| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jun 30, 2025 | Ganes Focused Value Fund | 7.5% | - | ALU.AX, APE.AX, ARB.AX, AUB.AX, CBA.AX, COH.AX, DDR.AX, FID.AX, LOV.AX, MFF.AX, NHC.AX, PSI.AX, PWH.AX, RDX.AX, REH.AX, SMP.NZ | Australia, Automotive, retail, takeovers, value, volatility | The fund experienced extreme volatility with four top 10 holdings falling more than 50% during the year, which is highly unusual when the broader market delivered positive returns. The manager views this volatility as advantageous for long-term returns, noting that having some investors willing to pay optimistic prices and others selling at depressed prices can benefit patient investors. | FID.AX PWH AU SPY NZ APE AU LOV AU FID AU |
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| 2023 Q2 | Jun 30, 2023 | Packer & Co | - | - | BABA, BAYRY, BKY.AX, CEO, CHL, CHU, ERA.AX, HES, NHC.AX, STNG | Banking, China, energy, inflation, interest rates, real estate, Recession, value | Central banks printed money believing it would have no consequences for inflation or interest rates, but inflation rose from 2% to 9% in a year. Core underlying inflation is proving hard to eradicate as wage increases spur prices, forcing the Federal Reserve to raise rates by 5% in just over a year. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Ganes Focused Value Fund | - | 5.9% | AMZN, APE.AX, ARB.AX, AUB.AX, AXP, DDR.AX, DMP.AX, GOOGL, LOV.AX, MA, MFF.AX, NHC.AX, PWH.AX, RDX.AX, REH.AX, V | Australia, Concentration, long-term, Quality, retail, technology, value | The fund maintains a concentrated portfolio approach with top 10 holdings representing approximately 80% of the portfolio. This concentration has driven long-term outperformance but creates short-term volatility when individual holdings underperform. The manager emphasizes this concentrated strategy as their north star for finding high quality companies to own long-term. | DMP.AX MFF.AX PWH.AX LOV.AX |
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| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Packer & Co | - | 11.8% | 0762.HK, 0941.HK, BABA, BIDU, BKY.L, CNOOC, HES, J36.SI, NE, NHC.AX, NXE, PRX, SDRL, STNG, U.TO, VAL, YCA.L | Cash, China, oil, uranium, US Markets, Valuations, value | Chinese stocks offer exceptional value with technology companies trading at massive discounts to western peers despite strong fundamentals. The fund holds 8% in leading Chinese tech firms including Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent which are highly profitable with huge cash balances. Chinese telecom companies continue to generate strong returns and remain attractively priced at large discounts. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Dec 31, 2023 | Packer & Co | - | 6.2% | 0762.HK, 0941.HK, AAPL, AMZN, BABA, BAYRY, BKY.AX, CNOOC, CVX, ERA.AX, GOOGL, HES, META, MSFT, NHC.AX, NVDA, SRUUF, STNG, XOM, YCA.L | China, energy, oil, Recession, technology, uranium, value | The fund holds CNOOC as its largest position at 10.4%, China's premier oil company producing 2% of world oil. CNOOC trades at just 4x P/E and is rapidly expanding output with focus on offshore China and Guyana where it holds 25% interest in the enormous Stabroek discovery alongside Exxon and Hess. | 9988.HK ERA.AX 0941.HK HES CEO |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 12, 2025 | Ganes Focused Value Fund | 16.2% | - | APE.AX, ARB.AX, AUB.AX, DDR.AX, FID.AX, LOV.AX, MFF.AX, NHC.AX, PWH.AX, RDX.AX, REH.AX | Australia, Automotive, insurance, retail, small caps, value | Eagers Automotive was the strongest performer, rising 68% during the quarter and contributing about 30% of fund gains. The shares are up 168% over the past year while paying 74c per share in fully-franked dividends. | REH AU AUB AU PWH AU LOV AU |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 9, 2026 | Ganes Focused Value Fund | -6.7% | 0.0% | APE.AX, ARB.AX, AUB.AX, BVS.AX, DDR.AX, FID.AX, LOV.AX, MFF.AX, NHC.AX, PWH.AX, RDX.AX | Australia, Automotive, Founders, software, value | Eagers Automotive made a $1 billion investment in Canadian dealership CanadaOne, acquiring 65% stake. The Canadian market is less competitive with only 36 car brands versus 75 in Australia, and CanadaOne covers fixed costs through service departments before selling cars. Bravura Solutions provides mission-critical software to financial institutions globally with high switching costs. The company was acquired by interests connected to Constellation Software's playbook of buying sticky software businesses. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Ganes Focused Value Fund | -10.1% | -10.1% | APE.AX, ARB.AX, AUB.AX, DDR.AX, LOV.AX, MFF.AX, NHC.AX, PWH.AX, RDX.AX, REH.AX, SMP.AX | Australia, dividends, industrials, Quality, retail, value | The fund focuses on high quality businesses that are better value now after share price declines. The manager emphasizes that the economics of their holdings remain largely unchanged despite poor short-term performance, making them more attractive investments at current prices. | RDX.AX REH.AX AUB.AX PWH.AX LOV.AX |
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