CT (Lux) Global Focus: The fund with solid returns and global diversification

ETFs on the MSCI World are particularly popular among new investors. But is there a fund that invests in stocks from around the world and offers a solid return?

The CT (Lux) Global Focus AU USD, a fund of Columbia Threadneedle Investments, has seen price growth of about 475 percent based on the dollar over the past 20 years. This exceeds the growth of the MSCI All Country World Index, which includes stocks of the 2,900 largest publicly traded companies from 47 countries. The CT (Lux) Global Focus also produced an annual return of 11.8 percent, while the benchmark index only returned 8.5 percent.

Analysis of the CT (LUX) Global Focus

The fund, managed by Alex Lee and David Dudding, invests in established stocks such as Microsoft, Amazon and Visa. Microsoft is the largest single stock in the portfolio with a share of 8.85 percent. The top 5 positions, including Linde, make up around 28 percent of the entire fund. 71 percent of the companies come from the USA and around 26 percent of the stocks belong to the information technology industry.
The fund's managers look for companies with attractive long-term growth and appropriate valuation. They use Professor Michael Porter's five forces model and hold meetings with company management to identify attractive investment opportunities. The CT (LUX) Global Focus AU USD offers investors the opportunity to invest in companies from around the world and should be considered more closely.
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