Over the last six weeks, the Iranian regime has carried out a spate of executions of political prisoners. The Guardian journalist Daniel Boffey reports Iran has hanged 18 political prisoners during the last six weeks. Chief reporter Dan Boffey tells the stories of some of the condemned and their families, describing a system of vague charges, unfair trials, and a whole judicial process rushed thro...
Over the last six weeks, the Iranian regime has carried out a spate of executions of political prisoners. The Guardian journalist Daniel Boffey reports Iran has hanged 18 political prisoners during the last six weeks. Chief reporter Dan Boffey tells the stories of some of the condemned and their families, describing a system of vague charges, unfair trials, and a whole judicial process rushed through under the cover of war. It is as though, he tells Annie Kelly , the regime is letting the Iranian people know it is still in control, despite the US-Israeli strikes and the death of so many in the leadership. Continue reading...
Getty Images Summary The first quarter of 2026 was a highly volatile one for global equities. Concerns about AI disruption fears reached a fever pitch this quarter and in late February the US and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury in Iran and other nations in the Middle East. These two issues in combination were the primary catalysts for violent moves in stock prices and other asset classes. The ...
Getty Images Summary The first quarter of 2026 was a highly volatile one for global equities. Concerns about AI disruption fears reached a fever pitch this quarter and in late February the US and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury in Iran and other nations in the Middle East. These two issues in combination were the primary catalysts for violent moves in stock prices and other asset classes. The best performing sectors in the MSCI ( MSCI ) ACWI Index (the "Index"), unsurprisingly given the backdrop of war in the Middle East, were Energy, Materials, Utilities, Consumer Staples, Industrials, and Real Estate. While we do, at times, find Consumer Staples and Industrials businesses that meet our investment criteria, in the aggregate, these aren't sectors that we tend to have much exposure to so their strength was another headwind to our relative performance in the quarter. In Q1 2026, the Polen Global Growth Composite Portfolio (the "Portfolio") lagged the Index. Top relative contributors to the Portfolio's performance included TSMC ( TSM ), Tesla ( TSLA ) (not owned), and Apple ( AAPL ) (not owned). By contrast, the largest relative detractors in the quarter were Adyen ( ADYEY ), Boston Scientific ( BSX ), and CoStar Group ( CSGP ). While we have made a rather meaningful shift in our exposures in Global Growth during the past year—cutting our software and software adjacent exposures in half and building a significant position in semiconductor and related businesses—we continue to own several enterprise software, internet platform and hyperscaler businesses as well as digital payments companies and proprietary information-based businesses. Many of these companies' shares have come under pressure from the concerns that generative AI will disrupt their growth, their business models or both. The software (and other information-based) businesses we seek to invest in involve deep systems of record and handle complex, multi-faceted workloads that are embedded in customer envi...
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