Investor Summary
Fund Strategy
FUND PERFORMANCE AS OF 31st December 2025
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Brummer Multi-Strategy returned 8.9% net in 2025, with performance primarily driven by long/short equity strategies that generated consistent alpha throughout the year, particularly on the short side. The fund demonstrated resilience during periods of elevated factor volatility and narrow market breadth in a challenging environment marked by policy-induced volatility, trade policy shifts, and AI-driven market concentration. Short alpha contributed 7.5% to P&L while systematic trend-following strategies detracted due to choppy market conditions created by shifting US trade rhetoric. The firm continued expanding its investment infrastructure, launching new fixed income strategies and opening an Abu Dhabi office. Key risks include AI-related market correction potential, Fed independence concerns, rising fixed income supply, and elevated valuations with US equity CAPE ratios at dot-com bubble levels. The outlook remains highly uncertain with limited margin for error despite positive investor sentiment. The strategy maintains focus on market-neutral, well-diversified positioning designed to generate alpha across various market environments while being long the tails.
Brummer Multi-Strategy aims to generate consistent alpha through a diversified multi-manager programme that combines disciplined risk management with diverse alpha sources, maintaining market neutrality and high liquidity while being long the tails across all market environments.
The macroeconomic outlook remains highly uncertain and dynamic with a wide range of scenarios that could unfold. Investors entered 2026 with notably positive outlook for global economy and risk assets, but much optimism appears largely reflected in current market prices, leaving limited margin for error. The environment presents both clear risks and meaningful opportunities.
| Date | Letter | Tickers | Keywords | Pitches | Quick Takes |
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| Jan 15 2026 | 2025 Q4 | - | alpha, diversification, fixed income, Long/Short, Multi-Strategy, risk management, Systematic | - | AI adoption and AI-related capital expenditures continued to accelerate throughout 2025. The investment surge in AI infrastructure bolstered both economic activity and equity markets while exerting structural pressures on the labor market. Market concentration remains elevated with AI-related companies contributing significantly to expected earnings growth. The US shifted toward modern mercantilism with the effective tariff rate reaching its highest level since 1935. Disruptive trade policies including rising tariffs and protectionist measures reshaped the global economic landscape, creating volatility and challenging conditions for systematic strategies. Inflation remains above target in both the US and Europe, with tariffs estimated to have added roughly 50 basis points to YoY core PCE inflation in the US. Many economists anticipate disinflation will resume with inflation expected to approach target levels by end of 2026. Higher defense spending across Europe provided a modest lift to economic activity. President Trump recently proposed a 50% increase in US defense spending to USD 1.5 trillion by 2027, which could spur renewed economic momentum and complicate Fed policy trade-offs. Gold surged 64.7% in 2025, supported by central bank purchases as they continued to diversify reserves. The rally in precious metals may be interpreted as a cautionary signal regarding potential inflationary pressures amid concerns over fiscal sustainability and rising debt burdens. Private credit vulnerabilities identified due to rapid asset growth, increasingly aggressive underwriting and limited transparency. This represents a key risk being monitored that could meaningfully influence economic and market outcomes. |
| Oct 6 2025 | 2025 Q3 | - | - | - | |
| Aug 29 2025 | 2025 Q2 | - | - | - | |
| Apr 3 2025 | 2025 Q1 | - | - | - | |
| Feb 28 2025 | 2024 Q4 | - | - | - | |
| Oct 7 2024 | 2024 Q3 | - | - | - | |
| Aug 28 2024 | 2024 Q2 | - | - | - | |
| Apr 5 2024 | 2024 Q1 | - | - | - |
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AIAI has been integrated into RGA's research process through tools like NotebookLM, Gems in Gemini, and Claude Code. The firm views AI as a force multiplier for human judgment rather than a replacement, emphasizing the Kasparov Law principle. They believe the market narrative around AI displacement is swinging to unhelpful extremes, creating investment opportunities. |
Machine Learning Automation Software Productivity Innovation |
Defense SpendingThe entire world is rapidly rearming off an extremely low base of defense spending. This exposure focuses on companies that make armaments for nation state security and materially outperformed for the year. |
Defense Armaments Rheinmetall Palantir RTX | |
GoldGold returned +65% in dollars in 2025, driven by broadening demand from central banks, professional and retail investors. Central banks now hold 24% of reserves in gold versus 23% in US Treasuries for the first time. Maintained 12% portfolio allocation throughout the year. |
Central Banks Reserves Diversification Demand | |
InflationInflation has continued to be a persistent feature in Japan and has prompted changes in both corporate and consumer behavior. Importantly, inflation has fed through to corporate earnings and equity performance. Companies that have successfully passed on higher costs to consumers have benefited from improved operating margins. |
Inflation Corporate Earnings Operating Margins Consumer Behavior Cost Pass-through | |
Private CreditThe space has become very popular with lots of LP money chasing returns. Some sponsors have paid extremely high prices and lent on unfavorable terms. Many have also lent into the AI/data-center space to businesses with questionable futures. |
Credit Lending Risk | |
Trade PolicyRecent tariff policies continued to negatively impact U.S. consumers and companies throughout the year. However, international companies have been finding new trade arrangements and growth opportunities, benefiting from shifts in global trade patterns as the new U.S. administration alters terms of international cooperation. |
Tariffs International Growth Cooperation Impact |
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