Pharus Sicav Best Regulated Companies

Class QD (Listed)
ISIN: LU1868872802
Category: Other Equity
26.03.2024
Key Information
Net Asset Value79,17 EUR
Fund Size51.781.444 EUR
Launch Date 4 lug 2019
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Management information
SicavPHARUS SICAV
Management CompanyPHARUS MANAGEMENT LUX SA
Investment ManagerPharus Asset Management SA
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Investment objective
The Fund invests in companies specialized in infrastructures within the regulated sectors such as electricity transmission and distribution, water and gas transport, gas storage and re-gasification. They are infrastructural networks that offer services of strategic and social relevance for the Countries, which for this reason often operate in a monopoly regime, as they are remunerated by guaranteed returns based on criteria defined ex ante. The objective of the fund is to increase capital in the medium-long term. This is done by investing in a sector with low correlation to the economic cycle, focusing on companies with very stable earnings growth and high cash flows that translate into solid and sustainable dividend yields over time.
The Sub-Fund also enjoys the highest rating in the ESG rating scale available.
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Risk & reward profile

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Manager comment
Manager comment
During the month of February, Pharus Best Regulated Companies recorded a negative performance of -1.65%, underperforming global equity indices which closed the month at +4.28%. The utilities sector in particular, identified as a bond proxy by investors, confirmed itself as the worst-performing sector in the market and was pushed downwards by the rise in interest rates, with the US ten-year bond reaching 4.3%, driven up by the rapid change in market expectations regarding the number of rate cuts. The reporting season of the companies ended very well, with many of them also announcing increased capex plans for the coming years. The presence of value in the utilities sector is evident not only in the quality of the reported results but also in the valuations, with the valuation multiple differential between the sector and the market currently close to the highest levels of the last 10 years. On the currency front, we continue to maintain full coverage against exchange rate risk.
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Last updated on 26.03.2024

*Performance is shown with gross income reinvested, based on net asset value and does not include the effect of any initial or exit charges.
* No coverage or derivatives are included
* No coverage or derivatives are included
Top Ten Holding
Xau Utilities Mar24 13.48 %
Nextera Energy Inc 7.61 %
Southern Co/the 5.14 %
Duke Energy Corp 4.83 %
American Electric Power 4.67 %
Enel Spa 3.9 %
Dominion Energy Inc 3.52 %
Eversource Energy 3.34 %
Fortis Inc 3.32 %
National Grid Plc 3.04 %
Top Ten Holding
How to invest
SFDR Article: 8

SFDR Article: 8

The Sub-Fund does not have as its objective a sustainable investment, but promotes social characteristics with a proportion of sustainable investments with a social objective and environmental objective in economic activities that do not qualify as environmentally sustainable under the EU Taxonomy of at least 80% of its assets.

Objectives

The Sub-Fund’s sustainable investment objective is to protect the planet’s natural resources and climate for future generations, investing in companies with limited revenues coming from business with high carbon emissions, water stress, impact on the climate, toxic emissions and waste, in favor of companies offering and developing renewable energies. Moreover, it promotes, just and inclusive principles, evidencing a strong Sustainability rating and following good governance practices, while avoids the exposure to companies involved in controversial weapons production, tobacco production, adult entertainment, gambling sector, violation of United Nation Global Pact, as per the internal ESG policy defined.

The environmental characteristics promoted by the sub-fund are linked to:

  • Reduction of the environmental impact in the production phases
  • Attention on the consumption of natural resources
  • Development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.

Social characteristics promoted are mainly represented by the below:

  • Security of products and health
  • Human rights and human dignity
  • Equality labour conditions
  • Governance
The environmental characteristics promoted by the sub-fund are linked to:

The environmental characteristics promoted by the sub-fund are linked to:

  • Reduction of the environmental impact in the production phases
  • Attention on the consumption of natural resources
  • Development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.
Social characteristics promoted are mainly represented by the below:

Social characteristics promoted are mainly represented by the below:

  • Security of products and health
  • Human rights and human dignity
  • Equality labour conditions
  • Governance
As of 22.01.2024
As of
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Enviroment
2
Security of products and health
3
Human rights and human dignity
4
Equality labor conditions
5
Governance

Asset Allocation

All the investments are assessed ex ante by an independent external ESG advisor and need to be compliant with including criteria and not in breach with excluding criteria set out on the applicable ESG policy. Investments aligned with E/S characteristic must attain the social and environmental characteristics promoted by the financial product and must represent at least 80% of the Sub-fund’s asset. Sustainable investments are investments in securities whose rating is considered acceptable and which comply with the excluding criteria set out in the ESG policy applicable. Other Investments include cash, derivatives, bonds and equities which do not have any ESG rating or with a weak ESG rating and can represent up to 20% of the portfolio.

Asset Allocation

Principal adverse impacts

This financial product considers PAI and monitors additional PAI with the support of an ESG Advisor that produces, on quarterly basis, a complete report that illustrates the PAI and the results for the portfolio. Furthermore, the Sub-Fund focuses on the PAI number 10 and 11. PAI number 10 monitors/takes into consideration weight of company with severe violation of UNGC principles or OECD guidelines for multinationals. PAI number 11 refers to weight of companies without mechanism for monitoring the compliance with UNGC principles and OECD guidelines.

Binding elements

The exclusion criteria applied to the investment universe, are aimed to exclude companies

Involved in controversial weapons production whose revenues deriving from the production of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons are higher than 5%
Whose revenues deriving from gambling sector is higher than 5%;
Whose revenues deriving from the tobacco production is higher than 5%;
Whose revenues deriving from adult entertainment sector is higher than 5%;
Which do not respect the principles of United Nation Global Pact.

The inclusion criteria is made up by 60% of scoring weight related to environmental factors, the other 40% is about Social and Governance factors including such companies:

Whose revenues deriving from toxic emissions are below 5%
Whose revenues linked to carbon emission are below 5%
Whose revenues deriving from water stress are below 5%
With revenues deriving from renewable energy
Limiting their impact on the climate
Treatment of emplyees
Product safety
Business ethics

In addition to the above, another binding element is the use of ESG ratings. The certified portfolio average ESG Quality score is A with a portfolio ESG Rating of 7.68, which cannot fall below B.
ESG Rating
Portfolio Scores
22.01.2024
A
ESG Quality Score
7.68