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SICAV
Global Natural Resources Equity Fund
An actively managed, broadly diversified portfolio of around 90-120 stocks of natural resources or commodities-related companies. The universe includes companies that own or develop natural resources and other basic commodities and companies both upstream and downstream in the supply chain.
ISIN LU0272423913
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FACTSHEET
KID
30-Sep-2024 - Shinwoo Kim, Co-Portfolio Manager,
There is growing evidence that the current commodity productivity wave is likely in the process of ending and a more structurally favourable commodity outlook beginning. We believe this scenario will create a more supportive backdrop for investing in commodity equities in the coming years.

Overview
Strategy
Fund Summary
Our approach involves assessing resource/commodity cycles, industry valuations, and company fundamentals. The focus is on identifying well-managed companies with attractive long-term supply and demand fundamentals. We broadly diversify holdings for more consistent returns potential and lower volatility than highly concentrated energy or gold strategies. The manager is not constrained by the fund's benchmark, which is used for performance comparison purposes only.
Performance - Net of Fees

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

30-Sep-2024 - Shinwoo Kim, Co-Portfolio Manager,
Natural resources equities registered slight losses in September. Oil prices fell, driving commodities lower as soft economic data from both China and the US sparked concerns over weakening demand. Within the portfolio, stock selection in electrical components and equipment added value as our positions in utility infrastructure companies moved higher on increasing artificial intelligence-driven demand from electric utilities and datacentres. One of our holdings also presented promising updates at a September conference regarding full-year guidance and expectations of higher margins in key segments. In US mixed exploration and production, which is heavily levered to natural gas, our stock choices boosted returns as severe weather affected production in the southeast of the country and pushed prices higher. Our stock picks in diversified metals and mining elevated performance further as China’s stimulus package helped push base metals higher in the month. In contrast, stock selection and an overweight allocation in integrated oil and gas hurt returns as oil prices fell. In the specialty chemicals segment, stock choices detracted. Paints and coatings names in the industry saw particular strength given enthusiasm for a potential housing upcycle after the US Federal Reserve began cutting interest rates. However, earnings weakness from a holding in the segment weighed down industry returns.
31-Jan-2024 - Shinwoo Kim, Portfolio Manager,
After spending a decade underweight energy, the portfolio is now overweight versus the benchmark. In 2023, we saw incremental evidence that we are in the ending stages of the productivity wave in oil and natural gas and are approaching a more structurally positive environment for commodities. We have found that the market transition as productivity rolls over is often bumpy, so we are modestly overweight energy and metals, with a focus on companies that are high quality, high conviction and/or with idiosyncratic drivers.

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

The Funds are sub-funds of the T. Rowe Price Funds SICAV, a Luxembourg investment company with variable capital which is registered with Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier and which qualifies as an undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities (“UCITS”). Full details of the objectives, investment policies and risks are located in the prospectus which is available with the key investor information documents and/or key information document (KID) in English and in an official language of the jurisdictions in which the Funds are registered for public sale, together with the articles of incorporation and the annual and semi-annual reports (together “Fund Documents”). Any decision to invest should be made on the basis of the Fund Documents which are available free of charge from the local representative, local information/paying agent or from authorised distributors. They can also be found along with a summary of investor rights in English at www.troweprice.com. The Management Company reserves the right to terminate marketing arrangements.

Hedged share classes (denoted by 'h') utilise investment techniques to mitigate currency risk between the underlying investment currency(ies) of the fund and the currency of the hedged share class.  The costs of doing so will be borne by the share class and there is no guarantee that such hedging will be effective.

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The specific securities identified and described in this website do not represent all of the securities purchased, sold, or recommended for the sub-fund and no assumptions should be made that the securities identified and discussed were or will be profitable.

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Benchmark: Investors may use the benchmark to compare the fund’s performance. The benchmark has been selected because it is similar to the investment universe used by the investment manager and therefore acts as an appropriate comparator. The investment manager is not constrained by any country, sector and/or individual security weightings relative to the benchmark and has complete freedom to invest in securities that do not form part of the benchmark.

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