The recent underperformance of Lindsell Train’s £8.4bn Global Equity fund is partially due to the outperformance of energy and tech sector, according to co-manager Michael Lindsell.
The vehicle, which is co-managed by Lindsell, Nick Train and James Bullock, has underperformed this year, seeing growth of just 1.1% year-to-date compared to 19.1% for the MSCI World index. While it has also struggled over three years relative to the performance of its benchmark, Lindsell Train Global Equity suffered a difficult October after it lost 1.6%, compared to the MSCI World's return of 3.9%. The fund's monthly report, written by Lindsell, credits the strong performance of the tech and energy sectors as contributing to this gap. The fund holds only three tech companies and n...
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