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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, Theaterstrasse 12, CH-8001 Zurich.

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Bellevue Healthcare Strategy

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ISIN-No.: LU1587979334

YTD: -5.12%

Active share: 67.03

Anzahl Positionen: 45

 Investments in the 45 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 

Indexed performance (as at: 20.05.2025)

NAV: EUR 210.45 (19.05.2025)


01 Jan 2010 - 01 Jan 2010
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I2-EUR
Benchmark

Rolling performance (20.05.2025)

I2-EURBenchmark
19.05.2024 - 19.05.2025-5.20%-9.52%
19.05.2023 - 19.05.20243.38%10.28%
19.05.2022 - 19.05.20231.10%3.87%
19.05.2021 - 19.05.2022-3.31%17.37%

Annualized performance (20.05.2025)

I2-EURBenchmark
1 year-5.20%-9.52%
3 years-0.31%1.20%
5 years2.56%5.50%
Since Inception p.a.6.61%7.37%

Cumulative performance (20.05.2025)

I2-EURBenchmark
1M5.80%1.81%
YTD-5.12%-8.36%
1 year-5.20%-9.52%
3 years-0.92%3.65%
5 years13.49%30.71%
Since Inception68.36%78.45%

Annual performance

I2-EURBenchmark
20245.70%8.12%
2023-6.03%0.45%
2022-5.47%0.55%
202114.72%28.63%

Investment Focus

The fund’s aim is to achieve capital growth in the long term, is actively managed and 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. Experienced sector specialists focus on profitable companies that have a well-established product portfolio. The fund invests top down in the four regions North America, Western Europe, Emerging Markets and Japan/Oceania. For each of these regions, the most attractive companies are determined based on quantitative and qualitative criteria. The fund seeks to outperform the MSCI World Healthcare Index. The fund takes ESG factors into consideration while implementing the aforementioned investment objectives.Show moreShow less

Investment suitability & Risk

SRI

Low risk

High risk

The Fund’s investment objective is to generate attractive and competitive long-term capital growth. It is particularly suited to investors with an investment horizon of at least 5 years. The Fund is exposed to the risks typical of equity investments.

General Information

Investment ManagerBellevue Asset Management AG
CustodianCACEIS BANK, LUXEMBOURG BRANCH
Fund AdministratorCACEIS BANK, LUXEMBOURG BRANCH
AuditorPriceWaterhouseCoopers
Launch date31.10.2016
Year end closing30. Jun
NAV CalculationDaily "Forward Pricing"
Cut of time15:00 CET
Management Fee0.70%
Subscription Fee (max.)5.00%
ISIN numberLU1587979334
Valor number36225699
BloombergBVBAI2E LX
WKNA2DMU5

Legal Information

Legal formLuxembourg UCITS V SICAV
SFDR categoryArticle 8
Redemption periodMonthly

Key data (30.04.2025, base currency USD)

Beta0.81
Volatility13.36
Tracking error8.98
Active share67.03
Correlation0.76
Sharpe ratio-0.32
Information ratio-0.45
Jensen's alpha-4.23
No. of positions45

Top 10 positions

Cigna
Elevance Health
Eli Lilly
McKesson
Molina Healthcare
Boston Scientific
AbbVie
HCA Holdings
Stryker
Encompass Health
3.0%
3.0%
3.0%
3.0%
3.0%
2.9%
2.9%
2.9%
2.9%
2.9%

Market capitalization

1 - 2 bn
2 - 5 bn
5 - 15 bn
15 - 20 bn
> 20 bn
Others
1.0%
4.5%
32.8%
7.2%
52.9%
1.7%

Geographic breakdown

United States
Switzerland
Japan
China
Other
Australia
India
Sweden
Belgium
Great Britain
Denmark
Italy
Cash
44.8%
12.1%
10.3%
6.0%
6.0%
3.0%
2.9%
2.5%
2.5%
2.5%
2.4%
2.4%
2.7%

Breakdown by sector

Services
Pharma
Medtech
Biotechnology
Generics/Spec.Pharma
Life Sciences Tools
Cash
26.2%
24.1%
22.2%
12.2%
9.8%
2.8%
2.7%

Benefits

  • Investments in the 45 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 actively 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.

Global equities were volatile in April 2025, although the MSCI World Index ended the month in positive territory (+0.9%). The S&P 500 fared worse, ending the month down 0.7%, despite a significant second-half of the month rally. Maximum fear regarding US trade tariffs peaked early in the month shortly after “Liberation Day” (April 2nd). Delay and walking-back of the tariffs helped drive a reflex rally through the middle of the month. This was supported by largely positive Q1 earnings and guidance updates from key corporates. Most soft- and hard-measures (consumer sentiment data; Q1 GDP) of US economic have started to show signs of slowdown, although the employment data remain robust. 

Healthcare (MSCI World Healthcare) underperformed global equities (MSCI World) in April by 278 bps (after outperforming by 213 bps in March). Multiple sector-specific risks emerged during the month. For biopharma, we have seen three risks emerge. While initially exempt from tariffs, the Trump Administration initiated an Section 232 investigation on drugs, citing national security risks. Through the month we have also seen increasing uncertainty around drug approvals at the FDA given significant layoffs and evolving policy. Thirdly, towards the end of the month, the most-favored-nation (MFN) policy has remerged in law makers commentary.

Despite the above risks, pharmaceuticals (+0.6%) was the best performing healthcare GICs industry in the month. The leading companies highlighted their broad geographic manufacturing footprint and robust margins during earning calls. Similarly to pharmaceuticals, larger-cap biotech performed solidly in the month (NBI; +0.4%) driven by Q1 earnings and relative safety, but we note further significant underperformance for the higher-growth smaller companies (XBI Biotech ETF; -4.9%).

Medtech (0.0%) rebounded rapidly from tariff concerns earlier in the month driven by positive Q1 sales, continued strong utilization, and reassuring 2025 guidance. The leading medtech companies did a good job of framing the potential impact from tariffs, in our view. Life science tools (-6.0%) underperformed in the month, with an relatively high potential exposure to US-China tariffs and dependency on NIH spending. Healthcare services (-8.0%) was the worst performing healthcare GICs industry, driven by weak results from bellwether UnitedHealth.

From a geographical point of view, Asian healthcare (+4.9%) performed best in April, followed by emerging markets (+3.0%) and Europe (+1.9%). US healthcare (-3.6%) was disappointing in the month, driven by the aforementioned risks. 

The Bellevue Healthcare Strategy (Lux) Fund (I-shares: +3.0%, in USD) outperformed its healthcare index benchmark by 487 bps, benefiting from overweight positioning in Asian and emerging market healthcare.

Despite the volatility, global healthcare remains a relative safe-haven in a difficult equity market so far in 2025 (+3.1% ytd; vs -0.9% for global equities, to end April). We expect the uncertainty and volatility in equity markets to continue. However, our diverse geographic and subsector exposure to healthcare in this strategy helps to mitigate these risks, in our view.

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  • Lead Portfolio Manager

    Terence McManus

    Dr Terence McManus joined Bellevue Asset Management in 2022 and is lead portfolio manager of the funds Bellevue Diversified Healthcare, Bellevue Healthcare Strategy/Sustainable and portfolio manager of the Bellevue Obesity Solutions fund. Prior to this, he has 12 years of experience within healthcare-specific investing and analysis at Jefferies Investment Bank, Credit Suisse, Julius Baer and most recently at J. Safra Sarasin where he managed a sustainable health fund. Terence started his career as a scientist focused on drug discovery. He holds a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Southampton, UK.

  • Portfolio Manager

    Oliver Kubli

    Oliver Kubli joined Bellevue Asset Managment in 2015 and is lead portfolio manager of the Bellevue Asia Pacific Healthcare fund and portfolio manager of the Bellevue Emerging Markets Healthcare and Bellevue Healthcare Strategy/Sustainable funds. Previously, he worked as Senior Portfolio Manager at Zürcher Kantonalbank and was a member of the Executive Board and Head Portfolio Management at Adamant Biomedical Investment AG. He completed his studies in business administration at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Winterthur and is a CFA charterholder.

  • Portfolio Manager

    Lukas Leu

    Dr Lukas Leu has been at Bellevue Asset Management since 2021. He is lead portfolio manager of the Bellevue Obesity Solutions fund and portfolio manager of the Bellevue Healthcare Diversified fund. He holds a PhD in biochemistry from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. He previously worked as a research assistant at his alma mater and as an equity research analyst in the healthcare sector at Julius Baer.
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