Thematic equities

Global Sustainable Food and Biodiversity

Investing in companies delivering solutions to a sustainable food system while targeting biodiversity impact.

Strategy differentiators

  • Intentionally targets the most attractive themes globally to benefit from long-term trends.

  • Invests in companies with innovative solutions that will drive significant secular value creation opportunities.

  • Leverages deep fundamental knowledge empowered by leading edge tools to find compelling investments that align with sustainability goals.

  • An experienced team with a demonstrated track record of delivering attractive results with a focus on sustainability.

Strategy facts

  • Manager

    Principal Equities

  • Inception

    31 July 2022

  • Index

    S&P Global Agribusiness Equity NTR Index

  • Targeted number of holdings

    30-50

  • Expected turnover

    <50%

  • Investment vehicles

    IMA, UCITS Fund

Portfolio management

Principal Equities

We believe bottom-up stock selection is the most reliable and repeatable source of consistent performance. Through focused fundamental research and disciplined risk management, we strive to take advantage of persistent behavioral biases and impediments to capital flows, which often create market inefficiencies and opportunities.

Portfolio Manager
Martin Frandsen
10 years of experience
Portfolio Manager
Steven Larson
31 years of experience

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Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal.

Equity markets are subject to many factors, including economic conditions, government regulations, market sentiment, local and international political events, and environmental and technological issues that may impact return and volatility.

Investment guidelines are subject to change.

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The S&P Global Agribusiness Index includes 24 of the largest publicly-traded agribusiness companies from around the world. The index is comprised of a diversified mix of producers, distributors & processors and equipment & materials suppliers companies.

Principal Equities is an investment team within Principal Global Investors.