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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 | Baron FinTech Fund | 1.1% | 11.5% | ACGL, ACN, ADYEY, APO, CME, EFX, FICO, FIS, GPN, HLI, IBKR, INTU, LPLA, MA, MELI, MKTX, MORN, MSCI, NCNO, PGR, SPGI, SQ, TW, V | Capital markets, Fintech, growth, payments, software, technology | The fund focuses on competitively advantaged, growing fintech companies across all market capitalizations and geographies. Many fintech stocks have already gone through their own version of a recession with multiples near decade lows, but outlooks are more promising due to cost restructuring and focus on profitability. | ACGL MORN CARTRADE.NS INTU APO |
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| 2025 Q2 | Aug 4, 2025 | Baird Small/Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund | 4.5% | -6.6% | ADMA, ALAB, ALHC, BJ, BMI, BOOT, BRBR, BWXT, CASY, CAVA, CHDN, COCO, CWAN, DKNG, DSGX, ELF, EQH, EXLS, FDS, FND, FOUR, FSS, GLOB, HLI, HQY, INSM, INSP, KAI, KNSL, LII, MANH, MKTX, MNDY, MTSI, NBIX, ONTO, PODD, PSTG, SPSC, SRPT, SSD, TARS, TECH, TREX, ULS, VERX, WAY, WSC, WSO, XPEL | AI, Biotech, growth, healthcare, semiconductors, small cap, technology, underperformance | The benchmark's rally was led by companies with AI-exposure that drove rapid multiple expansion. The portfolio underperformed due to underexposure to more speculative AI areas including small cap semiconductors and AI-hardware. Defensive positions with minimal AI-exposure were the largest detractors to relative performance. | View | |
| 2025 Q2 | Jul 9, 2025 | LRT Capital Management | - | 8.1% | ABG, CCI, CHE, CIGI, CMCSA, COR, CVX, DRI, FN, GOOGL, GPI, ICLR, MKTX, NOC, PBR-A, RLI, SNEX, SSD, TTC, UNH | Consolidation, healthcare, infrastructure, Long/Short, Low Beta, Quality, Systematic | The manager emphasizes investing in category-defining enterprises with durable competitive moats, strong brand equity, and disciplined capital allocation. Holdings are characterized as best-in-class operators with fortress-like balance sheets and long-term compounding potential. | View | |
| 2025 Q2 | Jul 15, 2025 | Upslope Capital Management | 8.9% | 3.4% | 8697.T, CHG.L, CME, DPLM.L, DSFIR.AS, EVR, FCN, HOLN.SW, HSY, MKTX, QQ.L, SAND.ST, SMIN.L, SPX.L, TDY | defense, Europe, Exchanges, Hedging, Industrial, Long/Short, value, volatility | The fund holds defense contractors including Chemring and Teledyne Technologies, with Chemring being a top contributor during the quarter. The manager notes accelerating sector tailwinds and describes the cyclical boom in defense markets. | EVR FCN SMIN.L EVR FCN SMIN LN |
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| 2023 Q2 | Jun 30, 2023 | Baird Small/Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund | 3.4% | 12.9% | CHDN, CNMD, COCO, CTLT, CWAN, DECK, EXAS, ICLR, INSP, IRTC, KNSL, LGIH, MKTX, PODD, POOL, RGEN, RVNC, SEDG, SWAV, TECH | consumer discretionary, financials, growth, healthcare, industrials, small caps, technology | Healthcare sector showed mixed performance with surgical volumes returning to normal seasonal patterns, benefiting medical technology holdings like Shockwave and Inspire. However, constrained biotech spending hurt companies like Catalent, which faced operational issues and CFO termination. | View | |
| 2023 Q2 | Jun 30, 2023 | Baron FinTech Fund | 5.3% | 10.3% | ACN, APO, BLK, CSGP, FI, FICO, INTU, LPLA, MA, MELI, MKTX, MSCI, NU, PGR, SHOP, SPGI, TW, V | AI, Banking, Capital markets, Fintech, payments, private credit, software, technology | Network International received takeover offers and was acquired by Brookfield for $2.8 billion. Visa announced acquisition of Brazilian company Pismo for $1 billion. M&A activity picking up in payments sector with valuations at attractive levels. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | May 9, 2024 | Polen Capital – U.S. SMID Company Growth | 8.8% | -1.3% | BMBL, CNM, CWA, DAVA, ETSY, EXLS, GLOB, GNRC, HLI, MKTX, PGNY, RVLV, SITM, TECH, TREX, WING, YETI | consumer, growth, Quality, Restaurants, SMID Cap, technology, Water Infrastructure | Polen emphasizes investing in high-quality businesses with robust free cash flow, persistent growth, and high returns on capital. They consistently aim to own companies that are undervalued relative to their long-term compounding potential and favor businesses with robust balance sheets and the ability to reinvest in any environment. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | May 2, 2025 | LRT Capital Management | - | 6.0% | ABG, CBOE, CCI, CHE, CIGI, CMCSA, COR, CVX, DRI, FIX, GPI, MKTX, NOC, PBR-A, REXR, RLI, SSD, TTC, UNH, WH | Beta, Fiscal, Hedging, Long/Short, Trade Policy, volatility | President Trump's universal tariff plans have roiled global markets and created policy uncertainty. The manager views tariffs as economically detrimental, comparing them to Import Substitution Industrialization policies that have failed historically. Hastily implemented tariffs will negatively affect the U.S. economy through slower growth, higher inflation, higher interest rates, and economic weakness. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Artisan Global Discovery | 7.6% | 13.1% | ANET, BAB.L, BSX, CELH, HUBS, LSCC, MIPS.ST, MKTX, MPWR, PWR, RDC.DE, SAIA, SPGI, SPOT, SWAV, TEAM, TW, TYL, VEEV, VRT | AI, Data centers, global, growth, healthcare, Logistics, mid cap, technology | AI is deserving of attention as a technology trend with diverse use cases being explored and processing power gains suggesting improving effectiveness. The fund has exposure to AI beneficiaries across the technology food chain including chip manufacturers, networking equipment providers, and cloud software leaders incorporating AI functionality. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Carillon Eagle Small Cap Growth Fund | 0.0% | 0.0% | CELH, EXR, FIVE, FRSH, KWR, LSTR, MKTX, MNDY, MSA, PJT, RBA, SMAR, SMCI, SUM, VKTX, VNOM, WCC, WING, WWD | AI, Biotechnology, energy, growth, healthcare, small caps, technology | AI investment theme continued to drive strong gains as companies exposed to artificial intelligence posted strong performance. The fund benefited from AI infrastructure plays like Super Micro Computer, which provides accelerated computing platforms for cloud computing and AI applications. The managers are closely monitoring AI adoption and the sustainability of the AI investment cycle to determine future market leadership. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Carillon Eagle Mid Cap Growth Fund | 0.0% | 0.0% | BKR, CELH, CRWD, DXCM, ENTG, LULU, MKTX, MLM, PLNT, RBA, ROST, SBAC, SNPS, SWAV, U, VRT, WCN | AI, Data centers, growth, healthcare, industrials, infrastructure, mid cap, technology | The fund is positioned to benefit from AI-driven data center spending acceleration, with holdings in companies like Vertiv that provide critical infrastructure for high-performance computing. The team monitors AI application adoption to assess sustainability of the investment cycle and its impact on market leadership. | View | |
| 2023 Q1 | Mar 31, 2023 | Baron FinTech Fund | 4.8% | 4.8% | ACN, APO, BILL, CME, ENDV.L, FICO, GWRE, IBKR, INTU, LPLA, MA, MELI, MKTX, MSCI, PGR, SCHW, SPGI, TW, V, WEX | AI, Banking, Financial Services, Fintech, payments, software, technology | The Fund focuses on competitively advantaged, growing fintech companies across seven investment themes including Payments, Information Services, Tech-Enabled Financials, and Enterprise Software. Private market valuations for fintech companies are starting to catch up to steep drops in public markets, with reduced private capital investment expected to temper competitive intensity and increase profitability for publicly traded incumbents. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Nov 8, 2025 | Baird Small/Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund | -3.2% | -9.6% | AAON, ADMA, AFRM, ALAB, BMI, BOOT, BRBR, BROS, BURL, BWXT, CASY, CAVA, CLWD, COCO, DKNG, ELF, EXAS, FDS, FOUR, FSS, HLI, INSM, INSP, IONQ, LII, MASI, MKTX, MTSI, NBIX, PEN, PODD, QBTS, RGTI, SOFI, TARS, TTAN, TWLO, TXRH, WAY, WING, WSO | AI, growth, healthcare, momentum, Quality, semiconductors, small cap, software | AI enthusiasm drove significant benchmark outperformance through semiconductor and infrastructure plays, with quantum computing stocks adding over 2% to benchmark weight despite extreme valuations. The market's insatiable desire for AI beneficiaries created meaningful factor headwinds for the portfolio. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 18, 2024 | Polen Capital – U.S. SMID Company Growth | 8.8% | -1.3% | AIT, ALIT, BAH, BLD, CWAN, DOCS, ELF, FIVE, GSHD, HLNE, MKTX, MPWR, PGNY, POOL, REVL, RGEN, RH, SITM, TTEK, TYL | Concentration, earnings, growth, Quality, SMID Cap, value, volatility | elf Beauty represents a discount beauty company focused on cosmetics and skincare with impressive track record for growth, margins, and returns on capital. The company is uniquely positioned due to its reputation for quality, innovation, and prices well below other mass cosmetics brands, with significant room for growth in brand awareness, shelf space expansion, and international markets. | BAH AIT BLD ELF PGNY HLNE RVLV GSHD |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 15, 2025 | Upslope Capital Management | 8.8% | 12.5% | 8697.T, BIO, CHG.L, CME, DPLM.L, EVR, FCN, GOOGL, HOLN.SW, HSY, IMXI, INTC, KDEF, MKTX, SAND.ST, SMIN.L, SRT.DE, STE, TDY, WST | AI, defense, healthcare, Long/Short, Quality, risk management, valuation | Elevated and rising geopolitical tensions globally and in Asia-Pacific should drive sustained defense investment for years. Korean defense industry maintains significant relative cost advantages versus US and European peers while being cheaper, faster and compatible with NATO standards. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 13, 2026 | Upslope Capital Management | 2.0% | 14.8% | 6954.T, 8697.T, BAH, BIO, CCK, CME, DPLM.L, FCN, GOOGL, HOLN.SW, HSIC, HSY, INTC, MKTX, SAND.ST, SMIN.L, STE, TDY | AI, Automation, defense, healthcare, industrials, Japan, Long/Short, mid cap | Manager exited European defense stocks for the first time since early 2022, citing full valuations and expectations that the Ukraine conflict may wind down. However, maintains exposure through Booz Allen Hamilton and Korea Defense ETF, noting long-term secular tailwinds from rising geopolitical risks and defense spending. AI is described as everywhere, particularly on buyside analyst desktops, contributing to faster market pace and gambling-like behavior. Manager sees AI moving into the physical world as a catalyst for industrial automation companies like Fanuc, which is positioned to benefit from AI's expansion beyond digital applications. Fanuc holds ~50% market share in CNCs and is a leading factory robotics player, positioned to benefit from AI moving into the physical world and rising trade barriers boosting global reshoring. The company serves general industrial, automotive, electronics, and aerospace end markets with global diversification. Portfolio includes Japan Exchange Group benefiting from ongoing Japanese equity market structure reforms and corporate governance improvements. Fanuc represents exposure to leading Japanese industrials with fortress balance sheets and global market leadership in automation. | HSIC 6954 JP CCK BAH |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 12, 2026 | Heartland Mid Cap Value Fund | -1.9% | 0.1% | JBHT, KMB, MKTX | AI, Capital markets, financials, industrials, Logistics, mid cap, Quality, value | The fund employs a two-bucket approach combining Quality Value and Deep Value strategies. High-quality value stocks continued to lag speculative parts of the market, with valuation disparities as extreme as ever seen. The fund maintains discipline in valuation criteria despite current underperformance. Speculative investors have rewarded perceived AI winners with lofty valuations, assigning permanence to top-line benefits of questionable duration. The euphoria has impacted valuations across Quality Value and Deep Value companies more than expected in a value-oriented asset class. J.B. Hunt Transport Services was the top contributor, benefiting from cost reduction actions and improving operating margins despite freight market challenges. The company maintains strong cash flow generation and aggressive share repurchases while trading at a discount to industrials. MarketAxess Holdings operates the largest e-trading platform for corporate bonds in the US. The company is investing in portfolio trading capabilities to compete with peers and regain market share, with recent data suggesting share recovery happening faster than expected. | KMB MKTX JBHT |
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| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Artisan Partners Small Cap Fund | 9.0% | 14.0% | ADS, APPF, ARGX, CIGI, ELF, GWRE, HL, IBP, INTA, IRTC, LSCC, MKTX, MOD, ONON, ONTO, SN, SPT, SPXC, TYL, VCYT | AI, growth, healthcare, interest rates, Profit Cycle, small caps, technology | The team is focused on AI enablers that remain well positioned to benefit from reasonable industry investment levels because they are gaining market share based on superior technologies. They expect some volatility in AI-exposed stocks given relatively lofty expectations but are being disciplined on valuations. | View | |
| 2023 Q3 | Sep 30, 2023 | Baron Asset Fund | 8.3% | 10.6% | ACGL, ANSYS, AXON, AZPN, BAH, CSGP, FDS, FICO, GWRE, IDXX, ILMN, IT, MKTX, MORN, MTD, MTN, ONON, PWR, SBAC, VRSK, ZI | analytics, growth, insurance, mid cap, software, technology | The fund benefits from cloud-based software implementations, particularly through Guidewire's 17 deals for cloud software with Tier 1 insurance carriers. Cloud adoption continues to drive growth for portfolio companies. | ACGL|APH|COO|CSGP|DKNG|GWRE|IDXX|IOT|IT|LPLA|MSCI|MTD|PCOR|ROP|TECH|VRSK ACGL|APH|COO|CSGP|DKNG|GWRE|IDXX|IOT|IT|LPLA|MSCI|MTD|PCOR|ROP|TECH|VRSK ACGL|APH|COO|CSGP|DKNG|GWRE|IDXX|IOT|IT|LPLA|MSCI|MTD|PCOR|ROP|TECH|VRSK ONON ACGL ACGL|CHH|FDS|GWRE|IBKR|IDXX|MTN|SPOT|TSLA ACGL|APH|COO|CSGP|DKNG|GWRE|IDXX|IOT|IT|LPLA|MSCI|MTD|PCOR|ROP|TECH|VRSK |
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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 | |
| 2023 Q4 | Feb 16, 2024 | Polen Capital – Global SMID Company Growth | 7.4% | -2.4% | 3697.T, AZPN, BMBL, CCCS, DLO, ETSY, EVD.DE, FIVE, FOXF, GNRC, MEDP, MKTX, MPWR, PAYC, POOL, TECH, TME, WRBY, XPEL, YUMC | consumer, global, growth, Quality, SMID Cap, software, technology | Five Below recovered from Q3 weakness with 14% year-on-year revenue growth and raised guidance. The discount retailer continues to outperform peers and benefits from consumers looking to stretch their dollar further in a challenging macro backdrop. | CCCS PAYC XPEL EVD.DE 3697.T FIVE |
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| 2023 Q4 | Jan 18, 2024 | Polen Capital – U.S. SMID Company Growth | 8.8% | -1.3% | CNM, FIVE, FOXF, GNRC, GSHD, MEDP, MKTX, PAYC, POOL, TECH, TREX, TTD, WING | growth, healthcare, Quality, Resilience, SMID Cap, technology | The fund focuses on high-quality businesses with robust free cash flow, persistent growth, and high returns on capital. They seek companies with resilient financial models, strong balance sheets, and the ability to self-fund growth. The portfolio is purpose-built for financial resiliency, owning only what research suggests to be the highest quality companies in their asset class. | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2026 | Fund Letters | Colin McWey | MarketAxess Holdings Inc. | Financials | Capital Markets | Bull | NASDAQ | Bonds, Electronictrading, Operatingleverage, rerating, scale | View Pitch |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Growth Hunter | MarketAxess Holdings Inc. | Financials | Capital Markets | Bull | NASDAQ | — | View Pitch |
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