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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 30, 2025 | Rozendal Partners | - | 23.0% | AFM.L, AST.JO, B4B.DE, BLU.JO, CCOLA.IS, COH.JO, HCI.JO, HL.L, KSPI.L, MTN.JO, NE, NPK.JO, OCE.JO, PRX.AS, SESG.PA, WINE.L | defense, emerging markets, global, Mining, Satellites, tariffs, Turkey, value | Completed investment cycle in three Turkish companies (Migros, Sabanci, Coca Cola Icecek) during hyperinflationary period. Turkey's unorthodox monetary policy created opportunities as negative real interest rates drove consumption boom. Exited positions as valuations reached fair value and real interest rates turned positive. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 30, 2024 | Rozendal Partners | - | 5.5% | 0700.HK, B4B.DE, BAYN.DE, CGR.JO, HCI.JO, HL.L, KSPI, MDIA3.SA, META, MTN.JO, NPK.JO, NPN.JO, PPC.JO | global, Market Efficiency, Passive investing, technology, Turnarounds, value | The letter extensively discusses value investing philosophy and challenges, including David Einhorn's assertion that market structures are broken and value investing is dead due to passive investing. The managers defend value investing, arguing that patient fundamental investors can still profit through cash flow generation rather than just multiple re-rating. | View | |
| 2025 Q2 | Jul 23, 2025 | Desert Lion Capital | 9.1% | 1.1% | ART.JO, CPI.JO, HCI.JO, IOC.JO, KRO.JO, SDO.JO | Buybacks, dividends, earnings, Industrial, South Africa, value | The portfolio contains several names with significant embedded upside trading at deeply depressed valuations. Argent Industrial trades on an ex-cash P/E of below 4× despite strong fundamentals, representing a textbook mispricing of a high-quality, globally diversified, cash-generating company. This is a classic case of a global business trading at South African discounts. | ART.JO ART SJ |
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| 2023 Q2 | Jun 30, 2023 | Rozendal Partners | - | 13.5% | B4B.DE, BLU.JO, BUR.L, CCO, GEMD.L, HCI.JO, HOLD.IS, MCF.L, MDC.L, META, OCE.JO, PPC.JO, RCL.JO, SDRY.L, SUR.JO, TBS.JO | global, Litigation, South Africa, takeovers, technology, uranium, value | Rozendal invests in litigation funding through RLF, comparing the field to private equity in the 1980s with vast untapped market potential. They have committed 3% of hedge fund assets to litigation funding across five direct matters and two class action suits in South Africa. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | May 13, 2024 | Desert Lion Capital | 19.3% | 36.6% | ARA.JO, HCI.JO, KRO.JO | Mining, oil, South Africa, Tourism, value | HCI has exposure to extensive exploration acreage in the Orange Basin, which is emerging as the world's next hydrocarbon giant. Significant oil discoveries have been confirmed and HCI is part of a consortium led by Total commercializing these discoveries. The manager believes earnings from these operations will effectively triple HCI's current earnings in about 5 years. | ARA.JO KRO.JO HCI.JO |
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| 2025 Q3 | Dec 5, 2025 | Desert Lion Capital | - | 13.4% | ACS.JO, ARA.JO, ART.JO, HCI.JO, IOC.JO, KRO.JO, LEW.JO, SDO.JO, SOL.JO | Buybacks, dividends, Industrial, JSE, real estate, small caps, South Africa, value | Portfolio companies trading at deeply dislocated valuations with strong fundamentals. Acsion trades at 0.3 times book value and 4 times earnings. Argent trades at 6 times earnings or 4 times excluding cash. Lewis trades at 5 times earnings with 11% dividend yield. | LEW SJ ARA SJ ART SJ ACS SJ |
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| 2024 Q4 | Jan 28, 2025 | Rozendal Partners | - | -3.0% | AFE.JO, BLU.JO, BUR.L, GDR.JO, HCI.JO, JD, MDIA3.SA, META, NE, PIK.JO, PPC.JO, SESG.PA, SHP.JO, TBS.JO, TSCO.L | global, retail, stock selection, technology, underperformance, value | Burford Capital operates in the litigation funding market, which offers attractive long-term growth prospects and favorable economics. The business provides capital to fund legal expenses in return for a share of proceeds, with returns typically around 30% internal rates of return. However, the company's high cost structure limits profitability of third-party asset management. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Desert Lion Capital | -7.4% | -7.4% | ART.JO, CWL.JO, HCI.JO, KRO.JO, SDO.JO, SOL.JO | Concentration, Education, small caps, South Africa, value | Stadio operates for-profit higher education in South Africa with strong operating leverage, growing from 8% student growth to 14% revenue growth and 28% EPS increase. The supply-demand dynamics are compelling as fewer than 40% of qualified matriculants can be accommodated in the public system due to government-subsidized university collapse. Stadio has a clear runway to double its student base from 50,000 to over 100,000. | SDO.JO |
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| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Desert Lion Capital | Hosken Consolidated Investments | Financials | Diversified Financial Services | Bull | JSE | Coal Mining, Gaming, Hydrocarbon, Investment Holding Company, media, Oil exploration, Orange Basin, Properties, South Africa, Total Consortium, Tourism, Transport, Value | View Pitch |
| Manager Name | Fund Name | Fund AUM | Invested Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares Owned | Shares Bought / Sold During Quarter | % Bought / Sold During Quarter | % of Shares Outstanding Owned |
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