Semiconductors and oil futures top fund charts 100 days on from Iran war
FSA looks at the top performing funds 100 days after the outbreak of the Iran war on February 28th.
FSA looks at the top performing funds 100 days after the outbreak of the Iran war on February 28th.

Semiconductor funds make up most of the top-performing funds 100 days after the war in Iran broke out on 28 February 2026, according to data compiled from FE fundinfo.
The continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz since the outbreak of the war has choked off critical oil supply, putting upward pressure on oil prices and hurting the global economy.
But as the US and Iran appear to be working towards ending the conflict, oil prices have remained relatively contained at roughly $95 per barrel after initially spiking above $110.
With this backdrop, the top performing funds since the war broke out are made up mostly of semiconductor funds as the artificial intelligence (AI) buildout continues.
Below are the 25 best performing funds since the war in Iran broke out 100 days ago, according to data compiled by FSA from FE fundinfo of funds available to eligible investors in Hong Kong and Singapore.
| Fund | Return (%) |
| State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF | 69.82 |
| Manulife Global Semiconductor Opportunities | 63.3 |
| Mirae Asset Global X S&P Crude Oil Futures Enhanced ER ETF | 62.27 |
| VanEck Semiconductor UCITS ETF | 54.14 |
| iShares iShares Semiconductor ETF | 53.43 |
| Value Partners Taiwan | 53.04 |
| Manulife Taiwan Equity | 47.5 |
| Nomura Taiwan Equity | 47.47 |
| CSOP Yinhua CSI 5G Communications Theme ETF | 47.39 |
| VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF | 47.29 |
| GF GFI Global Select Equity Fund | 47.1 |
| Samsung S&P GSCI Crude Oil ER Futures ETF | 47.09 |
| LionGlobal Taiwan | 46.6 |
| HSBC Nasdaq Global Semiconductor UCITS ETF | 45.5 |
| L&G Cyber Security UCITS ETF | 44.84 |
| Schroder ISF Taiwanese Equity | 43.61 |
| HSBC Taiwan Electronics | 41.91 |
| JPM Taiwan | 40.27 |
| IQ EQ Fund Management Rize Cybersecurity and Data Privacy UCITS ETF | 39.66 |
| Allianz Cyber Security | 39.05 |
| LionGlobal Korea | 38.81 |
| Polar Capital Global Technology | 38.8 |
| Liontrust GF Global Technology Fund | 38.78 |
| HSBC Taiwan Phoenix | 38.76 |
| Mirae Asset Global X Cybersecurity UCITS ETF | 38.03 |
The top performing fund is the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF, an exchange-traded-fund that tracks the S&P Semiconductor Select Industry Index.
It is up 69.8% since 28 February, as index constituents MaxLinear, Marvell Technology and Astera Labs have rallied 340%, 253% and 191% respectively, since the outbreak of the war.
The second top performing fund is the Manulife Global Semiconductor Opportunities fund, which launched in Hong Kong roughly a year prior to the war.
This fund invests in semiconductor and semiconductor-related stocks globally, with a top holding in US semiconductor firm Intel, as well as index heavyweights Marvell Technology and Astera Labs.
Other strong performers include semiconductor ETFs such as the VanEck Semiconductor UCITS ETF, the iShares Semiconductor ETF and the HSBC Nasdaq Global Semiconductor UCITS ETF.
Third in the list is an ETF directly betting on oil futures contracts rather than energy producers: the Mirae Asset Global X S&P Crude Oil Futures Enhanced ER ETF.
This fund invests directly in West Texas Intermediate crude oil (WTI) futures contracts and is up 62% since the outbreak of the war.
Other top performing funds include Taiwanese focused equity funds, such as Value Partners Taiwan and Nomura Taiwan Equity.
Taiwanese companies have rallied in recent months as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang committed to spend $150bn in Taiwan, host to many companies in the semiconductor supply chain described by Huang as the “epicentre” of the AI revolution.
FSA looks at the top performing funds 100 days after the outbreak of the Iran war on February 28th.
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