ALPORA Innovation Europe
Fund size EUR 137.1m
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.
The equity fund invests in Western European listed companies with above-average innovation efficiency. The fund invests across all sectors, with the exception of «utilities» and «financials». The investment process consists of a two-step procedure. As a first step, the innovation efficiency of the companies within the investment universe is measured and compared using a scientifically based quantitative method. In the subsequent step, the portfolio is constructed by selecting around 30 stocks based on our own proprietary fundamental analysis.
Portfolio Management
- Patrick Hofer
- Portfolio Management
Client Relationship Management - patrick.hofer[at]serafin-am.com
- +41 (41) 726 71 76
Portfolio Management
- Patrick Hofer
- Portfolio Management
Client Relationship Management
Serafin Innovation Hub
- Dr. Julian Kauffeldt
- Head of Innovation Investment Products
Serafin Innovation Hub
- Dr. Niklas Bayrle
- Investment Specialist
Serafin Innovation Hub - niklas.bayrle[at]serafin-am.com
- +41 (41) 726 71 71
Serafin Innovation Hub
- Dr. Julian Kauffeldt
- Head of Innovation Investment Products
Serafin Innovation Hub
- Dr. Niklas Bayrle
- Investment Specialist
Serafin Innovation Hub
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Sustainability / ESG
Brief profile:
ALPORA Innovation Europe
Invest in European innovation champions and rely on profitable innovation leaders!
Quality Innovation:
A compelling opportunity
Leveraging insights from the ALPORA Innovation Europe fund, we identify a noteworthy trend: Europe's innovation equities appear undervalued, reflecting a gap between market valuations and underlying fundamentals.
For additional insights, please watch our video update.
Publications
TWO PAGER | INNOVATION
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Comment February 2024
The ALPORA Innovation Europe Fund closed the month under review slightly positive but was not quite able to keep pace with the comparable MSCI Europe ETF.
The mining company Rio Tinto PLC specializes in the exploration, extraction, and processing of natural resources such as diamonds, precious metals, coal, and other metals. The company operates in 35 countries – in mines, smelters, and refineries, but also sales offices, data centers, and research and development laboratories.
Rio Tinto's innovation focus is on the megatrend of sustainability. In Queensland, Australia, the construction of large wind and solar farms is planned to fully supply the Yarwun Alumina refinery and the Queensland Alumina refinery with sustainable electricity. Furthermore, so-called «smart mines» – next-generation land mine designs – are intended to optimize climate efficiency with the support of automation and digitalization. From Rio Tinto's perspective, the transition to a low-carbon world offers unique growth opportunities.
ESG implementation:
We take ESG aspects into account in the financial analysis and investment decision-making process, applying a combination of exclusion criteria and ESG integration approach in the investment process. The abbreviation ESG stands for "Environmental - Social - Governance".
For the analysis within the sustainability approach, we rely on data from selected third-party providers and, if necessary, on our own analyses. The analysts and portfolio management teams are responsible for both the financial analysis and the ESG analysis. In this way, we ensure that the assessment and implementation are carried out on a recurring basis by the decision-makers in the respective fund as part of a comprehensive and integrated investment process.
In our investment process, we do not per se exclude investments in companies with weaker ESG ratings: Companies that address the issue of sustainability convincingly and consistently can be interesting portfolio companies.
Latest ESG reporting:
- Classification with regard to U.N. Global Compact Ten Principles:
All portfolio companies in the fund comply with the U.N. Global Compact Ten Principles. - Current portfolio structure using the ESG Risk Rating (by Sustainalytics):
The above fund is a financial product within the meaning of Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (Disclosure Regulation).
For more information on the fulfillment of environmental and/or social characteristics, please refer to the fund prospectus.
Sustainability-related disclosures
Domicile of fund | Switzerland |
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Legal form | Contractual investment fund |
Investment universe | Europe |
Investment manager | Serafin Asset Management Ltd, Zug |
Management company | LLB Swiss Investment Ltd, Zurich |
Custodian bank | Bank J. Safra Sarasin Ltd, Basel |
Launch date | 01.10.2014 |
Recommended investment horizon | 5 years |
Reference currency | EUR |
ISIN / Bloomberg-Ticker (respective share class) | EUR A: CH0248877885 / ALPIEUR SW EUR B: CH0436491234 / ALPIEUB SW CHF-hedged: CH0302271066 / ALPICHF SW |
Distributions | accumulating |
Subscription and redemption | daily (cut-off 09.00 CET) |
Tax transparency | CH, AT |
Tax status Germany | Equity fund pursuant to InvStG with partial exemption |
UK Tax Reporting Status | Tranche EUR A |
Registered for public distribution | CH, DE; SGP (acccr. investors only) |
Gebührenstruktur
Subscription and redemption fee | none |
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Management fee p.a. | Tranche EUR A: 1.00% Tranche EUR B: 1.50% Tranche CHF-hedged: 1.00% |
MiFID fee for third party research p.a. | 0.04% |
Total expense ratio p.a. (per 31.12.2023; TER) | Tranche EUR A: 1.26% Tranche EUR B: 1.75% Tranche CHF-hedged: 1.26% |
Duration | Fund | MSCI Europe ETF |
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1 month | 5.4% | 3.7% |
3 months | 2.9% | 7.2% |
12 months | 6.4% | 14.8% |
3 years p.a. | 2.5% | 9.5% |
5 years p.a. | 10.2% | 9.0% |
since inception p.a. | 11.8% | 7.1% |
Year | ||
2024 | 2.9% | 7.2% |
2023 | 8.6% | 15.7% |
2022 | -23.3% | -9.1% |
2021 | 31.4% | 24.9% |
2020 | 20.0% | -3.2% |
since inception | 188.2% | 91.4% |
Risk ratios (rolling over the last 3 years)
Volatility (p.a.) | 17.5% |
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Sharpe ratio (1.22% Risk free rate) | 0.08 |
Beta (vs. MSCI Europe ETF) | 1.20 |
The gross performance takes into account the costs incurred at fund level (e.g. management fee) without including the costs incurred at investor level (e.g. front-end load and custody fees). The net performance also takes into account an initial sales charge of 0.00% in the first period under review.