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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q4 | Feb 4, 2026 | Aristotle/Saul Global Equity Fund | 3.3% | 19.8% | 005930.KS, 6594.T, 6954.T, 8001.T, CCO, D05.SI, EGB.VI, FCFS, FMC, GOOGL, LEN, LOW, MLM, MSFT, SONY, UBER | AI, Automation, Central Banking, Global Equity, Quality, Trade Policy, value | Artificial intelligence continued to be a major theme with more than 300 S&P 500 companies mentioning AI on earnings calls. However, scrutiny increased around AI-related revenue circularity, massive capital spending scale, and durability of longer-term returns on investment. The enthusiasm helped propel mega-cap tech stocks higher and drive market gains. Trade relations between the U.S. and China remained a key market focus with tariff escalations and export controls. China expanded export controls on rare earth minerals while the U.S. threatened 100% tariffs in retaliation. A one-year trade truce was ultimately reached between Presidents Trump and Xi Jinping. Global automation adoption accelerated amid labor shortages, rising wages, and increasing manufacturing complexity. FANUC demonstrated leadership in factory automation and industrial robotics, with robot sales in China growing over 80% year-over-year and collaboration with NVIDIA on AI-driven robotics solutions. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Feb 4, 2026 | Aristotle International Equity Fund | 5.5% | 22.5% | 005930.KS, 5401.T, 6594.T, 6758.T, 6954.T, 7532.T, ALL.AX, BAP, BN, CCO, D05.SI, EBS.VI, EXPN.L, MUV2.DE, ROG.SW, SAF.PA | Asia, Automation, Banking, Europe, gaming, international, Quality, value | FANUC Corporation demonstrates leadership in factory automation and industrial robotics, with operating margins expanding to 21% and strong robot sales growth in China exceeding 80% year-over-year. The company maintains dominant positions in CNC systems and continues deepening competitive advantages through collaboration with NVIDIA on AI-driven robotics and digital twin capabilities. Aristocrat Leisure represents a compelling investment in the global gaming market with over 70% recurring revenue from slot machines and digital platforms. The company benefits from an oligopolistic industry structure and strong market positions across North American commercial and tribal gaming markets, supported by proprietary content franchises. Erste Group Bank delivered strong operating performance driven by healthy loan growth, resilient net interest income, and solid fee income across Central and Eastern European markets. The bank's diversified retail-oriented model and leading market positions support continued growth as regional economies develop and demand for financial services expands. The U.S.-China trade relationship showed improvement with a one-year trade truce reached at the APEC summit, reducing China's effective tariff rate to 47% and deferring export controls on rare earth materials. However, new tensions emerged with Japan over Taiwan, highlighting ongoing geopolitical complexities affecting global trade flows. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 18, 2026 | Distillate Capital International | 0.0% | 41.5% | 005930.KS, 066570.KS, 1024.HK, 2319.HK, 2618.HK, 267270.KS, 601600.SS, 6594.T, 9618.HK, AEM, AUTO.L, BATS.L, CX, FMX, GIB.TO, MC.PA, RHHBY, RIO.AX | cash flow, fundamentals, international, Quality, valuation, value | U.S. equities are historically expensive by any measure and at a valuation level that has typically been associated with much more subdued future returns. The S&P 500 is near record multiples and trading at concerningly rich valuations primarily due to a short list of very large and expensive stocks. International stocks look very appealing even after significant outperformance in 2025. International stocks significantly outperformed their domestic counterparts in 2025, and the less expensive portions of the market did particularly well. International companies offer an important counterbalance to the richness of the broader U.S. market when selectively chosen and are beneficial from a diversification perspective. The strategy systematically filters out highly levered or fundamentally less stable companies and focuses on cash flow stability and low indebtedness thresholds. Quality metrics include fundamental stability scores and leverage ratios that differentiate the portfolio from broader market benchmarks. | View |
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