AB International Strategic Core Portfolio
Data updated: 2024-09-09
C000158543 — AB International Strategic Core Portfolio. Europe Mid Cap Blend / Core Equity · $789.15M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000158543 Fund Overview
AB International Strategic Core Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Ab Cap Fund, Inc., categorised as Europe Mid Cap Blend / Core Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Ab Cap Fund, Inc.
- Category: Europe Mid Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $789.15M
- 1-year return: 14.9%
- SEC CIK: 0000081443
- SEC series ID: S000050223
- Share class ID: C000158543
C000158543 Investment Objective and Strategy
AB International Strategic Core Portfolio describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Ab Cap Fund, Inc..
Investment objective
The Fund's investment objective is to seek long-term growth of capital.
Principal investment strategy
The Adviser seeks to achieve the Fund?s investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, primarily in common stocks of non-U.S. companies, and in companies in at least three countries other than the United States. The Fund will invest in companies that are determined by the Adviser to offer favorable long-term sustainable profitability, price stability, and attractive valuations. The Adviser will employ an integrated approach that combines both fundamental and quantitative research to identify attractive investment opportunities. Factors that the Adviser will consider in this regard will include: a company?s record and projections of profitability, accuracy and availability of information with respect to the company, success and experience of management, competitive advantage, low stock price volatility, and liquidity of the company?s securities.
The Adviser will compare these results to the characteristics of the general stock markets to determine the relative attractiveness of each company at a given time. The Adviser will weigh economic, political and market factors in making investment decisions. The Adviser will seek to manage the Fund so that it is subject to less share price volatility than many other international mutual funds, although there can be no guarantee that the Adviser will be successful in this regard. The Fund will primarily invest in mid- and large-capitalization companies, which are currently defined for the Fund as companies that have market capitalizations of $1.5 billion or more. The Fund?s holdings of non-U.S. companies will generally include some companies located in emerging markets. Fluctuations in currency exchange rates can have a dramatic impact on the returns of equity securities.
The Adviser may adjust the foreign currency exposure resulting from the Fund?s security positions through the use of currency-related derivatives, primarily in an effort to minimize the currency risk to which the Fund is subject. However, the Adviser is not required to use such derivatives.
C000158543 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of AB International Strategic Core Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk A/S | 4.24% |
| Shell PLC | 3.08% |
| Constellation Software Inc/Canada | 3.03% |
| Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd | 2.12% |
| Wolters Kluwer NV | 2.06% |
| Relx PLC | 2.05% |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc | 2.03% |
| Prysmian SpA | 1.97% |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc | 1.87% |
| Honda Motor Co Ltd | 1.85% |
C000158543 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of AB International Strategic Core Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.0% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.3% |
C000158543 Performance
Total returns for C000158543 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 14.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 3.5% |
C000158543 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000158543, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 12.6%
C000158543 Costs and Fees
C000158543 costs about $174 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.74%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.78%
- Portfolio turnover: 42%
- Brokerage commissions: 4.27 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000158543 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2024-06, AB International Strategic Core Portfolio had net inflows of $23.02M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2024-06 | $1.68M |
| 2024-05 | $862.42K |
| 2024-04 | $1.22M |
| 2024-03 | −$594.08K |
| 2024-02 | $13.14M |
| 2024-01 | $787.12K |
C000158543 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in AB International Strategic Core Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000158543 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official AB International Strategic Core Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-10-27
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-06-30
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2022-10-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2024-08-23
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2024-05-24
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2024-02-27
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-09-09
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2023-09-11
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.