Summary
New holdings Unilever and AstraZeneca continued to perform well with the latter continuing a run of successful late stage clinical trial results.
The Philip Morris International position, reduced last month, was the worst performer during the month and was sold. A proposed merger with former parent company Altria was leaked and confirmed by the firm. Our view of industry headwinds and the relative value split of a new company was unfavourable. Both BP and Shell also performed poorly reflecting a 5% fall in the oil price.
Central banks are reportedly poised to provide interest rate cuts that ought to counter recessionary risks. Irrespective of the efficacy of these actions we continue to believe that investing in high quality companies, offering growth at a reasonable price, will provide good long term returns.
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