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GAM STAR GLOBAL EQUITY

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GAM Star Global Equity is an actively managed, long-only strategy designed to deliver capital appreciation through a diversified portfolio of high-quality companies worldwide. The strategy aims to provide global equity exposure of an institutional standard and deliver outperformance over the long term by investing in businesses aligned with major political, social and economic themes shaping global markets.

Steven Williams, Head of UK Distribution, talks to Paul Markham, Investment Director, Global Equities, about the themes driving global equity markets, the benefit of experience and the importance of maintaining longer-term conviction ahead of ‘tinkering’.

When the time is ripe for shifting the position of the portfolio, you always have to do a lot more than you think. That’s a lesson I’ve learned.
Paul Markham, Investment Director

Our Edge

Diverse but complementary team

With 20 years’ average industry experience, the team brings deep insight across market cycles. Having navigated significant market events, this expertise is applied through a disciplined process designed to manage risk and identify potential opportunities for investors.

Thematic, Long-Term Approach

The strategy is guided by major political, social and economic themes shaping global markets. By looking beyond short-term market noise, the focus remains on enduring trends and structural changes that can drive performance over time.

Focused, Risk-Controlled Process

The team operates with investment autonomy, supported by GAM’s broader research resources. A disciplined, institutional-grade approach is designed to deliver consistent, long-term outcomes aligned with client objectives.

Investment Team

The Global Equity Team comprises Paul Markham (Investment Director), Duncan Bulgin (Investment Manager) and Josh Sambrook-Smith (Investment Manager) and is based in London. With over 60 years of combined experience, they bring deep expertise in global equities.

The team practices a collaborative investment approach, with a strong focus on diversity of thought. They encourage open debate, challenge assumptions and conduct thorough research, ensuring investment ideas are rigorously tested. Each member leads coverage of specific sectors, combining individual specialism with collective insight. This approach supports considered investment decisions, nimble execution and robust risk management, contributing to a disciplined and dynamic investment process.

High growth-adjusted multiples can persist for the most compelling situations, but ultimately valuation matters.
Paul Markham, Investment Director
Paul Markham
Investment Director
Duncan Bulgin
Investment Manager
Josh Sambrook-Smith
Investment Manager

Philosophy and Process

Investment Philosophy

The team believes businesses should demonstrate the ability to grow organically. Profitless growth is not a badge of honour; and free cash flow should always be a goal. Manageable balance-sheet leverage is acceptable when it facilitates growth efficiently. Disciplined capital allocation is critical, with dividends and buybacks even able to play a role in the evolution of growth-oriented companies. Credible management, clear strategy and aligned financial incentives are essential. High growth-adjusted multiples can persist in the most compelling situations, but valuation ultimately matters. ESG considerations are integrated throughout the team’s process.

Process

The investment process is clear and systematic. At its core is a thematic framework focused on four long-term structural trends: Digitalisation, Lifestyle, Power Build and Security. These themes guide investment direction, enabling the team to target the most attractive opportunities. Idea generation is open-source, but each team member leads focus in their area of expertise. All potential investments undergo rigorous fundamental and valuation analysis, including management meetings and the use of various valuation measures according to business model and stage of growth.

Portfolios are constructed globally, typically holding 40–60 stocks diversified across sectors and regions, and sized according to conviction, risk, volatility and liquidity. Risk management is embedded at three levels: portfolio guidelines, daily manager supervision and independent monitoring by the GAM Investment Risk Oversight team. This layered approach ensures portfolio risk is deliberate, transparent and aligned with the protection of client capital.

1

Establish Thematic Framework

  • Identify structural themes driving long-term capital growth
  • Focus research on high-potential thematic areas like Digitalisation, Lifestyle, Power Build and Security
2

Fundamental Analysis

  • Conduct in-depth company and industry research
  • Integrate analyst-led valuation and ESG considerations
3

Portfolio Construction

  • Hold 40–60 high-conviction positions
  • Manage turnover and use currency hedging occasionally to control risk
4

Monitoring

  • Regular risk meetings and oversight ensure disciplined management
  • Compliance checks and system coding maintain guideline adherence

Reasons to Invest

Businesses Compete Globally

Despite the re-emergence of protectionism, companies continue to operate and compete on a global basis. Investing globally ensures participation in the businesses shaping industries worldwide.

Widest Opportunity Set

While much of listed equity market capitalisation is concentrated in the US, many of the world’s best companies are found across multiple regions. Global equities provide access to the broadest opportunity set, capturing growth wherever it occurs.

Broad Diversification

Global equities spread exposure across regions, currencies, business models and end markets. This diversification reduces reliance on any single economy or sector and helps spread risk and sources of returns.

Valuation Dislocation and Divergence

Markets and sectors trade at divergent valuations. Global equities provide the flexibility to identify attractively priced companies and regions among these anomalies, offering the opportunities which drive long-term capital appreciation.

Riesgos Clave

Capital a riesgo
: Los instrumentos financieros conllevan un elemento de riesgo. Por lo tanto, el valor de la inversión y el rendimiento resultante pueden variar y no se puede garantizar el valor inicial de la inversión.

Riesgo de divisa - Clase de acciones denominadas en divisas distintas a la moneda base
: Las clases de acciones denominadas en divisas distintas a la moneda base pueden estar cubiertas o no frente a la moneda base del Fondo. Los cambios en los tipos de cambio tendrán un impacto en el valor de las acciones en el está determinado en la moneda base. Cuando se utilizan estructuras de cobertura, su objetivo es reducir el riesgo de tipo de cambio, pero no pueden eliminarlo por completo.

Renta variable
: Las inversiones en renta variable (directas o indirectas a través de derivados) pueden estar sujetas a fluctuaciones de valor, y su valor puede ser más volátil que el de otras clases de activos. Las acciones y los valores relacionados con acciones (como warrants y derechos de suscripción) pueden verse afectados por las fluctuaciones diarias del mercado bursátil.

Riesgo especial de país/China
: Los cambios en las políticas públicas, sociales o económicas de China pueden afectar significativamente al valor de las inversiones del Fondo. Asimismo, la legislación fiscal china se aplica siguiendo políticas que podrían cambiar sin previo aviso y con efecto retroactivo.

Lista no exhaustiva
: Esta lista de factores de riesgo no es exhaustiva. Consulte el folleto del fondo correspondiente.

Perspectivas de gestión

Pensamiento activo
Active Thinking: El Androide de la IA
10 de marzo de 2025 | Josh Sambrook-Smith

La vertiginosa evolución de la inteligencia artificial (IA) podría remodelar sectores enteros y crear oportunidades sin precedentes para los inversores.

Pensamiento activo
De salidas a oportunidad: la renta variable china hoy
11 de diciembre de 2025 | Jian Shi Cortesi

Jian Shi Cortesi, Investment Director, destaca el repunte de la renta variable china en 2025, impulsado por las bajas valoraciones y un sólido respaldo político. Según Jian, la innovación, la tecnología y los temas de crecimiento estructural generan oportunidades atractivas a pesar de los titulares sobre aranceles y los cambios en la confianza de los inversores.

European Equities Blog
Campeones del Mundo un nuevo tema de RV Europea para 2026
30 de noviembre de 2025 | Tom O'Hara

Los clientes y lectores habituales de nuestras extensas reflexiones sabrán nuestro uso de carteras temáticas como herramienta de gestión de riesgos en la construcción de carteras.

Opiniones de inversión
China: El próximo Impulso
21 de noviembre de 2025 | Ygal Sebban

China continúa mostrando un sólido crecimiento económico, a pesar de la incertidumbre mundial. Ygal Sebban, Investment Director de renta variable de mercados emergentes, destaca la resiliencia del país y su potencial para beneficiarse significativamente de los avances en inteligencia artificial (IA) y tecnología.

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Cláusula de exención de responsabilidad: Los rendimientos pasados no constituyen un indicador de rendimientos futuros o de tendencias actuales o futuras. Las indicaciones pueden estar basadas en cifras denominadas en una moneda distinta de la moneda de su país de residencia y, por lo tanto, el rendimiento puede aumentar o disminuir como consecuencia de las fluctuaciones monetarias. Capital a riesgo: Los instrumentos financieros conllevan un elemento de riesgo. Por lo tanto, el valor de la inversión y el rendimiento resultante pueden variar y no se puede garantizar el valor inicial  de la inversión. Toda referencia a un valor no constituye una recomendación de compra o venta de dicho valor.