Zambian Software Defensive Blue Chips

Swiss Re

Market Cap: CHF 44.5b

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

Becton Dickinson

Market Cap: US$55.2b

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.

Allstate

Market Cap: US$54.4b

Provides property and casualty, and other insurance products in the United States and Canada.

Société Générale Société anonyme

Market Cap: €45.9b

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

First Abu Dhabi Bank P.J.S.C

Market Cap: د.إ196.6b

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

Nordea Bank Abp

Market Cap: €45.7b

Offers banking products and services for individuals, families, and businesses in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, and internationally.

Danone

Market Cap: €45.6b

Operates in the food and beverage industry in Europe, Ukraine, North America, China, North Asia, the Oceania, Latin America, rest of Asia, Africa, Turkey, the Middle East, and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

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.

Wal-Mart de México. de

Market Cap: Mex$974.2b

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

Singapore Telecommunications

Market Cap: S$67.0b

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

IDEXX Laboratories

Market Cap: US$52.2b

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

NXP Semiconductors

Market Cap: US$51.7b

Provides semiconductor products in China, the United States, Germany, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Taiwan, and internationally.

Manulife Financial

Market Cap: CA$70.0b

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

BOC Hong Kong (Holdings)

Market Cap: HK$398.0b

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

Cambricon Technologies

Market Cap: CN¥359.6b

Research, develops, design, and sells core chips in cloud server, edge computing, and terminal equipment in China.

MetLife

Market Cap: US$50.1b

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

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

Market Cap: ر.ق180.3b

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

Loblaw Companies

Market Cap: CA$68.0b

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.

PICC Property and Casualty

Market Cap: HK$387.7b

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

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.

Kroger

Market Cap: US$49.2b

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

E.ON

Market Cap: €41.3b

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

China Pacific Insurance (Group)

Market Cap: CN¥345.8b

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

Alimentation Couche-Tard

Market Cap: CA$66.3b

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

Commerzbank

Market Cap: €41.1b

Provides banking and capital market products and services to private and small business customers, corporate, financial service providers, and institutional clients in Germany, rest of Europe, the Americas, Asia, and internationally.

People's Insurance Company (Group) of China

Market Cap: HK$376.2b

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

Target

Market Cap: US$47.3b

Operates as a general merchandise retailer in the United States.

KBC Group

Market Cap: €40.2b

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.

United Overseas Bank

Market Cap: S$60.1b

Provides banking products and services worldwide.

ACWA Power

Market Cap: ر.س174.4b

Engages in the investment, development, operation, and maintenance of power generation, water desalination, and green hydrogen production plants in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.

Holcim

Market Cap: CHF 37.4b

Provides building materials and solutions worldwide.

HOYA

Market Cap: JP¥6.8t

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

Edwards Lifesciences

Market Cap: US$45.9b

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

Hygon Information Technology

Market Cap: CN¥325.1b

Engages in the research and development of computing chip products and systems in China.

Veeva Systems

Market Cap: US$45.3b

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

Kotak Mahindra Bank

Market Cap: ₹4.0t

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