Carnegie Småbolagsfond rose 1.56 percent in October. Since the beginning of the year, the fund has returned 18.83 percent. This is stated in a monthly report from the fund's managers Mattias Montgomery and Isak Lenholm.

Initially, the managers write that the Swedish small companies developed weaker than the large companies.

In terms of the fund's return, Truecaller and TF Bank contributed most positively, while Crayon and Pandox contributed most negatively.

Scandic, the fund's second largest holding, announced new financial targets during the month, as well as an ambition for extra dividends and share buybacks.

"We think it is right to return capital to the owners and prefer it to expansion plans that bring risk and possible channeling. Although we believe Scandic has a good return on capital on new hotels, as the stock is cheap and they operate in a market with low predictability," the managers write.

In terms of portfolio activity, the fund sold its entire holding in Dynavox this month after the quarterly report. The managers write that they see less upside in the valuation, and that they had hoped for more scalable margins.

The fund's largest holdings at the end of the month were Truecaller, Mildef and Scandic with portfolio weights of 7.9, 5.5 and 5.5 percent respectively. At the same time, the fund had the greatest exposure to technology, industrials and consumer discretionary.

Sweden accounted for 75.0 percent of the fund's geographical exposure, followed by Norway and Luxembourg with weights of 6.7 and 6.6 percent respectively.

Carnegie Småbolagsfond, %October, 2024
Fund MM, change in percent 1,56
Fund this year, change in percent 18,83