M&A Inflection📈 (part 1) What is the most important secular theme for the next 18 months? M&A of #innovative and #growth companies. Why is it happening today? Between 2024-2030 the #LargeCapPharma companies are at risk of losing $270 billion in branded sales, as we enter the tipping point of the looming patent sales, which occurs every 10-15 years. #MergersAndAcquisition #Healthcare #Pharmaceuticals You can watch the AGM recording here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eZZw43zW July factsheet: https://lnkd.in/eTna955M Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eRNN7UZ6 Investments involve risks. The value of investments and income derived from them may go down as well as up and you may not receive back all the money which you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance.
Worldwide Healthcare Trust
Investment Management
London, England 106 followers
Investing in the global healthcare sector with the objective of achieving a high level of capital growth.
About us
Worldwide Healthcare Trust PLC invests in the global healthcare sector with the objective of achieving a high level of capital growth. Investment Approach: The Company‘s Portfolio Manager is OrbiMed Capital LLC. OrbiMed was founded in 1989 and has evolved over time to be the largest dedicated healthcare investment firm in the world. OrbiMed has managed the Company’s portfolio since its launch in 1995. Strong returns and many investment awards signify the aggregate talents of this exceptional team. OrbiMed had over U.S.$20 billion in assets under management as of 31 March 2021, across a range of funds, including investment trusts, hedge funds, mutual funds, and private equity funds. The OrbiMed team works constantly to identify sources of outperformance with a focus on fundamental research. In healthcare, there are many primary sources of outperformance, especially in therapeutics. Clinical events such as the publication of new clinical trial data is a good example and historically has been the largest source of share price volatility. Regulatory events, such as new drug approvals by U.S., European and Japanese regulatory authorities are also stock moving events. Subsequent new product launches are carefully tracked and forecasted. Other sources include legal events and, of course, mergers and acquisitions activity. The Team has a global focus with a universe of coverage that covers the entire spectrum of companies, from early stage companies with pre-clinical assets to full integrated biopharmaceutical companies. The universe of actively covered companies is approaching 1,000. OrbiMed emphasises investments in companies with underappreciated products in the pipeline, high quality management teams, and adequate financial resources. A disciplined portfolio construction process is utilised to ensure the portfolio is focused on high conviction positions. Finally, the portfolio is subject to rigorous risk management process to moderate portfolio volatility.
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- 51-200 employees
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- London, England
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Thank you Gordon Smith, CFA for having Trevor Polischuk, Ph.D., M.B.A. on the Investor Insights podcast, coving M&A, US elections, and weight loss and biotechnology sectors. You can listen to the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/eUWQK9Tc Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eRNN7UZ6 Investments involve risks. The value of investments and income derived from them may go down as well as up and you may not receive back all the money which you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance.
Episode 30 of our Investor Insights series features Trevor Polischuk, Ph.D., M.B.A., Partner at OrbiMed, the specialist health care investor, and Portfolio Manager of the London-listed Worldwide Healthcare Trust (WWH-LON). We have covered health care and the life sciences several times already in the Investor Insights series. In this episode, we explore this important investment sector again, by covering topics such as the prospects for ongoing M&A activity, the potential impact of the upcoming US election, the outlook for weight loss drugs and biotechnology innovation. The full series can be accessed via the Killik & Co YouTube and Spotify channels using the following links: YouTube Playlist: https://lnkd.in/eYuwDbHa Spotify Playlist: https://lnkd.in/eJD9jzix
Investor Insights Podcast #30 –Trevor Polischuk, Portfolio Manager of the Worldwide Healthcare Trust
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XBI is off the bottom and is turning a corner... with tremendous upside 📈 We have seen the longest bear market in history with #EmergingBiotechnology. In May 2022, the emerging biotechnology index (#XBI) hit -60% of absolute returns, rising between May 2022 and October 2023 with the help of M&A within the sector. In October 2023, #inflation and #InterestRates worries brought the returns down again, testing the lows of May 2022. We are currently experiencing more M&A within the sector, increasing the sectors upside potential - if it reaches previous record highs, it will provide an 80% return and if it catches up to the S&P500 it will provide 250% returns in the sector. #BearMarket #Biotechnology #Healthcare #Growth You can watch the AGM recording here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eZZw43zW July factsheet: https://lnkd.in/eTna955M Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eRNN7UZ6 Investments involve risks. The value of investments and income derived from them may go down as well as up and you may not receive back all the money which you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance.
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Since inception we have continued to move within the top three performing trusts in the UK market 📈 annualising 14.3% for coming up 30 years, with total returns of 4732.7% since 1995. #GrowthPortfolio #Healthcare #AnnualReturns #UKMarket You can watch the AGM recording here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eZZw43zW July factsheet: https://lnkd.in/eTna955M Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eRNN7UZ6 Investments involve risks. The value of investments and income derived from them may go down as well as up and you may not receive back all the money which you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance.
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Contribution (absolute) individual stocks 📈 Our top 5 winners of the last year include Eli Lilly and Company, Novo Nordisk, Intuitive, Boston Scientific and Tenet Healthcare; the gains far outweighed the 'losers' in the portfolio. #LargeCapPharma #MedTech #Healthcare #GrowthPortfolio You can watch the AGM recording here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eZZw43zW July factsheet: https://lnkd.in/eTna955M Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eRNN7UZ6 Investments involve risks. The value of investments and income derived from them may go down as well as up and you may not receive back all the money which you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance.
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Worldwide Healthcare Trust are please to be shortlisted for the Investment Week Investment Company Awards 2024 in the #Specialist category 👇 Investments involve risks. The value of investments and income derived from them may go down as well as up and you may not receive back all the money which you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance.
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Worldwide Healthcare Trust - A mostly quiet summer month turned volatile in the back half of July. July factsheet 📰 - In July, the NAV per share total return was -1.2%, the share price total return was +1.1% and the MSCI World Health Care Index was +1.7%, on a net total return, sterling adjusted basis. - As U.S. tech stocks wobbled on quarterly earnings reports, it triggered a broader macro trade in which “crowded longs” and “retail favourites” were rapidly sold as investors instead rotated into value names and/or year-to-date laggards. ✅ A better-than-expected inflation report renewed hopes of interest rates cuts before the end of 2024. ✅ The top contributor was Daiichi Sankyo, which benefitted from a stellar quarterly earnings report at the month end (before a BoJ interest rate hike in Japan in early August disrupted the equity market there). ✅ Important contribution also came from healthcare services, as hospital provider Tenet Healthcare Corp and managed care provider UnitedHealth Group both reported better than expected quarterly results. ❌ On the negative side, “retail favourites” that sold off late in the month on no fundamental news included Eli Lilly and Company, Novo Nordisk, Boston Scientific, and Merck. ❌ Another key detractor was Dexcom, whose share price fell dramatically lower after a series of executional missteps lead to one of the worst quarterly reports the company has ever presided over. July factsheet: https://lnkd.in/eTna955M Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eRNN7UZ6 Investments involve risks. The value of investments and income derived from them may go down as well as up and you may not receive back all the money which you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance.
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Subsector contribution (absolute)📈 #Pharmaceuticals were the biggest contributor to performance, with 700 basis points. Relative to the benchmark (#MSCI), we are underweight in #pharma but had strong stock selection, including Eli Lilly and Company, Novo Nordisk, Merck Group and AstraZeneca, who were the big winners in #LargeCapPharma. #Medtech provided 400 basis points of performance, the three big names were Boston Scientific, Stryker and Intuitive Surgical Ltd. Again, these were the best performing #LargeCapMedtech stocks, doubling the annual return of the benchmark. #Biotech especially from M&A had a positive attribution, along with #Services including Tenet Healthcare. #MergerAndAcquisition #Healthcare #GrowthPortfolio You can watch the AGM recording here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eZZw43zW July factsheet: https://lnkd.in/eTna955M Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eRNN7UZ6 Investments involve risks. The value of investments and income derived from them may go down as well as up and you may not receive back all the money which you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance.
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Congratulations to the Quill clients that are shortlisted: Odyssean Capital LLP, Alliance Trust, AVI Global Trust, AVI Japan Opportunity Trust, and Worldwide Healthcare Trust #investmenttrusts
Investment Week unveils finalists for Investment Company Awards 2024
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After 30 years, Worldwide Healthcare Trust continues to be OrbiMeds largest single fund at $2.7 billion, with a total AUM of $17.2 billion. #GrowthPortfolio #Healthcare #InvestmentTrust You can watch the AGM recording here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eZZw43zW June factsheet: https://lnkd.in/eRNN7UZ6 Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eRNN7UZ6 Investments involve risks. The value of investments and income derived from them may go down as well as up and you may not receive back all the money which you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance.