KEY BENEFITS
Growth in an ever-evolving, innovative economy
The New Economy fund seeks to invest in companies that are ground-breaking and forward-thinking. This means that they have the potential to define tomorrow’s world and achieve long-term results for your clients.
The growth opportunities of tomorrow
Focused on identifying fast-growing companies that drive growth through innovation
Companies across all themes and sectors
Invests in companies of various sizes across industries to seek out early and hidden opportunities
ESG integration and beyond
Integrates investment-led ESG considerations as well as specific ESG exclusions and an explicit carbon footprint target
A track record of strong results
Strategy has delivered attractive long-term results for more than 40 years1
THINGS TO CONSIDER
Working toward long-term growth while considering risks
While investing in global equities offers investors growth potential, it still carries general investment, equities, and other risks that may cause your investment to decline or suffer losses.
Risk considerations
The investment team behind the fund
Mathews Cherian
Portfolio Manager/Investment Analyst
San Francisco office
Tomoko Fortune
Equity Portfolio Manager
San Francisco office
Caroline Jones
Portfolio Manager/Investment Analyst
San Francisco office
Harold La
Portfolio Manager
Hong Kong office
Reed Lowenstein
Portfolio Manager
New York office
Lara Pellini
Equity Portfolio Manager
London office
Richmond Wolf
Equity Portfolio Manager & Analyst
Los Angeles office
Research Portfolio
Research analysts are allocated part of the fund assets to manage
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Finds companies at the cutting edge of the new economy
The fund invests in the companies of tomorrow; the organisations that will define how we will live our lives in the future. This means that they have the potential to deliver strong returns for your clients.A fund with high-quality research at its heart
The New Economy investment team uses its extensive bottom-up research capabilities to discover companies that are at the forefront of change and that are achieving growth using innovation.Strong results history
This fund is no fad. In fact, the New Economy strategy has been around for more than 40 years since it was first pioneered in 1983. Over the long term, the strategy has delivered attractive results for its investors across different market environments.
Past results are not a guarantee of future results.
We are in a golden era of innovation at a time marked by volatile market conditions. This macro backdrop is favourable as it uncovers diverse new trends and opportunities that offer strong growth potential.
- Fast-growing companies can define the economy of tomorrow.
- Innovation, new technologies and digital disruption have created a wealth of opportunities.
- New Economy pursues growth from diverse trends spanning industries, sectors and geography.
- Our deep research continues to uncover fast-growing companies that are defining our economy and our daily lives.
As 2024 continues to unfold, New Economy is positioned to address near- and long-term opportunities and challenges by having exposure to:
- The growth stories of tomorrow
- Cutting-edge businesses at the forefront of change
- Companies, not themes, across all market capitalisation ranges
Furthermore, the inclusion of ESG criteria helps promote social and environmental characteristics.
The investment objective of the New Economy fund is to achieve long-term growth of capital for your clients by investing in securities of companies that can benefit from innovation, exploit new technologies or provide products and services that meet the demands of an evolving global economy. The fund also aims to manage a carbon footprint that is at least 30% lower than the index1, and evaluates and applies ESG and norms-based screening to implement an exclusion policy relating to investments in corporate issuers.
The strength and breadth of our research has helped uncover innovative companies across industries. Our bottom-up approach:
- Places emphasis on the quality of an individual company
- Leverages the rigorous fundamental research and extensive experience of equity analysts
- Seeks to engage with companies to help understand and shape their long-term strategy
- Integrates a consideration of material ESG issues into our research process
We look for innovative companies across all sectors and industries. Our competitors tend to simply equate ‘innovation’ with technology funds – or an even narrower framework.
We, on the other hand, focus on and invest in organisations that we believe, as a result of our fundamental research, are forward-thinking and cutting edge. We de-emphasise current trends and what is proving to be popular at any given moment, which makes for a more enduring long-term approach.
We believe a proactive approach makes us better stewards of our clients’ financial future. We integrate ESG into our investment process with the goal of identifying material issues that matter most to investors.
The incorporation of material ESG risks and opportunities is deeply woven into our fundamental, bottom-up research process.
- The fund applies specific ESG and norms-based exclusions. It excludes companies within certain sectors as well as UN Global Compact violators.3
- The fund has an explicit carbon footprint target that is at least 30% lower than the reference index.2
Norms-based analysis determines whether an issuer complies with the universal principles in the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC).
Taking the long view
We base our investment decisions on a long-term perspective, aligning our goals with the interests of your clients. Superior, long-term returns are our goal. New Economy managers are rewarded for their results, not the level of assets they manage.
Breadth of experience
Our process enables individual investment professionals to act on their highest convictions while limiting the risk associated with isolated decision-making. We draw on their diverse experience to build the portfolio.
Deep, fundamental research
The scale and scope of our proprietary research, built over 90 years, allows us to uncover what we believe to be compelling investment opportunities for our clients. Investment analysts conduct thousands of research visits globally every year. This research is then combined with comprehensive macro analysis. This approach has been essential to the results we have delivered to our investors.
A proactive approach to ESG
The incorporation of ESG risks and opportunities is deeply woven into our fundamental, bottom-up research process. Our active investment process ensures a focus on the most material issues for each investment.
Capital Group manages equity assets through three investment groups. These groups make investment and proxy voting decisions independently. Fixed income investment professionals provide fixed income research and investment management across the Capital organisation; however, for securities with equity characteristics, they act solely on behalf of one of the three equity investment groups.
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WHY CAPITAL GROUP
A leader in global investing
For more than 90 years, we’ve been searching the world for long-term opportunities, making Capital one of the oldest global investors today.
Global investing credentials
US$2.8T
in total assets managed
27 years
average investment experience of our portfolio managers
US$2.2T
equity assets managed
Data as at 31 December 2024
High conviction investments. Diverse perspectives.
The Capital SystemTM is designed to produce highly diverse portfolios that deliver consistent long-term results, a smoother ride and management continuity over a range of market conditions.
We believe that incorporating ESG considerations is key to successful investing. Our robust approach focuses on material ESG risks and opportunities.
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Toby Chan
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Hong Kong & Greater China
+852 2842 6418
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Henry Chan
Managing Director
Financial Intermediaries
Hong Kong & Greater China
+852 2842 6451
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William Yu
Director
Financial Intermediaries
Greater China
+852 2842 6413
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Leo Lee
Associate Director
Financial Intermediaries
Greater China
+852 2842 6411
Leo.Lee@capitalgroup.com
Risk factors you should consider before investing:
- This material is not intended to provide investment advice or be considered a personal recommendation.
- The value of investments and income from them can go down as well as up and you may lose some or all of your initial investment.
- Past results are not a guarantee of future results.
- If the currency in which you invest strengthens against the currency in which the underlying investments of the fund are made, the value of your investment will decrease. Currency hedging seeks to limit this, but there is no guarantee that hedging will be totally successful.
- Some portfolios may invest in financial derivative instruments for investment purposes, hedging and/or efficient portfolio management.
- The Prospectus – together with any locally-required offering documentation – set out risks, which, depending on the fund, may include risks associated with investing in fixed income, derivatives, emerging markets and/or high-yield securities; emerging markets are volatile and may suffer from liquidity problems.
Capital Group New Economy Fund (LUX) has adopted Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) article 8 requirements. The SFDR Classification is related to the European Union’s regulation and is not equivalent to approval or recognition as an ESG fund by regulators in Asia Pacific.
Data as at 31 December 2023 and attributed to Capital Group, unless otherwise specified.
- Carbon footprint target is based on weighted average carbon intensity. Index: MSCI All Country World Index.
- Based on assets under management. This does not include passively managed funds, mandates and money market funds. Source: Morningstar Direct
- Companies that have any ties to cluster munitions, landmines, biological/chemical weapons, depleted uranium weapons, blinding laser weapons, incendiary weapons, nuclear weapons and/or non-detectable fragments.
In USD terms. Capital Group New Economy Fund (LUX) was launched on 7 November 2019. The investment results shown here are for the Capital Group New Economy Composite (defined as a single group of discretionary portfolios that collectively represent a particular investment strategy or objective). This is intended to illustrate our experience and capability in managing this strategy over the long term. Our Luxembourg fund has been a member of this composite since 1 December 2019.
Results shown for the Capital Group New Perspective Composite, from inception at 31 December 1983 (net of fees, B).
Index is MSCI ACWI (net dividends reinvested) from 31 December 2000. Previously MSCI ACWI (gross dividends reinvested) from 31 December 1987; MSCI World Index (net dividends reinvested) from 31 December 1983. Source: MSCI