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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 20, 2025 | BBH Select Series – Mid Cap Fund | 5.4% | -0.9% | ANET, ATR, BRKR, BRO, CBRE, DAR, ENTG, FOUR, GFL.TO, GLOB, GWRE, GXO, HEI, ICLR, LPLA, TTWO, ULS, VMC, WH, WMS, WSO | healthcare, industrials, mid cap, payments, software, tariffs, technology | Several technology and healthcare companies were impacted by tariffs and academic and life science funding cuts. The magnitude of proposed tariffs and funding cuts have been greater than anticipated, with companies like Globant seeing Latin American clients pause projects due to tariff uncertainty. The fund exited positions in Toro and Crown Holdings due to heightened tariff risks. | GLOB WSO FOUR GWRE |
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| 2024 Q1 | May 7, 2024 | Upslope Capital Management | 14.8% | 18.1% | 8697.T, ATR, BALL, BARN.SW, CACI, CHG.L, DPLM.L, FTT.TO, GRMN, HSY, INTC, KOG.OL, NVT, NWC.TO, TECN.SW | Cocoa, commodities, defense, Hedging, Long/Short, mid cap, value | Unprecedented surge in cocoa prices creating crisis for chocolate industry. Manager sees this as opportunity for large players like Barry Callebaut and Hershey to gain market share from smaller competitors who may be wiped out. Expects cocoa prices to eventually revert like other commodity squeezes in history. | HSY BARN.SW |
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| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | FMI International Equity | -7.4% | 2.7% | 4403.T, 6841.T, ACGL, ATR, BECN, BRK.B, CSL, DCI, FBIN, GTES, MU, NVT, PHG, RHI, SAFRY, SCHW, SMIN.L, SN.L, SONY, SSD, WEIR.L | Construction, discount, international, Quality, small caps, Valuations, value | FMI emphasizes investing in advantaged companies trading at discounts to intrinsic value for temporary reasons. All portfolios trade at sizeable discounts to core benchmarks while owning well-run, durable businesses. The firm targets companies with attractive risk/reward profiles through full cycles. | WEIR.L SCHW GTES |
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| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | BBH Select Series – Mid Cap Fund | -6.0% | -6.0% | ANET, ATR, BRKR, BRO, CBRE, DAR, ENTG, FOUR, GFL, GWRE, GXO, HEI.A, ICLR, LPLA, TTWO, VMC, WH, WMS, WSO, ZBRA | industrials, insurance, mid cap, software, technology, Testing, value | The fund benefits from exposure to property & casualty insurance through Brown & Brown and Guidewire Software. Brown & Brown delivered strong organic growth of 13.8% and continues to benefit from the current inflationary environment and hard insurance premium rate cycle. Guidewire benefits from increasing gross written premiums as insurance rates rise due to inflation and limited capacity. | KEYS ULS |
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| 2025 Q4 | Feb 4, 2026 | Aristotle Small Cap Equity Fund | 1.9% | 0.2% | ACHC, AEIS, AER, ATR, AUB, CCRN, CNS, EHTH, GTLS, HAE, HURN, IDA, ITRI, LKQ, MTSI, NUS, PRGO, PTEN, TITN, WWW | Deregulation, Energy Transition, healthcare, M&A, Regional Banks, semiconductors, small caps, value | The fund focuses exclusively on small-cap equities with valuations remaining compelling relative to large caps, with the Russell 2000 Index trading near multi-decade lows on a relative basis. Potential tailwinds include deregulation, lower corporate tax rates, increased M&A activity, continued reshoring of U.S. manufacturing and infrastructure-related spending. Value stocks outperformed growth counterparts during the quarter as the Russell 2000 Value Index returned 3.26% compared to 1.22% for growth. Lower-quality companies outperformed higher-quality companies with factors like high bankruptcy risk, low sales growth, and low price to earnings having the strongest payoffs. MACOM Technology Solutions, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance semiconductor products, was a top contributor with strong quarterly results. The company has meaningful exposure to growing demand from Data Center and 5G end market applications along with domestic manufacturing footprint. Healthcare was the best-performing sector at +18.54% during the quarter. The fund holds positions in companies like Haemonetics in blood management and Acadia Healthcare in behavioral health services, though maintains an underweight allocation as it avoids biotechnology companies due to binary risk. The fund added positions in regional banks including Atlantic Union Bankshares and WesBanco, viewing DOGE-related concerns as creating attractive opportunities. These banks benefit from diversified customer bases, growing market share, and solid balance sheets positioned for trust and deposit opportunities. The fund holds positions in companies supporting power grid modernization through Itron's smart metering solutions and IDACORP's transmission opportunities. These companies are positioned to benefit from critical regional transmission opportunities and grid monitoring solutions. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Nov 1, 2024 | Upslope Capital Management | 14.8% | 18.1% | 8697.T, ATR, BALL, CACI, CHG.L, DPLM.L, EMG.L, FTT.TO, GRMN, INTC, KOG.OL, NVT, NWC.TO, TECN.SW | defense, Geopolitical, Long/Short, mid cap, reshoring, technology, value | Manager emphasizes defense stocks as a key investment theme driven by geopolitical tensions in Ukraine, Israel, and China. Specific investments include Chemring (UK defense contractor) and Kongsberg Gruppen (Norwegian defense company), with the manager stating to own defense stocks and broad reshoring winners. | INTC NWC.TO BWXT|CCO CN|NVTS|PACK|QDEL|SG CHG.L |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 9, 2025 | Mawer International Equity Fund | 3.7% | 21.8% | 0700.HK, AJG, APH, ASML, ATR, BDX, BMO.TO, BNS.TO, BWXT, DB1.DE, FNV.TO, GOOGL, LSEG.L, MLM, MMC, MSFT, RELX.L, RY.TO, SHOP.TO, TD.TO, TME, TSM, VRSK, WAT, WKL.AS | AI, Banking, Canada, gold, rates, semiconductors, technology | AI-related stocks have dominated market returns since ChatGPT's launch in November 2022, accounting for a lion's share of S&P 500 returns, earnings growth, and capital spending. Corporate spending on data center infrastructure and semiconductors is projected to be several trillion dollars over the next three years. AI companies are making enormous investment deals with each other, staying largely within the established AI ecosystem. | View | |
| 2023 Q3 | Oct 17, 2023 | Upslope Capital Management | 14.8% | 18.1% | 8697.T, ATR, BALL, CACI, DPLM.L, EMG.L, FTT.TO, GRMN, KOG.OL, TECN.SW | defensives, Geopolitical, Long/Short, mid cap, rates, value | Markets have become narrowly focused on GLP-1 weight-loss drugs as one of two big themes. The crudeness with which markets have responded to perceived exposure to GLP-1 drugs has created opportunities, as companies have been bluntly shoved into winner/loser buckets. Ball Corp faces highly uncertain GLP-1 weight-loss drug impact but this is being priced with certainty. | BALL |
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| 2024 Q3 | Oct 14, 2024 | Upslope Capital Management | 14.8% | 18.1% | 7011.T, 8697.T, ATR, BARN.SW, CHG.L, CME, CMPO, DPLM.L, FTT.TO, GRMN, HSY, KOG.OL, NVT, NWC.TO, TDY, WPK.TO | defense, Europe, Exchanges, Long/Short, Midcap, value, volatility | CME Group represents an attractive business that has been relatively out of favor versus peers due to exaggerated worries about new competition and the end of the interest rate hiking cycle. The financial exchange sector is comprised of durable, monopoly-like businesses with a history of predictable mean-reversion. CME is positioned to benefit from continued interest rate volatility and ever-expanding U.S. government debt issuance. | 7011.T CMPO CME |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 30, 2026 | BBH Select Series – Mid Cap Fund | -3.9% | -5.6% | ANET, ATR, BJ, BRO, CBRE, DAR, ENTG, FOUR, GFL, GWRE, GXO, HEI.A, ICLR, ITT, KEYS, LPLA, MCW, NVR, TTWO, TW, ULS, VMC, WH, WMS, WSC, WSO, WST, ZBRA | AI, fundamentals, Intrinsic Value, mid cap, profitability, Quality, technology, value | AI-related demand is driving the fastest growth in Keysight's wireline business and represented approximately 10% of Keysight total revenue in 2025. The enthusiasm for artificial intelligence driving enormous capital expenditures in associated infrastructure has been a key catalyst for the low-quality rally. Keysight is extremely well positioned to benefit from ongoing technology innovation across the wireless, networking, and semiconductor markets. The fund focuses on high-quality, profitable companies and avoids speculative ventures. Portfolio companies have grown revenues and EBITDA by 10% and 11% over the last twelve months, respectively, compared to 5% and 4% for the Index. The portfolio enjoys superior operating margins and return on equity of 20% and 17%, compared to 12% and 15% for the Index. The fund was trading at 82% of underlying intrinsic value estimates on a weighted-average basis as of December 31, 2025. The manager seeks to invest at a discount to intrinsic value to establish a margin of safety and mitigate the potential for permanent capital loss. While willing to pay a reasonable valuation multiple premium for quality, the focus remains on attractive valuations. | GWRE FOUR KEYS DAR |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 13, 2026 | Mawer International Equity Fund | -1.8% | 18.4% | 000660.KS, 0700.HK, AJG, APH, ATR, BA.L, BNS.TO, COR, CSU.TO, DHR, FTT.TO, GOOGL, MFC.TO, MMC, MSFT, PNG.V, RY.TO, TD.TO, TOI.TO, WAT | AI, defense, equities, global, gold, Quality, semiconductors, Valuations | AI remained the dominant market narrative, yet the year's shift from a focus on computing power to concerns about data centre profitability and power supply raised bubble concerns. The combination of industrial-scale spending, still-unproven economics, and higher valuations increases the risk that expectations get ahead of reality. Amphenol benefited from robust demand for AI-related interconnect products, which now account for over a third of its revenue. Gold remained well supported against the backdrop of easier global policy and unresolved geopolitical and trade risks. The firm narrowed their long-standing underweight to gold stocks in a measured way as geopolitical uncertainty, de-dollarization, fiscal indiscipline, central bank gold purchases, and falling interest rates created a more supportive backdrop. They focused on gold-related companies with differentiated, relatively lower-risk business models. Defense contractors such as the UK's BAE, Italy's Leonardo, and France's Thales experienced pullbacks in the fourth quarter on the possibility of a diplomatic breakthrough in the Russia-Ukraine war. However, geopolitical events early in the year helped defense company shares more-than-offset the declines seen in the fourth quarter. Kraken Robotics also benefited from increased government defence spending. High-bandwidth memory leader SK Hynix nearly doubled in the quarter thanks to explosive demand for its products. Other AI-linked semiconductor companies were rewarded for continued fundamental strength, such as TSMC and Kokusai Electric. European equities were supported by semiconductor stocks among other factors. | View | |
| 2023 Q2 | Jul 17, 2023 | Upslope Capital Management | 14.8% | 18.1% | 8697.T, ATR, ATS.TO, BOKF, CACI, DPLM.L, EMG.L, FCN, FTT.TO, GLT, GRMN, KOG.OL, SLGN, TECN.SW, X.TO | defense, Exchanges, Japan, Long/Short, mid cap, Quality, technology | Manager sees attractive opportunities in exchange operators, exiting TMX Group to invest in Japan Exchange Group. Views exchanges as having monopolistic competitive positions with steady growth and high margins. Japan Exchange specifically positioned to benefit from Japanese equity market revival and corporate governance reforms. | 8697.T GRMN ABX.TO FCN |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 15, 2024 | Upslope Capital Management | 14.8% | 18.1% | 8697.T, ATR, BALL, BARN.SW, CACI, CHG.L, DPLM.L, FTT.TO, GRMN, HSY, KOG.OL, NVT, NWC.TO, TDY, WPK.TO | defensives, Europe, Long/Short, mid cap, Quality, value | The fund holds multiple defense contractors including Kongsberg Gruppen, Teledyne, and Chemring Group. These companies are positioned to benefit from accelerating sector tailwinds and rising defense spending globally. Teledyne is specifically noted as being positively exposed to rising defense spending trends. | WPK.TO DSFIR.AS TDY |
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| 2023 Q1 | Apr 17, 2023 | Upslope Capital Management | 14.8% | 18.1% | ATR, ATS.TO, BOKF, BOLSAA.MX, CACI, CHG.L, DPLM.L, EMG.L, FCN, FTT.TO, GLT, KOG.OL, SLGN, TECN.SW, X.TO | Defensive, international, Long/Short, SMID Cap, value, volatility | Manager holds positions in defense contractors including Chemring (exited), Kongsberg Gruppen, and CACI International. Expects these companies to benefit from geopolitical tailwinds and strong positioning in cyber defense. | FTT.TO CHG.L |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 14, 2025 | Upslope Capital Management | -5.1% | -5.1% | 8697.T, ATR, CHG.L, CME, CRL, DPLM.L, HOLN.SW, HSY, MKTX, QQ.L, SAND.ST, SPX.L, TDY, VFC | defense, Europe, Long/Short, mid cap, Onshoring, Trade Policy, volatility | The fund maintains significant exposure to defense contractors including Teledyne, Chemring, and QinetiQ, positioned to benefit from accelerated defense spending driven by the war in Ukraine and changing geopolitical landscape. These companies are well-positioned for long-term growth in defense budgets. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Jan 15, 2025 | Upslope Capital Management | -7.3% | 9.4% | 7011.T, 8697.T, ATR, AXON, BARN.SW, CHG.L, CME, CMPO, CRL, DPLM.L, DSFIR.AS, GRMN, HSY, KOG.OL, NVT, NWC.TO, QQ.L, TDY, VFC, WPK.TO | Cyclical, defense, Europe, healthcare, Long/Short, turnaround, value | Multiple defense holdings including QinetiQ, Chemring, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries positioned to benefit from accelerating UK, European, and Japanese defense spending. QinetiQ particularly well-positioned for AUKUS customers and evolving battlefield requirements. | QQ.L VFC CRL |
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