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Tectonic Investment Management 2026 Q3 Investor Letter | Buyside Digest

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Primary Source Intelligence • Q3 2026 Letter Analysis

Tectonic Investment Management Quarterly Analysis

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Fund Returns

QTD+1.5%

Annualized+45.1%

Positioning StanceCONSTRUCTIVE

GeographyAsia, Europe

Digest Analysis

Quick Take

"Constructive on mission-critical AI and renewable infrastructure, navigating the withdrawn Firmus ASX listing by prioritizing operating capacity expansion while harvesting strong performance across Australian resource and digital asset holdings."

Executive Summary

The Tectonic Opportunities Fund delivered a net return of +1.5% net of fees in the third quarter of 2026, bringing its annualized net return since inception to +45.1% net of fees compared to +10.5% for the S&P All Ordinaries Accumulation Index and +13.2% for the MSCI World Net Total Return Index. Portfolio exposure remains exceptionally concentrated, with unlisted data infrastructure holding Firmus representing 81.2% of the sector allocation. Other sector weightings comprise basic materials at 6.5%, renewable energy at 6.0%, financials at 3.8%, consumer at 1.8%, and telecommunications infrastructure at 0.7%, distributed geographically across Australia at 51.3%, Asia at 42.2%, North America at 3.4%, and Europe at 3.0%. Macroeconomic conditions grew subdued as global bond yields surged, with the US 10-year Treasury yield touching 5.30% and the Reserve Bank of Australia lifting its cash rate to 4.60%. Higher discount rates weighed heavily on capital-intensive, long-duration growth assets, creating turbulent public equity conditions that pressured AI infrastructure peers and led to market volatility across both Australian and global indices. Portfolio activity was headlined by the decision to withdraw Firmus's proposed AUD 43.7 billion ASX initial public offering in favor of private capital and eventual international public listings. Operationally, Firmus expanded its contracted capacity past 900MW through anchor partnerships with OpenAI and Meta. In the listed portfolio, positive contributions came from Australian resources holdings Sandfire Resources, Genesis Minerals, and Westgold Resources, alongside digital asset and technology positions Coinbase and Sea Limited, while Highfield Resources entered administration to enforce noteholder security.

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Signal Matrix

Market Conviction

95%

CautiousHigh

High Conviction (95%)

Extremely high conviction is demonstrated by maintaining an 81.2% asset concentration in unlisted AI infrastructure champion Firmus and deliberately keeping the fund closed to new capital. The managers reiterate willingness to absorb short-term public market volatility rather than capitulate into an unfavorable valuation discount.

Growth Outlook

50%

BearishBullish

Neutral (50%)

The manager presents a balanced macro outlook, counterpoising severe interest rate headwinds and narrow equity market participation against massive, structural capex tailwinds in artificial intelligence and clean energy transition.

Risk Appetite

75%

DefensiveAggressive

Aggressive (75%)

Risk posture remains aggressive and tilted long, maintaining high concentration in illiquid, capital-intensive infrastructure platforms and leveraged commodity and digital asset growth exposures.

Capital Deployment

50%

De-riskingDeploying

Net Neutral (50%)

Capital deployment is largely neutral at the fund level, with existing positions maintained and capital raising closed while portfolio companies self-fund via project equity and private rounds.

Forward Guidance

50%

CautiousExpansionary

Neutral (50%)

Forward action is focused on patience, operational execution, and monitoring rather than broad secondary deployment, keeping the strategy closed to new subscriptions until liquidity milestones are achieved.

Language Signal

65%

BearishBullish

Bullish (65%)

Language remains constructive around fundamental commercial delivery, long-term contracted revenues, and Tier-1 customer adoption, tempered by objective reporting of the withdrawn ASX IPO and bond yield spikes.

Perceived Risk

65%

Low RiskElevated

Elevated Risk (65%)

Macroeconomic risk is viewed as elevated due to decade-high bond yields, ongoing monetary tightening by central banks, and multiple compression across capital-heavy tech assets.

Opportunity Density

55%

ScarceAbundant

Selective (55%)

The manager views investable opportunities as concentrated in bespoke infrastructure development and select advantaged platforms rather than broad public equity screens.

Time Horizon

85%

Short-TermLong-Term

Decade+ (85%)

A multi-year infrastructure mentality guides the portfolio, with management explicitly advocating for a 6 to 12 month extension to achieve optimal private capital and listing terms on assets held for over five years.