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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2023 Q3 | Sep 30, 2023 | Farrer 36 Asset Management | - | - | ADYEY, BFIT.AS, DBRG, EDRM.L, EVO.ST, IAC, SE, SPOT, TASK | Alternative Assets, Buybacks, Data centers, E-Commerce, gaming, payments, value | Evolution posted strong revenue growth of 28.2% and EBITDA margins over 70%, but faces challenges with RNG business declining 4% and North American growth slowdown. The pathway to US online gambling legalization is clear with only 6 states currently legal versus 37 with sports betting. Evolution trades at reasonable 18x forward P/E given its financial profile. | DBRG ASAI3.SA IAC EVO.ST |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 8, 2025 | Rodrigo Benedetti | - | - | EVO.ST, IPG, RXST, WPP | AI, gaming, healthcare, Medical Devices, regulation, tariffs, technology, volatility | Manager believes AI content creation tools are becoming very good and accessible, creating a threat to traditional advertising companies. AI is disrupting ad creative generation which represents a $100BN profit pool, with companies like IPG and WPP vulnerable to margin compression as AI tools become widespread. | EVO.ST RXST EVO SS RXST |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jun 30, 2024 | Farrer 36 Asset Management | - | - | EDR.MC, EVO.ST, GOOGL, HWDN.L, NASDAQ:IAC, PAGS, SE | Buybacks, concentrated, global, long-term, Transformation, underperformance, value | Sea Limited dominates Southeast Asian e-commerce and has grown revenues 140% since initial investment. The company has achieved profitability in Southeast Asia while building its financial services arm. Despite competition from TikTok Shop, Sea has cemented its market position. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | Jun 18, 2024 | Protean Funds | 0.0% | 24.3% | ACAST.ST, AMBE.ST, BICO.ST, BOULE.ST, CARG.HE, CINT.ST, DEVYSER.ST, EMBEL.ST, EVO.ST, FORTUM.HE, ITAB.ST, LINDEX.ST, NIBE.ST, NOLA.ST, PROACT.ST, RAY.ST, TIETO.ST, VALMT.HE | active management, Nordics, Outperformance, Quality, small caps, value | The fund focuses exclusively on Nordic small-cap opportunities with roughly 50 names in the portfolio. The manager emphasizes that small-cap funds provide a bigger opportunity set than larger competitors, though acknowledges that growing assets reduce nimbleness. The fund will cap at 4bn SEK to maintain its small-cap focus. | NIBE.ST EVO.ST BOULE.ST EMBEL.ST ITAB.ST ACAST.ST |
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| 2024 Q1 | Jun 18, 2024 | Protean Select | 0.0% | 10.6% | ACAST.ST, AMBE.ST, BICO.ST, BOUL.ST, CARGB.ST, DEVE.ST, EVO.ST, FORTUM.ST, ITAB.ST, LINDEX.ST, NIBE-B.ST, NOLA-B.ST, PRCT.ST, RAY-B.ST, TIETO.ST, VALMT.ST | Long/Short, Nordics, Outperformance, Quality, small cap, value | Evolution Gaming represents a compelling opportunity as domestic funds avoid it due to moral concerns about gambling, creating valuation dislocation. The company trades at low teens EV/EBIT despite 15-20% organic growth, 70%+ EBIT margins, and net cash position. | NIBE-B.ST EVO.ST BOULE.ST EMBEL.ST ITAB.ST ACAST.ST |
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| 2025 Q1 | May 21, 2025 | Fairtree Global Equity Fund | 1.5% | 1.5% | ABT, AMZN, AVGO, BABA, BID.JO, BP, EVO.ST, GFI, GOOGL, JD, JPM, KO, KSPI.L, MSFT, NVDA, ORCL, PDD, SHEL, TTE | AI, China, E-Commerce, energy, Global Equity, Recession, tariffs, technology | AI-related US companies experienced pronounced volatility following the release of Deepseek, a Chinese Large Language model trained at significantly lower cost but producing similar results to current US models. Chinese companies' advancements in AI have reinforced their position as a significant force in the technology sector. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 3, 2024 | Seeking Winners | 14.5% | 14.5% | AMZN, CSU.TO, EVO.ST, GOOGL, HEI, LMN.TO, META, MSFT, NVDA, TOI.TO | AI, Capital Allocation, Concentration, long-term, semiconductors, software, value | Manager expresses caution about AI hype, noting expensive development costs and unclear path to profitability outside of established players like Microsoft, Nvidia, and Amazon. Discusses concerns about speculative trading around AI and semiconductor stocks, with particular skepticism about Nvidia's revenue growth potentially being inflated through closed-loop investments in AI startups. | TOI.TO CSU.TO |
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| 2024 Q1 | Apr 19, 2024 | Longriver Investment Partners | 13.9% | 13.9% | 2020.HK, 600519.SS, AHT.L, AMZN, BFF.MI, EVO.ST, GAW.L, GOOGL, META, NVR, PDD, TSM, VTY.L | AI, Asia, Capital Allocation, global, growth, Homebuilders, technology, value | Manager discusses AI as heralding profound change through deep learning's ability to find relationships across infinite parameters. AI dramatically lowers the cost of interpreting information and creating new content, opening doors to automating vast ranges of white-collar knowledge work requiring business reorganization. | VTY.L |
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| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Farrer 36 Asset Management | - | - | APO, BFIT.AS, EDRE.MC, EVO.ST, FNV.TO, GOOGL, HWDN.L, SE | Concentration, gaming, gold, private credit, tariffs, technology, Travel | Sea Limited continues to grow each of its three business lines at double-digit rates, with Shopee and Sea Money growing market share in the region despite macro weakness in Indonesia. The company has no exposure to potential tariffs as it does not export to America. | FNV.TO |
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| 2024 Q1 | Mar 31, 2024 | Farrer 36 Asset Management | - | - | APO, BFIT.AS, BX, DBRG, EVO.ST, GOOGL, HWDN.L, MSFT, NVDA, TSM | AI, Asset Management, Predictable, private credit, Recovery, value | Apollo Global Management represents a differentiated approach to private credit through its retirement services business model. The company benefits from steady capital inflows through annuity premiums, providing more predictable AUM growth compared to traditional fundraising cycles. Apollo's origination platform across 16 businesses manages $130 billion in credit verticals, positioning it well in the expanding private credit market as banks face tighter regulatory requirements. | View | |
| 2023 Q1 | Mar 31, 2023 | Farrer 36 Asset Management | - | - | ASAI3.SA, EDRE.L, EVO.ST, GOOGL, SE, TASK | Asia, BPO, Brazil, E-Commerce, gaming, growth, small caps, Travel | Sea Limited's e-commerce platform Shopee maintains market share in Southeast Asia and Brazil despite cost-cutting measures. The total addressable market for e-commerce in Southeast Asia shows double-digit growth well into 2025 according to Temasek and Bain data. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Feb 5, 2025 | Broyhill Asset Management | - | 5.5% | AVTR, BAX, CRL, EVO.ST, FMS.DE, MCK, NICE, SIX | AI, Concentration, Europe, healthcare, small caps, underperformance, value | Growth stocks outperformed value by 20 percentage points in 2024, creating extreme valuation spreads. The manager believes current concentration and valuations set up value for potential decades of mean reversion, similar to post-dot-com periods. | AVTR BAX SIX EVO.ST NICE |
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| 2024 Q4 | Feb 11, 2025 | Torghatten Capital | - | - | ATCO-A.ST, ATD.TO, BOUV.OL, CSU.TO, EVO.ST, INVE-B.ST, MEDI.OL, NVO, V | Compounding, fundamentals, long-term, Margins, moats, Quality, ROCE, value creation | The fund focuses exclusively on high-quality companies with strong competitive advantages, trustworthy management, profitable operations, and smart capital allocation. Quality is defined through the Quality Triangle: historical numbers, management clarity, and forecastability. | EVO.ST CSU.TO V EVO SS CSU CN V |
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| 2025 Q4 | Feb 10, 2026 | Fairtree Global Equity Fund | 1.7% | - | 6723.T, AAPL, ADP, AMAT, AMZN, BABA, ELV, EVO.ST, FI, GOOGL, HAR.JO, IMP.JO, MC.PA, META, MSFT, NPN.JO, NVDA, PDD, PM, TSM | AI, emerging markets, global, rates, semiconductors, technology | AI-related stocks continued to show strength, with mega-cap technology and AI-related names benefiting early in the quarter. South Korean equities gained from improving sentiment around the global electronics and AI cycle, while semiconductor stocks maintained momentum. Semiconductor stocks performed well, particularly in South Korea where they benefited from improving sentiment around the global electronics and AI cycle. TSMC was a notable contributor to fund performance. The Federal Reserve delivered a further 50bp rate cut over the quarter, lowering the federal funds target range to 3.50%-3.75%. Lower global interest rates supported South African equities and contributed to improving macro conditions. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Dec 31, 2024 | Adestella Investment Management | 1.4% | 9.3% | EVO.ST, FOUR, NBIS, PRKS, PSIX, UFPT | AI, edge, international, small caps, Structural Advantages, value | Manager emphasizes structural advantages of targeting under-the-radar small-cap opportunities, noting that while large-caps have outperformed for nearly two decades, cheaper valuations and longer compounding runways historically led smaller firms to superior performance over 80+ years prior to 2007. Current portfolio includes sub-$500M companies like Power Solutions International trading at attractive multiples. | NBIS EVO.ST PSIX |
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| 2024 Q3 | Nov 5, 2024 | Broyhill Asset Management | 6.0% | 0.0% | AVTR, BAX, BN.PA, DG, EPAM, EVO.ST, FI, NICE, PM, PYPL, ROL, RTO.L, SCHW | consumer, financials, gaming, healthcare, technology, value | Philip Morris is shifting business mix from combustible cigarettes towards reduced risk products and re-entering the US market through Swedish Match acquisition. Zyn has become wildly popular with supply constraints despite production expansion, while youth usage remains under 2%. | NICE EVO.ST RTO.L |
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| 2025 Q3 | Nov 3, 2025 | Fairtree Global Equity Fund | 8.9% | - | 005930.KS, AAPL, AMZN, BABA, BRK-B, CNC, CROX, DHI, EVO.ST, FI, GOOGL, JD, KO, ORCL, V, WKL, ZTS | AI, China, Dollar, emerging markets, global, policy, semiconductors, technology | China rose 20.7% for the quarter, extending its rally on continued policy support particularly targeted at technology and property sectors. The government's ongoing push to expand domestic chip production by 2026 and maintain the US-China trade truce further bolstered investor confidence and lifted export-driven and tech-related equities. | FISV CROX CNC AAPL BABA GOOG |
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| 2025 Q3 | Nov 13, 2025 | Penn Davis McFarland | - | - | DKNG, EVO.ST | AI, Fed policy, gaming, inflation, rates, value | The manager expresses concern about the trillions being committed to AI infrastructure and questions whether companies will generate adequate returns on this capital spending. They draw parallels to the 1990s internet buildout when networking giants spent billions only to write off much of that capital later. | EVO SS |
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| 2023 Q3 | Oct 9, 2023 | Longriver Investment Partners | -10.7% | - | AHT.L, AMZN, BRK-B, EVO.ST, FUTU, GAW.L, GOOGL, HDB, NTES, TSM | Asia, gaming, global, Long/Short, semiconductors, technology, value | The gaming industry pendulum has swung from distribution control to content creation excellence. Netease demonstrates superior creative capabilities and IP development compared to Tencent, with successful releases like Eggy Party and Justice Online Mobile featuring AI-powered dialogue. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 3, 2024 | Seeking Winners | 5.5% | - | APPF, ATD, CMG.TO, CSU.TO, EVO.ST, LMN.TO, ODFL, TOI.TO | Capital Allocation, growth, Quality, small caps, software | The fund acquired two software companies - Computer Modelling Group (CMG) and AppFolio - representing a strategic shift toward high-quality software businesses. CMG operates in a near-monopoly position in reservoir simulation software with 71% recurring revenue, while AppFolio dominates property management software with strong unit economics and margin expansion potential. | APPF CMG.TO |
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| 2023 Q3 | Oct 19, 2023 | Polen Capital – International Growth | 3.3% | 3.9% | AMS.PA, CSL.AX, EVO.ST, GLOB, LLY, MELI, NVO, SAGE.L, TEP.PA | E-Commerce, growth, international, Outperformance, Pharmaceuticals, Quality, Valuations | Polen emphasizes quality companies that can sustainably compound growth better than the index. Quality has historically outperformed the broader international universe in 18 of the past 24 years, delivering +260bps annualized outperformance from 2000-2023. The recent underperformance of quality in 2022-2023 mirrors only one other period (2003-2004), after which quality outperformed by +400bps annually for 8 consecutive years. | CSL.AX AVGO|BYD|CRWD|MELI|MSFT|NFLX|NVDA|NVO|ORLY|SPOT AMS.PA TEP.PA EVO.ST ARGX BB|DAVA|DDOG|GLOB|ILMN|LOAR|MELI|NET|NU|NVDA|TSM ARGX BB|DAVA|DDOG|GLOB|ILMN|LOAR|MELI|NET|NU|NVDA|TSM SAGE.L |
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| 2024 Q3 | Oct 1, 2024 | Protean Small Cap | 0.0% | 24.3% | AZN, BOL.ST, BRAV.ST, CGCBV.HE, DEVYSER.ST, EMBEL.ST, EVO.ST, EWORK.ST, FASA.ST, FORTNOX.ST, GETI-B.ST, HM-B.ST, IBT.ST, INST.ST, ITAB-B.ST, LSG.OL, MOWI.OL, NESTE.HE, NETEL.ST, NOM.OL, NVO, REJL.ST, SSAB-A.ST, SWMA.ST, VALMT.HE, VIT.ST | AI, Esg, Medtech, Nordics, SaaS, Salmon, small cap, software | AI poses a potential threat to the SaaS business model by automating manual tasks and providing customized solutions that could disrupt traditional one-size-fits-all enterprise software. The manager questions whether Swedish software company Vitec has adequately addressed AI's impact on their vertical software roll-up strategy. | NOVO-B.CO GETINGE.ST IBT.ST ITAB.ST VITEC.ST |
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| 2024 Q4 | Jan 7, 2025 | Protean Select | - | 11.0% | ACAST.ST, AMBEA.ST, BAVA.CO, CARGOTEC.HE, CINT.ST, DEVYSER.ST, EMBRAC-B.ST, EVO.ST, GETI-B.ST, HEXA-B.ST, HM-B.ST, HUMBLE.ST, INTEA.ST, ITAB.ST, NVO, PROACT.ST, RAYSEARCH.ST, STEN-A.ST, TRYG.CO | Hedge Fund, Long/Short, Nordics, Pharmaceuticals, real estate, small caps | Significant focus on pharmaceutical investments including Novo Nordisk's Cagrisema trial results and Bavarian Nordic's vaccine franchise. The manager discusses pharma stocks trading on 5+ year growth potential and development timelines. | INTEA.ST NVO BAVA.CO |
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| 2024 Q4 | Jan 7, 2025 | Protean Small Cap | - | 24.0% | ACAST.ST, AMBEA.ST, BAVA.CO, CGCBV.HE, CINT.ST, DEVYSER.ST, EMBRAC-B.ST, EVO.ST, GETI-B.ST, HEXA-B.ST, HM-B.ST, HUMBLE.ST, INTEA.ST, ITAB.ST, NOVO-B.CO, PROACT.ST, RAYSEARCH.ST, STORA-A.ST, TRYG.CO | growth, Nordics, real estate, small caps, Vaccines, value | The fund focuses on Nordic small caps as its core strategy, believing they offer superior return potential despite higher volatility. The manager emphasizes that small caps are their home turf where they benefit from being a small fund with the ability to be nimble and versatile. | INTEA.ST BAVA.CO |
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| 2023 Q4 | Jan 15, 2025 | Longriver Investment Partners | 9.3% | 10.0% | 0700.HK, 600519.SS, 9988.HK, AHT.L, AMD, AMZN, BRK-B, EVO.ST, GAW.L, HD, HDB, KNSL, META, NFLX, NTES, PDD, SHOP, SQ, TSM, VTY.L, X | China, efficiency, global, Homebuilders, real estate, technology, value | 2023 was remarkable for how decisively corporate leaders confronted bloat, with Meta's Year of Efficiency as the poster child. Zuckerberg reduced headcount by almost a quarter and operating expenses by fifteen percent, leading to exploding margins. Amazon under Jassy is also focusing on efficiency by reducing headcount, shutting down middling projects, and creating new business models like Amazon 3PL. | VTY.L AHT.L AMZN |
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| 2023 Q3 | Apr 10, 2023 | Apis Flagship Fund | -1.4% | 13.3% | 010120.KS, 1211.HK, 267270.KS, 3711.TW, 489.HK, 600104.SS, 9684.T, AMG.AS, AMZN, EVO.ST, ICPT, TSLA | China, Electric Vehicles, Grid Upgrade, Long/Short, small caps, Solar, technology, Valuations | China is flooding the global solar market with massive excess capacity, driving product prices down dramatically. Chinese companies have built capacity sufficient to add 750-1,000 TWh annually from solar alone, far exceeding global demand. This oversupply has created a collapse in solar module prices, particularly affecting European markets where Chinese dumping is occurring. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Jan 31, 2024 | Apis Flagship Fund | -1.4% | 13.3% | 010120.KS, 1211.HK, 267270.KS, 3711.TW, 489.HK, 600104.SS, 9684.T, AMG.AS, AMZN, EVO.ST, ICPT, TSLA | China, Electric Vehicles, energy, Grid Upgrade, Long/Short, small caps, Solar, technology | China is flooding the global solar market with massive excess capacity, driving product prices down dramatically. Chinese companies built far more capacity than needed, creating a bubble that threatens domestic solar manufacturers in Europe and the US. The fund is short multiple Chinese solar producers expecting prolonged low prices and competitive pressure. | 010120.KS |
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| 2024 Q4 | Jan 16, 2025 | Polen Capital – International Growth | - | - | ACN, AON, CSL.AX, EVO.ST, GLOB, ICLR, KER.PA, MC.PA, MELI, MNDY, NU, NVO, SAP.DE, SGE.L, SHOP.TO, SPOT, SU.PA, TEMN.SW, WTW | E-Commerce, financials, growth, healthcare, industrials, international, software, technology | Shopify continues to fire on all cylinders with accelerating GMV growth of 24% despite tough comparisons. The company benefits from powerful tailwinds including eCommerce, mobile commerce, social media, digital payments, and seamless omnichannel. MercadoLibre remains Latin America's largest ecommerce business with a long runway for growth. | WTW SPOT SU.PA MNDY NU SAP SGE.L SHOP.TO |
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| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Apr 28, 2026 | Fund Letters | Polen Capital - International Growth | Evolution AB | Consumer Discretionary | Casinos & Gaming | Bull | Stockholm Stock Exchange | B2B software, Consumer Discretionary, Gaming Technology, live casino, Online-Gaming, Regulatory risk, Sweden | View Pitch |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Fund Letters | Farrer 36 Asset Management | Evolution AB | Consumer Discretionary | Casinos & Gaming | Bull | Nasdaq Stockholm | EBITDA margins, Gaming, Live Dealer, Online Casino, Regulatory Expansion, RNG, TAM expansion, US market | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Rodrigo Benedetti | Evolution Gaming | Consumer Discretionary | Casinos & Gaming | Bull | Stockholm Stock Exchange | Europe, Gaming, insider buying, live casino, Online-Gaming, Regulatory risk, turnaround, US market, Value | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Protean Funds | Evolution | Consumer Discretionary | Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure | Bull | Nasdaq Stockholm | B2B software, ESG Exclusion, growth, live casino, Online-Gaming, Sweden, Value | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Protean Select | Evolution | Consumer Discretionary | Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure | Bull | Nasdaq Stockholm | capital allocation, ESG Exclusion, high margins, live casino, net cash, online gambling, organic growth, valuation disconnect | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Broyhill Asset Management | Evolution AB | Consumer Discretionary | Casinos & Gaming | Bull | Stockholm Stock Exchange | B2B software, Europe, Gaming Technology, iGaming, live casino, online gambling, Royalty Stream, Sweden, Value | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Broyhill Asset Management | Evolution AB | Consumer Discretionary | Casinos & Gaming | Bull | Nasdaq Stockholm | contrarian, growth, high-margin, live casino, Online-Gaming, Sweden, technology, US Legalization | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Adestella Investment Management | Evolution Gaming | Communication Services | Interactive Media & Services | Bull | Stockholm Stock Exchange | European, Gaming, High quality, International, live casino, Long-term holding, Mean Reversion, valuation discount | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Torghatten Capital | Evolution AB | Consumer Discretionary | Casinos & Gaming | Bull | Stockholm Stock Exchange | Asia Growth, contrarian, Cyberattack, EBITDA margins, Gaming, live casino, Sweden, Value Investment | View Pitch |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Substack | Underfollowed Stocks | Evolution AB | Consumer Discretionary | Gambling | Bear | Asian market, cyberattacks, Evolution AB, gaming industry, growth to value, Investor confidence, live casino, regulatory challenges, revenue decline, turnaround story | View Pitch |
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