0.5% in the month (+13.6% ytd, CHF / A shares), underperforming its benchmark by 100 bps.

Main detractors in the month were SFS (-12.2%), Cie Financière Richemont (-6.4%) and LEM Holding (-4.0%). SFS slightly trimmed its 2023 guidance on the back of softer H1 numbers. Margins were impacted by a negative mix and weakness of the electronic business. We do not see this as structural and expect cyclical improvements as the destocking in electronics and industrial markets come to an end. Richemont reported quarterly sales up 14% and 19% at constant FX, 3% below consensus, with China, Macau and Hong Kong strong performances not being enough to offset the Americas turning negative for the first time since the pandemic. While growth was disappointing, the outperformance of the high-margin Jewelry Maison still leads to margin expansion and positive EPS revisions. LEM Holding published very strong quarterly results, with revenue and EBIT growth of 24% and 34% respectively. Order intake was lower with supply chains finally normalizing. This should not come as a surprise and was well flagged by management, nevertheless the market reacted negatively to it. We seized the occasion to increase our position. LEM is a clear beneficiary of rising electrification demand and valuation multiples fall rapidly below the LT average as growth kicks in.

Top 3 contributors in the month were Sulzer (+11.2%), Kardex (+8.5%) and Gurit (+12.1%). Sulzer’s Q2 results beat consensus and FY guidance was raised for order intake, sales and profitability. Sulzer benefits from positive demand trends in all its end markets and we await the result of the upcoming CMD and the strategic review of the new management. Kardex reported strong H1 results. Against robust demand for intralogistics products, order backlog increased 17%, sales 30% and EBIT 81% on the back of a 150 bps increase in GM and tight costs control. This led to a sharp increase in consensus estimates, offsetting 18 months of negative revision trend. With 2023 EPS back to historical highs, we note Kardex' share price is still lagging 25% behind its peak level despite excellent operating performance. After a disappointing performance in 2023, Gurit rebounded ahead of its H1 results due in August. Its high margins tooling business, usually a leading indicator for demand, did show significant growth in Q1 (+24.1% org.), which might finally suggest a nearing of the cycle trough.

As Paul Samuelson put it 1982, the equity market has predicted 5 out of 9 recessions. In 2023 things are different and equity markets keep grinding higher, seemingly ignoring the economists chorus with their warning voices. Near term, it seems the market path of less resistance is still on the upside as the odds of the Fed delivering a soft landing are increasing. Germany is the only major economy in a technical recession, although a rather mild one. Switzerland’s inflation has reduced to 1.6% and GDP growth for 2023 is still expected around 1%. More than 50% of companies have reported H1 results and the proportion of those beating expectations is larger than average. The setup is similar to Q1, with lower hurdle rates into the numbers and still good fundamentals. Most sectors are reporting positive EPS growth except real estate, commodity and consumer.      

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Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results and can be misleading. As the subfund is denominated in a currency that may differ than an investor’s base currency, changes in the rate of exchange may have an adverse effect on prices and incomes. Performance is shown net of fees and expenses for the relevant share class over the reference period. All performance figures reflect the reinvestment of dividends and do not take into account the commissions and costs incurred on the issue and redemption of shares, if any. Individual costs are not taken into account and would have a negative impact on the performance. With an investment amount of EUR 1,000 over an investment period of five years, the investment result in the first year would be reduced by the front-end load of up to EUR 50 (5%) as well as by additional individual custody charges. In subsequent years, the investment result would also be reduced by the individual custody account costs incurred. The reference benchmark of this class is used for performance comparison purposes only (dividend reinvested). No benchmark is directly identical to a subfund, thus the performance of a benchmark is not a reliable indicator of future performance of the subfund it is compared to. There can be no assurance that a return will be achieved or that a substantial loss of capital will not be incurred.Show moreShow less

Ratings

    • Co-Lead Portfolio Manager

      Birgitte Olsen

      Birgitte Olsen, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager Equities Europe, joined Bellevue Asset Management in 2008. Prior to that, she was Deputy Head of Portfolio Management Equities Europe at Generali Investments in Cologne for more than nine years. She worked as a Fund Manager (DE and Scandinavia) at Vontobel Asset Management in Zurich in 1997 and 1998. Birgitte Olsen started her career in the financial industry in 1994 as a sell-side analyst at Bank am Bellevue covering the insurance and pharmaceutical sectors. She holds a degree in Finance and Accounting from the University of St. Gallen.
    • Co-Lead Portfolio Manager

      Michel Keusch

      Michel Keusch joined Bellevue Asset Management in 2007. Prior to joining Bellevue Asset Management he was a senior analyst at Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux from 2003 to 2007 . From 1996 to 2003 he was a senior analyst with Credit Suisse First Boston covering European consumer goods and services. Michel Keusch began his professional career in the consumer goods industry in brand management with Procter & Gamble and Fromageries Bel. He holds a DESS/MBA in international management from the University of Strasbourg in France and the University of Bath in the UK.
    • Portfolio Manager

      Laurent Picard

      Laurent Picard joined Bellevue Asset Management in 2018. Prior to that, he was an Financial consultant for start-ups in the internet/tech sector. From 2009 to 2016 he was a senior equity research analyst for media at Société Générale, having joined from UBS Warburg, where he was an equity analyst for IT Services and Software and a strategist specialized on the French markets. Laurent Picard graduated from Paris X University and ESSEC business school and holds a Master of Financial Techniques.
    • Senior Product Specialist

      Loreno Ferrari

      Loreno Ferrari joined Bellevue Asset Management in 2018 and is a Senior Product Specialist. Previously, he spent 3 years as an Investment Specialist at UBS Asset Management and 8 years at Zürcher Kantonalbank, most recently as an Investment Advisor. Loreno holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Business Administration (UAS) Zurich with a Specialization in Banking and Finance. He is a Certified International Investment Analyst (CIIA) and holds the Certificate in ESG Investing from CFA Institute.
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