WCM Global Growth Limited (ASX:WQG) has disclosed its portfolio update for the month ended 31 October 2026, reporting a portfolio return of -6.27% against a benchmark return of -2.80% for the MSCI All Country World Index (ex-Australia), with NTA before tax of A$1.930 per share based on issued capital of 279,877,141 shares.
Key Points
- Portfolio return of -6.27% for October 2026, compared with the benchmark return of -2.80%
- NTA before tax of A$1.930, NTA after tax and before tax on unrealised gains of A$1.845, and NTA after tax of A$1.769 per share
- Month-end closing share price of A$2.080, with a fully franked annual dividend of A8.81 cents
- Taiwan Semiconductor was the largest portfolio holding at 6.14%, followed by Microsoft Corporation at 4.79% and Siemens Energy at 4.44%
- US-based IQVIA disclosed as a recent addition to the portfolio's overweight Health Care allocation
October 2026 Portfolio Performance and Benchmark Comparison
According to the filing, the portfolio delivered a return of -6.27% during October 2026, while the benchmark returned -2.80%, resulting in value added of -3.47% for the month. Over three years, the portfolio returned 21.12% annualised against a benchmark of 18.74%, and since the company's inception on 21 June 2017, the portfolio has returned 14.78% annualised compared with the benchmark's 13.08%. Stock selection was identified as the major driver of underperformance in the month, with selection strongest in Materials, Financials and Real Estate, while holdings in Information Technology, Industrials and Health Care detracted.
Top 10 Holdings and Portfolio Construction as at 31 October 2026
The filing disclosed that the portfolio held between 20 and 40 stocks as at 31 October 2026. Taiwan Semiconductor was the largest holding at 6.14%, followed by Microsoft Corporation at 4.79%, Siemens Energy at 4.44%, Meta Platforms at 3.87%, Rolls-Royce Holdings at 3.87%, Amazon.com at 3.53%, SharkNinja at 3.33%, Saab at 3.30%, Seagate Technology Holdings at 3.11%, and BAE Systems at 2.73%. The portfolio focuses primarily on the Consumer, Technology and Health Care sectors, with a typical cash allocation of between 0% and 7%. Fees include a management fee of 1.25% per annum and an administration fee of 0.10% per annum.
Addition of IQVIA to Health Care Allocation
The filing stated that a recent addition to the portfolio's overweight Health Care allocation is US-based IQVIA. The filing described IQVIA as one of the world's largest operators of clinical trials for pharmaceutical and biotech companies, also operating a health data and analytics business. The filing noted that drug developers are increasingly outsourcing trials and concentrating this work with fewer, larger partners, and that IQVIA is winning a growing share of that work, particularly among smaller drug developers. The filing identified IQVIA's proprietary data, global scale in running trials and its role as an adviser on trial design as factors noted by portfolio managers.



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