Overview
Objective
Strategy behind the fund
International Concentrated GrowthShare price and charges
Series
ZNAV
15.48% change
-1.71%Operating expenses
0.12%Gross expense ratio
0.12%Net expense ratio
0.12%Fund facts
Fund launch date
March 27, 2018
Fund size
$89.9m
Benchmark
MSCI ACWI ex US Index
Current number of holdings
29
Active share
89%**
Annual turnover
11%
Style
Growth
Guideline number of holdings
20-35
** Relative to MSCI ACWI ex US Index.
Source: Baillie Gifford & Co and relevant underlying index provider(s).
Portfolio characteristics
The fund's characteristics compared to the index.
As at 30 April 2026
| Fund | MSCI ACWI ex US Index | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap (weighted average) | $991.83bn | $282.24bn |
| Price / Book | 6.04 | 2.31 |
| Price / Earnings (12 months forward) | 22.63 | 13.70 |
| Earnings growth (5 year historic) | 20.92% | 11.54% |
| Return on equity (12 months forward) | 24.50% | 16.77% |
| Standard deviation (trailing 3 years) | 18.70% | 10.66% |
| Beta | 1.03 | N/A |
Source: Revolution, MSCI. Canadian dollars.
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Trade Matching Statement
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Fund performance
Stock level attribution
Top and bottom 5 relative contributors
One month to: 30 April 2026
| Holding | Contribution |
|---|---|
| TSMC | 1.22% |
| Delivery Hero AG | 0.30% |
| NVIDIA | 0.25% |
| Wise Plc | 0.21% |
| Adyen NV | 0.20% |
| Spotify Technology SA | -1.29% |
| MercadoLibre | -0.53% |
| Samsung Electronics | -0.43% |
| SK Hynix Inc | -0.38% |
| Kering | -0.37% |
Fund portfolio holdings
The list of top 10 holdings that this fund invests in.
As at: 30 April 2026
| # | Holding | % of total assets |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TSMC | 14.48 |
| 2 | MercadoLibre | 9.46 |
| 3 | ASML | 8.14 |
| 4 | Spotify | 7.23 |
| 5 | NVIDIA | 7.05 |
| 6 | Ferrari | 4.75 |
| 7 | Adyen | 4.73 |
| 8 | Shopify | 3.85 |
| 9 | Nu Holdings | 3.53 |
| 10 | Tencent | 3.49 |
Sector
As at: 30 April 2026
# | Sector | Fund % | Benchmark %* | Difference % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Information Technology | 35.12 | 18.23 | 16.88 |
| 2 | Consumer Discretionary | 33.53 | 8.20 | 25.33 |
| 3 | Financials | 11.21 | 24.32 | -13.11 |
| 4 | Communication Services | 10.72 | 4.73 | 5.99 |
| 5 | Industrials | 3.82 | 14.98 | -11.16 |
| 6 | Health Care | 2.46 | 7.09 | -4.63 |
| 7 | Consumer Staples | 2.09 | 5.41 | -3.32 |
| 8 | Cash | 1.06 | 0.00 | 1.06 |
Total | 100.00 | 82.96 |
Top 10 geographical locations
As at: 30 April 2026
# | Top 10 locations | Fund % | Benchmark %* | Difference % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan | 14.48 | 8.03 | 6.45 |
| 2 | Brazil | 12.99 | 1.51 | 11.49 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 12.87 | 3.17 | 9.70 |
| 4 | China | 11.03 | 7.45 | 3.58 |
| 5 | Sweden | 9.07 | 2.12 | 6.95 |
| 6 | United States | 8.22 | 0.00 | 8.22 |
| 7 | France | 7.81 | 5.98 | 1.83 |
| 8 | Italy | 4.75 | 1.98 | 2.77 |
| 9 | South Korea | 4.33 | 6.04 | -1.71 |
| 10 | Canada | 3.85 | 8.41 | -4.56 |
Total | 89.41 | 44.69 |
Region
As at: 30 April 2026
# | Region | Fund % | Benchmark %* | Difference % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emerging Markets | 46.16 | 32.17 | 14.00 |
| 2 | Europe (ex UK) | 36.65 | 30.65 | 6.00 |
| 3 | North America | 12.07 | 8.41 | 3.66 |
| 4 | UK | 3.28 | 8.88 | -5.60 |
| 5 | Developed Asia Pacific | 0.78 | 19.90 | -19.12 |
| 6 | Cash | 1.06 | 0.00 | 1.06 |
Total | 100.00 | 100.00 |
Quarterly transactions
Transactions for the three-month period ending 31 March 2026
New purchases
- Exail Technologies
Additions
- Shopify 'A'
Reductions
- ASML
- MercadoLibre
Insights
Key articles, videos and podcasts relating to the fund:
International Concentrated Growth Q1 investor letter
The International Concentrated Growth Team reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments.International Concentrated Growth Q1 update
Investment specialist Paul Taylor reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments.
International Concentrated Growth Q4 investor letter
The International Concentrated Growth Team reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments.International Concentrated Growth Q4 update
Investment specialist Paul Taylor reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments.
Adyen: Stock Story
Beatrice Faleri explores Adyen, the one-platform engine for unified commerce.
International Concentrated Growth Q3 investor letter
The International Concentrated Growth Team reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments.
International Concentrated Growth Q3 update
Investment specialist Paul Taylor reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments.
International Concentrated Growth Q2 update
Investment manager Pauline McPadden reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments.
International Concentrated Growth Q2 investor letter
The International Concentrated Growth Team reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments.
International Concentrated Growth Q1 update
The International Concentrated Growth Team reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments over the last quarter.
International Concentrated Growth Q1 investor letter
The International Concentrated Growth Team reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments.
Atlas Copco: Stock Story
Ben Drury explores how a culture of innovation and decentralisation drives success in industrial technology.
ASML: Stock Story
Paul Taylor explores the cutting-edge semiconductor technology advancing the digital revolution.
L'Oréal: Stock Story
Katie Muir discusses how innovation and a positive culture have fuelled the success of the world’s leading beauty enterprise.
Nubank: Latin America’s digital disrupter
Charting the app-based lenders’ long-term growth.
International Concentrated Growth Q4 investor letter
The International Concentrated Growth Team reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments.
Modern-day Explorers.
Our international investors are explorers: which of the disruptors and innovators will deliver?
The pursuit of extreme returns
The story of investing is really the story of the big winners, those exceptional companies that reshape our world and in the process reap the rewards. Lawrence Burns sets out how a long-term and patient approach to investment is necessary to identify those truly great companies that could drive extreme returns.
Tax and distributions
The Fund intends to pay dividends to its unitholders at least annually. Distributions will be automatically reinvested in additional units of the Fund or, if a unitholder requests, paid directly to unitholder.
The distribution date for the Fund shall be the last Valuation Date in each taxation year or such other frequency as may be determined by the Manager. The distribution dates will appear on this page alongside the rates once they become available. For more information on the Funds distributions please see the Offering Memorandum.
Recent distributions
The below table shows the makeup of the most recent distributions paid.
| Series | Series Z | |
|---|---|---|
| Income dividends | 0.00000 | 0.27837 |
| Capital gain | 0.00000 | 0.42494 |
| Total per share | 0.00000 | 0.70331 |
| Ex-dividend date | 31 Dec 2025 | 31 Dec 2025 |
| Pay date | 31 Dec 2025 | 31 Dec 2025 |
| Status | Final | Final |
Source: CIBC Mellon and Baillie Gifford & Co.
Upcoming distributions
The table below shows the proposed distribution dates for the current tax year. The dates can be changed by the Officers of the Funds.
Distribution year
2026
Record date
30 December 2026
Ex-dividend date
31 December 2026
Payable date
31 December 2026
Source: CIBC Mellon and Baillie Gifford & Co.