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Aoris International Fund 2025 Q1 Investor Letter | Buyside Digest

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Primary Source Intelligence • Q1 2025 Letter Analysis

Aoris International Fund Quarterly Analysis

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Fund Returns

QTD-0.8%

Annualized+15.8%

Positioning StanceConstructive

Market CapLarge Cap

GeographyGlobal

Digest Analysis

Quick Take

"Aoris International Fund outperformed in a challenging quarter through concentrated quality investing. Strong performance from Visa and RELX offset weakness in Accenture and Microsoft."

Executive Summary

Aoris International Fund declined 0.8% in the March quarter, outperforming its benchmark by 1.2%. The fund maintains a concentrated portfolio of 14 high-quality businesses designed to weather various market challenges. Key contributors included Visa, which rose 10.4% after outlining medium-term revenue growth ambitions of 10% annually, and RELX, up 9.3% on strong results and encouraging AI tool adoption. Detractors included Accenture and Microsoft, declining 11.5% and 11.3% respectively due to government business pressure and data center investment concerns. The fund made portfolio changes, purchasing W.W. Grainger while selling MSCI and Fastenal at attractive valuations. Trade policy uncertainty dominated the investment environment, with frequent tariff proposal changes creating challenges for businesses. Aoris maintains its quality-first approach, avoiding government-sensitive businesses, cyclicals, and highly leveraged companies. The portfolio consists of resilient businesses providing essential services, with most manufacturing in their end markets to minimize trade disruption risks.

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Signal Matrix

Market Conviction

75%

CautiousHigh

High Conviction (75%)

High conviction is evident in the concentrated 14-company portfolio, clear quality criteria, and decisive portfolio changes. The manager demonstrates strong conviction in their investment philosophy and specific company selections, with detailed analysis supporting positions.

Growth Outlook

38%

BearishBullish

Neutral (38%)

The manager expresses concern about the highly uncertain environment created by trade policy changes and tariff proposals, describing it as the predominant global issue. However, they maintain confidence in their portfolio's resilience through various challenges.

Risk Appetite

43%

DefensiveAggressive

Balanced (43%)

The fund maintains a defensive, quality-first approach, explicitly avoiding government-sensitive businesses, cyclicals, and leveraged companies. They emphasize risk minimization and resilience over aggressive positioning, indicating a cautious risk appetite.

Capital Deployment

0%

De-riskingDeploying

De-risking (0%)

The fund made balanced portfolio changes, purchasing W.W. Grainger while selling MSCI and Fastenal. They used proceeds from sales to add to existing attractively valued positions, indicating neutral net deployment activity with no clear directional bias.

Forward Guidance

10%

CautiousExpansionary

Cautious (10%)

The manager expresses confidence that their 14 resilient businesses will manage well through challenges ahead, both this year and beyond. They made selective portfolio changes, adding Grainger while selling positions at attractive valuations, showing measured optimism.

Language Signal

5%

BearishBullish

Bearish (5%)

Language is balanced with both positive elements (resilient businesses, attractive growth, encouraging outlook) and negative concerns (highly uncertain environment, pressure, caution). The net balance is slightly positive due to confidence in portfolio positioning.

Perceived Risk

65%

Low RiskElevated

Elevated Risk (65%)

The manager identifies significant risks from trade policy uncertainty, describing it as the predominant global issue creating a highly uncertain environment. They acknowledge various business pressures and the potential for government policy changes to impact competitiveness.

Opportunity Density

45%

ScarceAbundant

Selective (45%)

The manager found selective opportunities to add Grainger and trim overvalued positions, but the emphasis on avoiding many industries and types of businesses suggests a more constrained opportunity set. The quality-first approach limits the investable universe.

Time Horizon

80%

Short-TermLong-Term

Decade+ (80%)

The fund targets returns of 8-12% annually over a 5-7 year market cycle, demonstrating a long-term investment horizon. The focus on businesses that will manage well through challenges both this year and beyond indicates patient capital deployment.