DOSSIER · 13F-HR · Q2 2026

GUARDCAP ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd

$1.4B in tracked AUM across 18 positions as of Q2 2026.

GA
CIK 0001732008 · last filed Jun 30, 2026
Total AUM
$1.4B
as of Q2 2026
Holdings
18
positions
Whale Score
79
79
strong
Activity
no data
changes this Q
AI Analysis · Q2 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
Analysis generated by 13F Insight from SEC Form 13F filing data · Q2 2026. Methodology

Quarter at a glance — Q2 2026

Position-change comparison pending.

No quarter-over-quarter changes available.

Top 10 holdings

By portfolio weight as of Q2 2026.

#HoldingValueSharesWeight
01
CME
CME GROUP INC
$172M773K12.2%
02
UNH
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC
$160M388K11.4%
03
YUMC
YUM CHINA HLDGS INC
$133M3.3M9.5%
04
ILMN
ILLUMINA INC
$129M740K9.2%
05
BKNG
BOOKING HOLDINGS INC
$122M646K8.6%
06
CL
COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
$118M1.3M8.4%
07
MA
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED
$114M223K8.1%
08
MSFT
MICROSOFT CORP
$97M256K6.9%
09
VRSK
VERISK ANALYTICS INC
$71M395K5.1%
10
ADBE
ADOBE INC
$64M306K4.5%

Filing history

2026Q2Jun 30
$1.4B 19.5%
18 positionsView →
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
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