Taiwanese Energy Defensive Blue Chips

Swiss Re

Market Cap: CHF 43.8b

Provides reinsurance, insurance, other insurance-based forms of risk transfer, and other insurance-related services worldwide.

MetLife

Market Cap: US$54.8b

A financial services company, provides insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset management services worldwide.

China CITIC Bank

Market Cap: HK$420.4b

Provides various banking products and services in the People’s Republic of China and internationally.

Becton Dickinson

Market Cap: US$53.6b

Develops, manufactures, and sells medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment, and diagnostic products for healthcare institutions, physicians, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, pharmaceutical industry, and the general public worldwide.

Diageo

Market Cap: UK£39.8b

Engages in the production, marketing, and distribution of alcoholic beverages in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, and Africa.

Engie

Market Cap: €45.3b

Operates as an energy company, engages in the renewables and decentralized, low-carbon energy networks, and energy services businesses in France, Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle East, Oceania, South America, Africa, and internationally.

Singapore Telecommunications

Market Cap: S$68.4b

Provides telecommunication services to consumers and small businesses in Singapore, Australia, and internationally.

Manulife Financial

Market Cap: CA$73.5b

Provides financial products and services in the United States, Canada, Asia, and internationally.

Société Générale Société anonyme

Market Cap: €44.6b

Provides banking and financial services to individuals, corporates, and institutional clients in Europe and internationally.

Wal-Mart de México. de

Market Cap: Mex$959.4b

Owns and operates self-service stores in Mexico and Central America.

Infineon Technologies

Market Cap: €43.6b

Engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of semiconductors and semiconductor-based solutions worldwide.

IDEXX Laboratories

Market Cap: US$51.1b

Develops, manufactures, and distributes products for the companion animal veterinary, livestock and poultry, dairy, and water testing industries in the United States and internationally.

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank

Market Cap: CN¥360.2b

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co., Ltd.

PICC Property and Casualty

Market Cap: HK$390.6b

Engages in property and casualty insurance business in People’s Republic of China.

Alimentation Couche-Tard

Market Cap: CA$69.8b

Operates and licenses convenience stores in North America, Europe, and Asia.

BOC Hong Kong (Holdings)

Market Cap: HK$386.3b

An investment holding company, provides banking and related financial services to corporate and individual customers in Hong Kong, China, and internationally.

Sberbank of Russia

Market Cap: ₽3.0t

Sberbank of Russia, together with its subsidiaries, provides corporate and retail banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, corporate clients, and financial institutions.

E.ON

Market Cap: €42.0b

Operates as an energy company in Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, the Netherlands, rest of Europe, and internationally.

Veeva Systems

Market Cap: US$48.8b

Provides cloud-based software for the life sciences industry in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.

KBC Group

Market Cap: €40.9b

Provides banking, insurance, and asset management services primarily for retail, private banking, small and medium sized enterprises, and mid-cap clients in Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia.

HOYA

Market Cap: JP¥7.0t

A med-tech company, provides high-tech and medical products worldwide.

First Abu Dhabi Bank P.J.S.C

Market Cap: د.إ174.6b

Provides various banking products and services in the United Arab Emirates, Europe, Arab countries, the Americas, Asia, and internationally.

People's Insurance Company (Group) of China

Market Cap: HK$361.7b

An investment holding company, provides insurance products and services in the People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong.

Kotak Mahindra Bank

Market Cap: ₹4.1t

Provides a range of banking and financial services to corporate and individual customers in India.

NAURA Technology Group

Market Cap: CN¥327.5b

Engages in the research and development, production, sale, and technical services of semiconductors in the People's Republic of China.

Qatar National Bank (Q.P.S.C.)

Market Cap: ر.ق167.4b

Provides conventional and Islamic banking products and services in Qatar, Europe, North America, rest of GCC countries, and internationally.

Loblaw Companies

Market Cap: CA$63.8b

A food and pharmacy company, provides grocery, pharmacy and healthcare services, health and beauty products, apparel, general merchandise, financial services, and wireless mobile products and services in Canada and the United States.

Edwards Lifesciences

Market Cap: US$45.7b

Provides products and technologies to treat advanced cardiovascular diseases in the United States, Europe, Japan, and internationally.

Holcim

Market Cap: CHF 36.3b

Provides building materials and solutions worldwide.

Standard Chartered

Market Cap: UK£33.4b

Provides various banking products and services in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas.

China Pacific Insurance (Group)

Market Cap: CN¥319.1b

Provides insurance products to individual and institutional customers in the People’s Republic of China.

Kroger

Market Cap: US$44.7b

Operates as a food and drug retailer in the United States.

United Overseas Bank

Market Cap: S$57.5b

Provides banking products and services worldwide.

Kuwait Finance House K.S.C.P

Market Cap: د.ك13.6b

Provides Islamic banking products and services in the Middle East, Europe, and internationally.

Monolithic Power Systems

Market Cap: US$44.1b

Designs, develops, markets, and sells semiconductor-based power electronics solutions for the storage and computing, automotive, enterprise data, consumer, communications, and industrial markets in the United States, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Europe, Southeast Asia, Japan, and internationally.

Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC

Market Cap: د.إ161.4b

Provides telecommunications services, media, and related equipment in the United Arab Emirates and internationally.