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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 27, 2025 | Forager Australian Shares Fund | 11.5% | 10.5% | AMA.AX, BVS.AX, CAT.AX, CHL.AX, CROX, EML.AX, EXP.AX, JLG.AX, MTO.AX, NUTX, NZX.NZ, OML.AX, PBH.AX, PPS.AX, PRN.AX, PSI.TO, RDY.AX, SOWG, THL.AX, TYR.AX | Australia, Passive flows, small caps, takeovers, technology, value | Forager focuses on smaller companies that passive funds cannot or will not own due to size constraints. The fund benefits from forced selling when stocks become too small for large portfolios and from identifying companies that will eventually attract passive buying as they grow. | EXP AU MTO AU AMA AU NZX NZ EML AU OML AU |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 27, 2025 | Forager International Shares Fund | 17.6% | 14.1% | AMA.AX, BTH.AX, BVS.AX, CAT.AX, CHL.AX, CROX, EML.AX, EXP.AX, FIX, JLG.AX, MTO.AX, NUTX, NZX.NZ, OML.AX, PBH.AX, PPS.AX, PRN.AX, RDY.AX, THL.AX, TYR.AX | Australia, Passive flows, small caps, takeovers, technology, Tourism, value | Fund focuses on smaller companies that passive giants cannot efficiently own due to size constraints. Passive flows create opportunities through forced selling when stocks become too small for large portfolios. Fund benefits from being nimble enough to invest in smaller listed companies not accessible to many investment managers. | ZETA APG TKO FLUT MTX GR FIX WISE LN 4194 CN 4733 JP 3769 JP PSI CN |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 27, 2025 | Lakehouse Small Companies Fund | - | - | AD8.AX, ARB.AX, BAP.AX, CAT.AX, DHG.AX, FDV.AX, NAN.AX, OBJ.AX, PME.AX, PNI.AX, REA.AX, REX.AX, SDR.AX, TNE.AX, TYR.AX, XRO.AX | Australia, Compounding, healthcare, long-term, small caps, technology | The fund holds multiple technology companies including Catapult (sports technology), Pro Medicus (radiology imaging), Audinate (digital audio), and SiteMinder (hotel technology). These businesses demonstrate strong recurring revenue models, high retention rates, and significant growth runways in their respective markets. | RDX AU AD8 AU PME AU PNI AU CAT AU TNE AU ARB AU |
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| 2026 Q1 | Apr 9, 2026 | Lakehouse Small Companies Fund | - | - | CAT.AX, CGS.AX, FCL.AX, MFG.AX, PNI.AX, SDR.AX | Australia, Geopolitical, insurance, small caps, software, technology | CAT.AX FIN.AX |
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| 2026 Q1 | Apr 15, 2026 | Forager Australian Shares Fund | -19.5% | -19.5% | 3673.T, 4194.T, 5038.T, AUTO.L, BVS.AX, CAR.AX, CAT.AX, CCL.AX, EML.AX, FIX, HSN.AX, IEL.AX, MAH.AX, NAN.AX, NWL.AX, PPS.AX, RDY.AX, SGE.L, TNE.AX, XRO.AX | AI, Australia, small caps, software, technology, value | View | ||
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Forager Australian Shares Fund | -0.9% | -0.9% | 2121.T, BBT.AX, BTH.AX, CAT.AX, DBI.AX, EML.AX, EQT.AX, EXP.AX, HPG.AX, MTO.AX, NAN.AX, NZX.AX, PBH.AX, PPS.AX, SMP.AX, TAH.AX, TYR.AX | Australia, healthcare, payments, Recurring Revenue, small caps, software, sports betting, takeovers | The fund holds significant positions in payment companies including Tyro, which is bidding for Smartpay to consolidate its terminal market position. The payments sector offers synergy opportunities and scale benefits, with Tyro positioned to benefit from cost savings and operational efficiencies through acquisitions. | CAT NAN NUTX |
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| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | East72 Dynasty Trust | 7.7% | 17.9% | 0012.HK, AVES.SW, BOL.PA, BSD.PA, CAT.AX, CFT.SW, CGI.TO, ELF.TO, FFH.TO, FLOW.AS, HAL.AS, LPE.PA, MFF.AX, MFG.AX, MMB.PA, ODET.PA, SRAD, SVC.TO, VIL.PA, VIRT | Discounts, Europe, Family Control, financials, global, liquidity, small caps, value | Strong performance from liquidity providers Virtu Financial and Flow Traders benefiting from increased volumes and volatility. Manager expects continued volatility in 2025 due to new US administration and high equity valuations, creating promising outlook for liquidity providers across all asset classes. | VIL.PA LPE.PA |
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| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Lakehouse Small Companies Fund | - | 36.0% | CAT.AX, NWL.AX, PNI.AX, RDX.AX, SDR.AX, XRO.AX | Australia, financials, healthcare, small caps, technology | The fund focuses exclusively on Australian small cap companies, with the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries as its benchmark. The fund significantly outperformed this benchmark in 2024, returning 36.0% versus 8.4% for the index. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 9, 2025 | Forager Australian Shares Fund | 15.1% | - | 4194.T, 5038.T, BVS.AX, CAT.AX, CCL.AX, CLH, CRH, CTD.AX, FI, FIX, HPG.AX, IEL.AX, INCH.L, INGA.AS, LLOY.L, MTX.DE, NUTX, PPE.AX, TSCO.L, ZEG.L | Australia, Discipline, gold, Japan, small caps, value | Small companies are finally showing signs of strong, broad-based recovery after years of struggling against high interest rates and passive flows into larger companies. The Australian S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index is up 22.8% for the calendar year, well in excess of the 11.5% return from the All Ordinaries. Global small-cap strength is also evident with the MSCI World Micro Cap Index up 18.8% in Australian dollars. | PPE AU CCL AU IEL AU CAT AU |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 9, 2025 | Forager International Shares Fund | 2.9% | - | 4194.T, 5038.T, BVS.AX, CAT.AX, CCL.AX, CLH, CRH, CSL.AX, CTD.AX, DMP.AX, EML.AX, FI, FIX, GTK.AX, HPG.AX, IEL.AX, INCH.L, INGA.AS, JHX.AX, LLOY.L, MTX.DE, NUTX, PPE.AX, PPS.AX, REH.AX, RUL.AX, TSCO.L, TSLA, ZEG.L | Australia, Discipline, gold, Japan, small caps, value | Small companies are finally showing signs of a strong, broad-based recovery after years of struggling against high interest rates and passive flows into larger companies. The Australian S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index is up 22.8% for the calendar year, well in excess of the 11.5% return from the All Ordinaries. This small cap outperformance is supported by global small-cap strength, with the MSCI World Micro Cap Index up 18.8% in Australian dollars. | INCH LN VIS JP FI US ZEG LN CRH US FIX US |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 14, 2025 | Lakehouse Small Companies Fund | - | - | CAT, CAT.AX, FCL.AX, OBJ.AX, PNI.AX, RUL.AX, SDR.AX | Australia, growth, small caps, technology, Travel | SiteMinder's Investor Day confirmed strong growth momentum in the hospitality technology sector. The company demonstrated robust unit economics with customer lifetime value to customer acquisition cost exceeding 5 times across all core regions, indicating healthy growth and strong product-market fit. The Smart Platform represents significant opportunity to increase value capture from 0.3% to 1.5% of gross booking value over time. | SMM AU |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 19, 2026 | Forager Australian Shares Fund | -1.9% | 24.8% | ARX.AX, BVS.AX, CAT.AX, CCL.AX, CRH, EML.AX, FISV, FIX, IEL.AX, INCH.L, INGA.AS, LNR.TO, MAH.AX, NUTX, NXT, NZX.NZ, OFX.AX, PLT.AX, PPS.AX, WISE.L, ZEG.L | Australia, dispersion, Mining, Quality, small caps, technology, Tourism, value | Small cap stocks significantly outperformed large caps in 2025, with the Small Ordinaries returning almost 25% versus 10% for the All Ordinaries. Small resources companies drove much of this outperformance with a 73% return, while small industrials delivered a more modest 9% return. Mining services investments like Macmahon benefited from enthusiasm for gold, silver and copper, with the company's share price almost doubling in 2025 after almost a decade of mediocre returns. New contracts for civil infrastructure acquisition Decmil position the company well for future revenue guidance. Australian tourism is finally showing signs of recovery with international arrivals hitting 97% of 2019 levels in recent months. Travel has historically grown at a multiple of GDP growth and there is still catching up to do. Tourism stocks remain very cheap on recovered earnings expectations. AI enthusiasm drove strong performance in tech-heavy indices, but also created concerns about software companies' competitive moats. The theory that AI diminishes software value through 'vibe coding' is one the manager is willing to bet against at the right price, particularly for established platforms with security and reliability advantages. Quality businesses with strong moats and decades of earnings growth suffered in 2025 as share prices had been growing faster than earnings. High multiples became problematic even for the best businesses, resulting in years of no returns while earnings catch up or significant derating if both earnings and multiples come into question. | MAH AU PLT AU OFX AU ARX AU |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 14, 2026 | Lakehouse Small Companies Fund | 0.0% | 4.9% | CAT.AX, CGS.AX, FCL.AX, MFG.AX, OBJ.AX, SDR.AX | Australia, concentrated, growth, small caps, value | Magellan's Capital Partners segment includes a 36.4% stake in investment bank Barrenjoey, which has successfully disrupted the local investment banking oligopoly and transitioned from capital-intensive build phase to cash-generative harvest phase. Barrenjoey paid its maiden dividend in FY25 and is expanding offshore. Cogstate provided a trading update showing contract sales for H1 FY26 expected at US$37-40 million, up 82-97% on prior period, reflecting record pipeline and diversified wins across disease areas. The company has growing contracted backlog expected to support revenue and margin recovery through second half and beyond. | CGS AU MFG AU |
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| 2024 Q1 | Apr 24, 2024 | East72 Dynasty Trust | 6.3% | 0.0% | 0045.HK, 0142.HK, 0700.HK, 9984.T, CAT.AX, CGI.TO, DIE.BR, ELF.TO, FFH.TO, FIH-U.TO, HWG.L, MANU, MFF.AX, OCDO.L, OXY, RBT.PA, SPHR, UHR.SW, VIRT | Airports, Asia, Conglomerates, Europe, Hotels, infrastructure, value | Focus on controlled companies trading at significant discounts to NAV, particularly family-controlled entities with hidden gems. The manager emphasizes that strong NAV/NAV growth is more prevalent than discount closure, citing examples like Exor trading at 40% discount despite Ferrari and Bolloré galaxy at 50%+ discounts despite Universal Music Group growth. | 0045.HK FIH-U.TO DIE.BR |
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| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Lakehouse Small Companies Fund | - | - | CAT.AX, FCL.AX, NAN.AX, PNI.AX, RUL.AX, SDR.AX | Australia, growth, healthcare, small caps, software, technology, Trade Policy | Fund holds multiple software companies including FINEOS (insurance software), Catapult (sports analytics), and RPM Global (mining software). FINEOS serves major insurers and is transitioning to subscription revenue model. Catapult aims to scale from $100M to $1B in annual contract revenue with significant market penetration opportunity. | RUL.AX NAN.AX CAT.AX PNI.AX FCL.AX |
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| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Lakehouse Small Companies Fund | Catapult Group International | Information Technology | Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals | Bull | ASX | analytics, Geographic Expansion, growth, market leader, profitability inflection, SaaS, Sports Technology, Wearables | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | East72 Dynasty Trust | Catapult International Limited | Information Technology | Application Software | Bull | Australian Securities Exchange | Australia, Data Analytics, Elite Sports, Equity, growth, recurring revenue, SaaS, Sports Technology, Wearables | View Pitch |
| Apr 11, 2026 | Fund Letters | Lakehouse Small Companies Fund | Catapult | Scientific & Technical Instruments | Application Software | Bull | Australian Securities Exchange | acquisition integration, Annual Contract Value, Free Cash Flow, Performance Analytics, Rule of 40, SaaS, Sports Analytics | View Pitch |
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