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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q3 | Sep 30, 2025 | Airlie Australian Share Fund | 1.4% | - | ALD.AX, ALL.AX, APZ.AX, BHP.AX, BSL.AX, CBA.AX, CHC.AX, CSL.AX, EBO.AX, GMG.AX, MQG.AX, NCK.AX, NWSA, RMD, SOL.AX | Australia, banks, equities, gold, real estate, value, volatility | Gold price up 16% in the quarter, outperforming S&P 500 by ~30% year-to-date. Historical correlation with US real yields has broken down, coinciding with Russia-Ukraine war and Western nations freezing Russian central bank funds. Central banks accelerating reserve diversification away from USD. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 11, 2024 | Highwood Value Partners | - | - | ALD.AX, ALL.AX, APZ.AX, BHP.AX, BSL.AX, CBA.AX, CHC.AX, CSL.AX, EBO.AX, GMG.AX, MQG.AX, NCK.AX, NWSA, RMD, SOL.AX | Australia, banks, gold, value, volatility | Gold outperformed the S&P 500 by 30% year-to-date, with the price rising 16% in the quarter. The historical correlation between gold and US real yields has broken down, coinciding with the Russia-Ukraine war and Western nations freezing Russian central bank funds. Central banks are accelerating reserve diversification away from the US dollar. | SOL.AX |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jun 30, 2025 | Emerald Wealth Partners – Focused Equity Strategy | 9.9% | 5.9% | ALD.AX, ALL.AX, APZ.AX, BHP.AX, BSL.AX, CBA.AX, CHC.AX, CSL.AX, EBO.AX, GMG.AX, MQG.AX, NCK.AX, NWSA, RMD, SOL.AX | active management, Australia, banks, gold, Valuations, volatility | Gold price outperformed S&P 500 by 30% year-to-date, only happening twice before in history during major market stress periods. Historical correlation between gold price and US real yields has broken down, coinciding with Russia-Ukraine war and Western nations freezing Russian central bank funds as central banks accelerate reserve diversification away from USD. | SOL.AX |
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| 2023 Q2 | Jun 30, 2023 | PM Capital Global Companies Fund | 5.1% | - | ALD.AX, ALL.AX, APZ.AX, BHP.AX, BSL.AX, CBA.AX, CHC.AX, CSL.AX, EBO.AX, GMG.AX, MQG.AX, NCK.AX, NWSA, RMD, SOL.AX | active management, Australian Equities, banks, Concentrated Portfolio, gold, Valuations, volatility | Gold price up 16% in the quarter, outperforming S&P 500 by ~30% year to date. Historical correlation with US real yields has broken down since Russia-Ukraine war. Central banks accelerating reserve diversification away from USD, but manager questions sustainability of current gold price momentum. | SOL.AX |
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| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Palm Harbour Capital | 5.1% | 13.5% | 1952.T, 9404.T, ALL.AX, CIR.MI, EVRI, FDJ.PA, FLTR.L, HAT.L, IGT, LNW, OCWN, OPAP.AT, PBL.TO, PPA.AT, SYENS.BR, TISG.MI | Buybacks, dividends, Europe, gaming, Media, Ports, small caps, value | Portfolio trades at weighted average P/E of 8.9x with 17% FCF/EV yield and 28% return on tangible capital. Manager believes portfolio has more than 101% upside to estimated NAV. Focus on undervalued companies with strong cash generation and balance sheet efficiency opportunities. | IGT |
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| 2023 Q1 | Mar 31, 2023 | Devon Alpha Fund | 4.7% | 4.7% | ALL.AX, ANZ.AX, BHP.AX, BXB.AX, CEN.NZ, CWY.AX, HSO.AX, JHX.AX, MET.NZ, MPL.AX, MQG.AX, NAB.AX, NCM.AX, OML.AX, RMD, SIQ.AX, SUN.AX, TLS.AX, VGL.NZ, WFD.AX, WOW.AX | Australia, Banking, dividends, Mining, New Zealand, Telecommunications, value | Mining sector showed strength during March as China looks to stimulate their economy more aggressively while putting Covid behind them. BHP was added to portfolios as valuation became more attractive following price weakness. Economic data from China continues to be positive as they exit their Covid impacted period, with growth in steel production expected this year and a supportive iron ore price environment. | 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 | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Devon Alpha Fund | 0.4% | - | AIA.NZ, ALL.AX, ANZ.AX, BXB.AX, CAR.AX, CEN.AX, CWY.AX, GMG.AX, HSO.AX, MCY.NZ, MET.NZ, MFT.NZ, MWE.NZ, NPH.NZ, OML.AX, POT.NZ, RMD, SEK.AX, SPI.AX, VGL.NZ, WOW.AX | Australia, dividends, gaming, infrastructure, Logistics, New Zealand | Multiple infrastructure assets featured prominently including Contact Energy benefiting from new geothermal capacity commissioning, Port of Tauranga positioned for recovery in export shipments, and Auckland International Airport removing overhang through council stake sale. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 9, 2024 | Mountain Vista Wealth Management | - | - | ALD.AX, ALL.AX, APZ.AX, BHP.AX, BSL.AX, CBA.AX, CHC.AX, CSL.AX, EBO.AX, GMG.AX, MQG.AX, NCK.AX, NWSA, RMD, SOL.AX | Australia, banks, concentrated, equities, gold, real estate, value | Gold price up 16% in the quarter, outperforming S&P 500 by ~30% year to date. Historical correlation with US real yields has broken down, coinciding with Russia-Ukraine war and Western nations freezing Russian central bank funds. Central banks accelerating reserve diversification away from US dollar. | SOL.AX |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 6, 2026 | Airlie Australian Share Fund | 0.0% | 0.0% | ALL.AX, APZ.AX, CBA.AX, CSL.AX, GMG.AX, IEL.AX, MIN.AX, RMD, SIG.AX, SVW.AX, WBC.AX | Australia, Banking, Concentration, Quality, underperformance, value | Airlie defines their investment style as focusing on undervalued quality businesses that generate high returns on capital with opportunities to grow at attractive rates on incremental capital. They believe the market regularly misprices quality businesses, creating opportunities to buy at discounted valuations. The fund seeks instances where quality businesses are trading at attractive prices relative to their intrinsic value. They believe purchasing companies at material discounts to intrinsic value drives investment returns through both earnings growth and multiple expansion over the long term. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 6, 2026 | Airlie Small Companies Fund | - | - | ALL.AX, APZ.AX, CBA.AX, CSL.AX, GMG.AX, IEL.AX, MIN.AX, RMD, SIG.AX, SVW.AX, WBC.AX | Australia, Banking, Concentration, Quality, underperformance, value | Airlie defines their investment style as focusing on undervalued quality businesses that generate high returns on capital with opportunities to grow at attractive rates on incremental capital. They believe the market regularly misprices quality businesses, creating opportunities to buy quality companies at discounted valuations where investment returns are driven by both compounding earnings growth and multiple expansion. The fund looks for instances where quality businesses are trading at attractive prices and believes they purchased their companies at material discounts to intrinsic value. They focus on buying and holding quality companies at discounted valuations, with the beauty being that investment returns can be driven by both compounding earnings growth and multiple expansion over the long term. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 15, 2026 | L1 Capital Long Short Fund | 14.1% | 46.8% | ALL.AX, AZJ.AX, BSL.AX, CRH, CTD.AX, FLT.AX, FTT.AX, JHX.AX, LLOY.L, LNW.AX, LSF.AX, MIN.AX, STLD, WGX.AX | Australia, gold, infrastructure, Long/Short, Steel, Travel, value | Gold price continued to rally, up 12% for the quarter and 65% for 2025, driven by large U.S. federal fiscal deficits, dollar devaluation, emerging market central bank accumulation, and global interest rate cutting cycle. Westgold Resources performed strongly with the company releasing a positive 3-year outlook demonstrating transformation into material scale producer. BlueScope Steel received multiple takeover proposals from Steel Dynamics, validating the strategic value of North American steel assets. Trump administration increased steel tariffs to 50% with no exemptions, materially improving profitability and resilience of U.S. steel producers. Steel market has become highly consolidated with competitive tension for independent assets. Aurizon benefited from proposed 10-year extension to regulatory arrangements for Queensland rail network access, enhancing long-term earnings certainty. Above-rail performance supported by robust coal volumes and BHP copper railings. Infrastructure remains a key portfolio exposure with positive outlook on U.S. economic growth and AI capital expenditure spending. Flight Centre shares rallied 30% on earnings-accretive acquisition of Iglu cruise agency and benefited from competitor issues. Travel sentiment and outbound travel from Australia to Europe and United States continues to improve, providing tailwinds to performance. Uranium continues to be a key portfolio exposure alongside infrastructure, gold, and U.S. cyclicals. The manager believes uranium provides some of the best opportunities globally as part of their quality value investment approach. Following significant outperformance of high P/E stocks over the past decade, the manager is finding more attractive opportunities in Value stocks. They believe low P/E stocks are well positioned to strongly outperform high P/E stocks over the coming 1-2 years, with portfolio having stronger than usual Value skew. Continued acceleration in AI-related capital expenditure attracted increased investor attention during the quarter. Estimated cumulative hyperscaler capex between 2025-2028 is substantial, expected to be double their available cash flows, necessitating increased debt funding. This heightened focus contributed to de-rating of speculative AI-exposed stocks. Mineral Resources benefited from lithium spodumene prices moving 92% higher during the quarter, recovering sharply due to upgraded demand outlook from stationary storage batteries and ongoing supply uncertainty from major Chinese operations. Company announced sale of 30% interest in lithium assets to POSCO for A$1.2b at 45% premium to consensus NAV. | FLT AU LLOY LN JHX AU LNW AU FTT CN AZJ AU MIN AU WGX AU BSL AU |
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