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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q4 | Feb 4, 2026 | Easterly – Global Real Estate Fund | -2.1% | 5.9% | 0012.HK, AMT, IRM, PLD, PW.L, UTG.L | Construction, fundamentals, global, interest rates, Property, real estate, REITs, supply | Global real estate fundamentals are improving with low supply and high construction costs conveying pricing power to landlords. REITs have historically delivered strong returns following Fed rate-hike cycles, and with rates stabilizing around 4-4.5%, REITs have shed a major headwind. Data centers are benefiting from durable secular drivers including digital infrastructure demand. The fund prefers this property type due to supply-demand imbalances that favor landlords and continued momentum in data center leasing with improving organic growth. Student housing is favored due to demographic tailwinds and post-pandemic recovery trends. However, demand from UK students was softer than expected, raising questions about affordability and management's forecasting ability. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 21, 2025 | Baron Real Estate Fund | 10.2% | 6.4% | AAON, ABNB, AMT, CBRE, CRH, IRM, JLL, WYNN | Housing, infrastructure, Property tech, real estate, REITs | The fund outperformed benchmarks, supported by strength in REITs, homebuilders, and travel-related real estate. Management sees real estate entering a recovery phase as supply tightens, rates ease, and institutional capital re-enters the sector. Long-term themes include housing affordability, infrastructure demand, and the rise of property technology. | FND AAON WYNN FND AAON WYNN |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 23, 2026 | Baron Real Estate Fund | -1.4% | 4.9% | AMH, AMT, BX, CSGP, DHI, FBIN, GDS, GMG.AX, H, HLT, IRM, JLL, PLD, RKT, SKY, TMHC, TREX, VNO, VTR, WELL | Commercial, Data centers, Housing, Industrial, real estate, REITs, Travel | Fund invests in leading commercial real estate services companies CBRE, JLL, and Cushman & Wakefield that benefit from outsourcing trends, institutionalization of commercial real estate, and market share opportunities in a fragmented industry. These companies are expected to generate 15%+ annual earnings growth as commercial real estate sales and leasing activity rebounds. Multi-year setup for data centers is as strong as ever with expanding demand from cloud computing, IT outsourcing, and AI workloads from Magnificent 7 companies. New supply is constrained due to elevated construction costs and power constraints while rents are rising. Fund owns Equinix, Digital Realty Trust, GDS Holdings, and Goodman as multi-year beneficiaries. Travel companies benefit from favorable shift in consumer preferences away from goods spending to prioritizing travel experiences. Fund owns best-in-class hotel companies Hilton and Hyatt which should continue benefiting from these secular trends including flexible work arrangements allowing more travel and cyclically depressed business activity creating opportunities. Despite near-term housing market challenges from affordability issues and buyer/seller strikes, there is structural underinvestment in housing relative to demographic needs. US builds same number of homes today as 1960 despite 160 million more people. Fund sees long-term bullish opportunity in companies like Toll Brothers and Champion Homes as housing market rebounds. Industrial real estate benefits from multi-year demand drivers including e-commerce growth, last mile infrastructure needs, onshoring trends, and shift from just-in-time to just-in-case inventory management. AI's physical manifestation through robotics and automation will require more industrial facilities. Fund owns Prologis, EastGroup Properties, and Terreno Realty. | IRM VTR WELL FBIN SKY CSGP H PLD JLL |
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| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Jan 28, 2026 | Fund Letters | Jeffrey Kolitch | Iron Mountain Incorporated | Real Estate | Specialized REITs | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | cashflow, data centers, infrastructure, Mix shift, REITs | View Pitch |
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