Bellevue Healthcare Strategy (Lux)
Investments in the 40 most attractive healthcare stocks worldwide, regionally diversified and across sub sectors
Profiting from pent-up demand in Emerging Markets as well as from innovation in industrialized countries
Strong focus on quality mid caps and underweight in pharma stocks
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Investment Focus
ISIN-No. LU1477742818
The Bellevue Healthcare Strategy Fund invests in global healthcare companies with innovative business models. Its investment universe consists of biotechnology and pharma companies, medical technology and services companies as well as generics producers that are involved in the development, manufacturing or sale of products and services.
Indexed performance (as at: 22.03.2023)
NAV: USD 223.12 (13.03.2023)
Rolling performance (13.03.2023)
I-USD | Benchmark | |
11.03.2022 - 13.03.2023 | -8.62% | -1.59% |
12.03.2021 - 11.03.2022 | -2.68% | 9.32% |
13.03.2020 - 12.03.2021 | 42.14% | 29.56% |
13.03.2019 - 13.03.2020 | -2.90% | -0.83% |
Annualized performance (13.03.2023)
I-USD | Benchmark | |
1 year | -8.62% | -1.59% |
3 years | 8.12% | 11.70% |
5 years | 4.37% | 8.19% |
Since Inception p.a. | 9.53% | 10.27% |
Cumulative performance (13.03.2023)
I-USD | Benchmark | |
1M | -7.30% | -5.46% |
YTD | -7.65% | -5.87% |
1 year | -8.62% | -1.59% |
3 years | 26.41% | 39.38% |
5 years | 23.85% | 48.29% |
Since Inception | 78.50% | 86.33% |
Annual performance
I-USD | Benchmark | |
2022 | -11.17% | -5.41% |
2021 | 5.98% | 19.80% |
2020 | 27.94% | 13.52% |
2019 | 23.24% | 23.24% |
Facts & Key figures
Investment Focus
The fund’s aim is to achieve capital growth in the long term. The Bellevue Healthcare Strategy Fund invests in global healthcare companies with innovative business models. Its investment universe consists of biotechnology and pharma companies, Show moreShow less
Investment suitability & Risk
Low risk
High risk
General Information
Investment Manager | Bellevue Asset Management AG |
Custodian | RBC Investor Services, Luxembourg |
Fund Administrator | RBC Investor Services, Luxembourg |
Auditor | PriceWaterhouseCoopers |
Launch date | 31.10.2016 |
Year end closing | 30. Jun |
NAV Calculation | Daily "Forward Pricing" |
Cut of time | 15:00 CET |
Management Fee | 0.90% |
Subscription Fee (max.) | 5.00% |
ISIN number | LU1477742818 |
Valor number | 33635311 |
Bloomberg | BVBAHIU LX |
WKN | A2ASDJ |
Total expense ratio (TER) | 2.17% (28.02.2023) |
Legal Information
Legal form | Luxembourg UCITS V SICAV |
SFDR category | Article 8 |
Key data (28.02.2023, base currency USD)
Beta | 0.80 |
Volatility | 18.30 |
Tracking error | 11.55 |
Active share | 77.21 |
Correlation | 0.80 |
Sharpe ratio | 0.34 |
Information ratio | -0.38 |
Jensen's alpha | -2.62 |
No. of positions | 40 |
Opportunities & Risks
Opportunities
- Investments in the 40 most attractive healthcare stocks worldwide.
- Proprietary investment process: Half-yearly company evaluation and rebalancing.
- Underweighting of pharma and US stocks against the relevant healthcare indices.
- Strong focus on quality mid-caps.
- Bellevue – healthcare pioneer since 1993 and today one of the biggest independent investors in the sector in Europe.
Risks
- The fund invests in equities. Equities are subject to strong price fluctuations and so are also exposed to the risk of price losses.
- 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.
- The fund invests in foreign currencies, which means a corresponding degree of currency risk against the reference currency.
- Investing in Emerging Markets entails the additional risk of political and social instability.
- The fund may engage in derivatives transactions. The increased opportunities gained come with an increased risk of losses.
Review / Outlook
Global stock markets came under selling pressure again during the final month of a challenging (investment) year. The broad MSCI World stock index tumbled 7.2% (in CHF) over the month. The healthcare sector was not as weak, which also applies to its full-year relative performance, but the MSCI World Health Care Index still shed considerable ground in December (-4.3%). The Bellevue Healthcare Strategy Fund (Lux) beat its benchmark but gave up ground too (-3.1%, I shares).
Several central banks raised their interest rates to try to bring inflation under control, moves which had been broadly anticipated, but the monetary tightening in Japan stood out as the big exception – and the general commentary regarding further central bank action in 2023 likewise cast a cloud over sentiment in the stock market. That was mainly to blame for the widespread selling pressure both in the benchmark and in the fund's portfolio. Relative performance was helped by a slight recovery in the portfolio's China holdings after the country began to ease its zero-COVID policies. Already in November the portfolio holding Horizon Therapeutics (+10%) reported that it was in negotiations with several potential buyers. The outcome of those negotiations is now known: Amgen announced on December 12 that it had reached an agreement to acquire Horizon for USD 27 bn. We closed the position in Horizon later in the month and then opened a new position in Intuitive Surgical. December was a month of shadows and light for Gedeon Richter (+1.6%), a Hungarian company in the fund’s portfolio: together with its distribution partner Abbvie, Gedeon Richter announced on December 17 that Vraylar had been approved by the US FDA as an adjunctive treatment for major depressive disorder. Unfortunately, there was also some negative news on December 24: The Hungarian government, in an effort to plug some holes in the state budget, is imposing a windfall tax on drug producers based on net revenues in 2022 and 2023 – which Gedeon Richter will also have to pay.
The investment process for the Bellevue Healthcare Strategy Fund resembles the rules-based investment process that Bellevue has successfully applied since 2007. In this approach, the 40 most attractive stocks in the healthcare sector worldwide are selected every six months. The Bellevue Healthcare team screens about 600 of the 4000 listed companies in the healthcare sector worldwide based on four quantitative criteria (PEG valuation, price/sales, sales growth and EBITDA/sales) and four qualitative criteria (assessing the company's management, product pipeline, operating risks and country-related risks). The ten most promising stocks from four different regions – Western Europe, North America, Japan/Australia and emerging markets – are selected. The maximum weighting of the region with the highest overall score, which is usually North America, is capped at 35% during the periodic rebalancing, which increases the emphasis given to emerging markets. Companies with rich valuations and low growth rates will rarely be selected for the portfolio. Mid cap stocks have typically represented 60-80% and the Asia region approximately one-third of the portfolio. Pharmaceutical stocks are clearly underweighted compared to the MSCI World Healthcare Index. Bellevue has applied this investment approach since April of 2007 and it is used to compile the Adamant Global Healthcare Index.
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Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results and can be misleading. As the sub-fund 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. Show moreShow less