DOSSIER · 13F-HR · Q1 2026

GUARDCAP ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd

$1.7B in tracked AUM across 27 positions as of Q1 2026.

GA
CIK 0001732008 · last filed Mar 31, 2026
Total AUM
$1.7B
as of Q1 2026
Holdings
27
positions
Whale Score
75
75
strong
Activity
no data
changes this Q
AI Analysis · Q1 2026

Guardcap Asset Management's $1.75B Q1 2026 13F is what remains after one of the most aggressive single-quarter de-risking events in the dataset. The manager reduced 25 of 27 positions by 40-50% and liquidated Novo Nordisk entirely, cutting the book from $3.74B to $1.75B. CME fell from $514M to $272M, Booking from $318M to $137M, Yum China from $360M to $192M, Microsoft from $268M to $115M, and Mastercard from $276M to $132M. The additions list is a single new $1.3M RELX position — there are no new conviction bets. The whaleScore of 74.75 reflects the absolute size of the residual book, not active deployment. For readers, the signal is unambiguous: this fund pulled back from the market, not into it.

Guardcap's Q1 2026 13F is not a rotated book; it is a reduced one. Of the 27 holdings, 25 were decreased in shares, 1 was unchanged (Colgate-Palmolive, which fell modestly in value but held its share count steady), and 1 was sold outright. The net effect is a $1.99B reduction in AUM — from $3.74B to $1.75B — accomplished entirely through selling, not through new capital calls. There is no evidence of a mandate change; the same names that occupied the top of the file in Q4 2025 still occupy it in Q1 2026, just at roughly half the size.

The Largest Cuts

Quarter at a glance — Q1 2026

Position-change comparison pending.

No quarter-over-quarter changes available.

Top 10 holdings

By portfolio weight as of Q1 2026.

#HoldingValueSharesWeight
01
CME
CME GROUP INC
$272M926K15.6%
02
YUMC
YUM CHINA HLDGS INC
$192M3.9M11.0%
03
BKNG
BOOKING HOLDINGS INC
$137M32K7.9%
04
CL
COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
$135M1.6M7.7%
05
MA
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED
$132M264K7.6%
06
UNH
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC
$127M465K7.3%
07
MSFT
MICROSOFT CORP
$115M307K6.6%
08
ILMN
ILLUMINA INC
$110M888K6.3%
09
MKTX
MARKETAXESS HLDGS INC
$106M643K6.1%
10
NKE
NIKE INC
$92M1.7M5.3%

Filing history

2026Q1Mar 31
$1.7B 53.3%
27 positionsView →
2025Q4Dec 31
$3.7B 13.3%
27 positionsView →
2025Q3Sep 30
$4.3B 15.3%
27 positionsView →
2025Q2Jun 30
$5.1B 1.3%
27 positionsLocked
2025Q1Mar 31
$5.2B 16.6%
27 positionsLocked
2024Q4Dec 31
$6.2B 15.8%
26 positionsLocked
2024Q3Sep 30
$7.3B 5.0%
27 positionsLocked
2024Q2Jun 30
$7.0B 14.2%
28 positionsLocked
2024Q1Mar 31
$8.2B 5.1%
27 positionsLocked
2023Q4Dec 31
$7.8B 7.8%
27 positionsLocked
2023Q3Sep 30
$7.2B 3.2%
26 positionsLocked
2023Q2Jun 30
$7.4B 3.9%
26 positionsLocked
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