Asian semiconductor stocks plunge amid AI concerns
Samsung fell 7.6% and SK Hynix fell 9.4% as semiconductor stocks declined sharply following concerns about AI regulation and the US midterm election results.
Funds in our coverage with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing among their ten largest positions, with about £2.5B of those funds’ assets in it. FE fundinfo data, to 31 Oct 2026.
| 5Y | Volatility | Quartile | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP Funds S&P Global Technology ETFSharia Portfolio Funds | Passive | 11.40% | n/a | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| FI Institutional Emerging Markets Equity FundFisher Investments Institutional Group | Active | 10.74% | +32.2% | Pro | Pro | 1.00% | £522.8M | Free account |
| Quilter Investors Emerging Markets Equity FundQuilter Investors | Active | 8.62% | +37.0% | Pro | Pro | 0.60% | £297.4M | Free account |
| Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETFFreedom Day Dividend | Passive | 8.24% | +67.9% | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| Jennison International Opportunities ETFPGIM | Active | 7.48% | −0.1% | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETFCapital Advisors | Passive | 6.82% | n/a | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| Candriam Equities L Robotics & Innovative TechnologyCandriam | Active | 6.28% | +26.2% | Pro | Pro | 1.94% | £2.6B | Free account |
| Global EquityVontobel | Active | 6.20% | −8.5% | Pro | Pro | 1.99% | £2.1B | Free account |
| Magellan GlobalMagellan Investment Partners | Not classified | 6.06% | +5.0% | Pro | Pro | 1.35% | £2.4B | Free account |
| Ironbark Brown Advisory Global Share FundIronbark Asset Management Ltd | Not classified | 5.71% | +0.5% | Pro | Pro | 0.60% | £495.0M | Free account |
| RiverPark Long/Short Opportunity FundRiverPark | Not classified | 5.29% | +2.1% | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| Wahed Dow Jones Islamic world ETFWahed | Passive | 5.26% | +36.9% | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| WCM Global Equity FundHeptagon Capital | Active | 5.11% | +5.9% | Pro | Pro | 0.86% | £3.9B | Free account |
| DPAM B Equities World SustainableDegroof Petercam Asset Management | Active | 5.05% | +1.2% | Pro | Pro | 0.91% | £1.3B | Free account |
| WS Blue Whale Growth FundBlue Whale | Active | 5.00% | +12.6% | Pro | Pro | 0.80% | £2.9B | Free account |
| USA Growth (USD)UBS | Active | 4.79% | +0.1% | Pro | Pro | 0.59% | £2.8B | Free account |
| ARGA Emerging Market Equity FundArga | Active | 4.77% | +38.2% | Pro | Pro | 1.25% | £1.4B | Free account |
| iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active ETFBlackRock | Active | 4.69% | +40.0% | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| DPAM B Equities NewGems SustainableDegroof Petercam Asset Management | Active | 4.66% | +14.3% | Pro | Pro | 1.79% | £1.2B | Free account |
| Motley Fool Global Opportunities ETFMotley Fool Asset Management | Passive | 4.58% | +1.8% | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| Steward Global Equity IncomeCrossmark Global Investments | Not classified | 4.36% | n/a | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| US Forty FundJanus Henderson Investors | Active | 4.23% | +7.3% | Pro | Pro | 2.17% | £1.1B | Free account |
| Sands Capital Global Growth FundSands Capital | Active | 4.03% | −6.5% | Pro | Pro | 0.89% | £2.4B | Free account |
| Mirova Global Sustainable EquityNatixis Investment Managers | Active | 4.03% | +5.4% | Pro | Pro | 0.81% | £4.3B | Free account |
| Steward International Enhanced IndexCrossmark Global Investments | Passive | 4.01% | n/a | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| CFS FC ESup-Stewart Investors Worldwide LeadersCFS | Not classified | 4.00% | n/a | Pro | Pro | n/a | £2.8M | Free account |
| Climate ActionAmundi | Active | 3.91% | +5.4% | Pro | Pro | 1.95% | £1.6B | Free account |
| CPR Invest - Global Disruptive OpportunitiesAmundi | Active | 3.89% | +6.1% | Pro | Pro | 2.30% | £2.3B | Free account |
| ClearBridge Large Cap Growth Select ETFClearBridge | Passive | 3.61% | +10.9% | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| Disruptive TechnologyBNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT | Active | 3.47% | +12.6% | Pro | Pro | 1.96% | £4.7B | Free account |
| ACATIS Value Event FondsAcatis | Active | 3.40% | −3.7% | Pro | Pro | 1.80% | £3.9B | Free account |
| SPDR® NYSE Technology ETFState Street Global Advisors | Passive | 3.25% | +42.2% | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| Templeton Growth (Euro) FundFranklin Templeton | Active | 2.78% | +0.9% | Pro | Pro | 1.81% | £6.9B | Free account |
| STANLIB Multi-Manager Global EquitySTANLIB Collective Investments (RF) Limited | Not classified | 2.64% | +6.8% | Pro | Pro | 1.38% | £2.1B | Free account |
| BalancedEyb & Wallwitz | Active | 2.63% | +0.7% | Pro | Pro | 0.85% | £1.0B | Free account |
| Capital Group Core Equity ETFCapital Advisors | Passive | 2.56% | n/a | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| International Technology PortfolioAllianceBernstein | Active | 2.53% | +5.0% | Pro | Pro | 1.19% | n/a | Free account |
| Long Term Themes (USD)UBS | Active | 2.46% | +8.0% | Pro | Pro | 1.78% | £1.4B | Free account |
| Liontrust Sustainable Future Managed FundLiontrust | Active | 2.19% | +1.9% | Pro | Pro | 0.85% | £1.8B | Free account |
| Low Volatility Equity PortfolioAllianceBernstein | Active | 2.00% | −1.3% | Pro | Pro | 1.67% | £5.2B | Free account |
| Strategic International EquityIOOF Investment Management Limited | Not classified | 1.71% | +19.6% | Pro | Pro | n/a | £2.3B | Free account |
Weight is the share of each fund in this company. Returns are GBP, to month end. FE quartile compares a fund with its FE sector over the same year. Fund size is in GBP. Source: FE fundinfo. Past performance is not a reliable guide to future returns.
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Source: FE fundinfo. Holdings are each fund’s ten largest positions as reported, so a fund can have more of this company than shown or none at all. Returns are GBP to month end unless stated. Past performance is not a reliable guide to future returns. Capital is at risk. Information only, not advice or a recommendation.
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