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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 22, 2025 | Brandes International Equity Fund | 10.4% | 22.3% | 005930.KS, 086280.KS, 6273.T, BABA, CAP.PA, CX, ERJ, GSK.L, HEI.DE, HEIA.AS, KER.PA, OTEX.TO, PETR4.SA, PUB.PA, SAN.PA, STM, TAK, TSM, UHR.SW, WPP.L | AI, Automation, emerging markets, Europe, industrials, international, technology, value | AI-related investments drove strong performance across multiple holdings. Alibaba benefited from aggressive AI investment plans and growth in AI-related products and cloud revenue. Samsung and TSMC gained from positive AI sentiment. Capgemini is positioned to benefit from increased corporate spending on enterprise AI applications despite near-term headwinds. | 6273.T |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 16, 2024 | The Bristol Gate U.S. Equity Strategy | -0.4% | 6.1% | AMAT, AVGO, CIGI.TO, CNR.TO, CTAS, CTVA, DOL.TO, EFN.TO, GE, IIP-UN.TO, LOW, MCK, MSCI, ODFL, OTEX.TO, SHW, SJ.TO, TRI.TO, UNH, ZTS | Concentration, dividends, growth, Quality, technology, value | Bristol Gate focuses exclusively on high dividend growth companies, building concentrated portfolios of 22 stocks based on predicting dividend growth. Nine portfolio companies announced dividend increases this year averaging over 13%, demonstrating the strategy's effectiveness in identifying companies with strong dividend growth potential. | ODFL GE |
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| 2024 Q1 | Apr 18, 2024 | The Bristol Gate U.S. Equity Strategy | 6.5% | 6.5% | AMAT, AMT, AVGO, CCL.TO, CP.TO, CTVA, ENGH.TO, FSV.TO, IFC.TO, JWEL.TO, MCK, MMC, OTEX.TO, PBH.TO, SBUX, T.TO, TIH.TO, UNH, WCN, ZTS | AI, dividends, financials, healthcare, Quality, semiconductors, valuation | Bristol Gate focuses on companies with positive dividend growth, using dividend growth as a key valuation driver. The firm's conceptual return framework emphasizes dividend growth alongside returns on invested capital. Both strategies continued to outpace their benchmarks in dividend growth despite underperforming on total returns. | MMC MCK UNH ZTS CTVA AVGO AMAT |
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| 2024 Q3 | Oct 6, 2024 | Sparrow Wealth Management | - | - | CCL-B.TO, ENGH.TO, IFC.TO, L.TO, OTEX.TO, PBH.TO, SJ.TO, TIH.TO, TRI.TO, TVK.TO | AI, Canada, dividends, energy, gold, materials, technology | The strategy focuses on high dividend growth companies and continues to outpace the index in dividend growth metrics. The manager emphasizes owning attractively priced, high quality, high dividend growers as their core investment philosophy. | L.TO PBH.TO TIH.TO OTEX.TO |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 22, 2025 | The Bristol Gate Canadian Equity | - | - | CCL-B.TO, ENGH.TO, IFC.TO, L.TO, OTEX.TO, PBH.TO, SJ.TO, TIH.TO, TRI.TO, TVK.TO | AI, Canada, dividends, energy, gold, materials, Quality, uranium | The strategy focuses on high dividend growth companies and continues to outpace the index in dividend growth metrics. The manager emphasizes owning attractively priced, high quality, high dividend growers as a core investment philosophy that has worked through many challenging environments. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 23, 2026 | Brandes International Equity Fund | 5.7% | 39.1% | 005930.KS, 1876.HK, 4503.T, 8306.T, BABA, BNP.PA, CX, DGE.L, DPW.DE, EBS.VI, ERJ, GRF.MC, GSK, HEI.DE, KER.PA, MNDI.L, NG.L, ORA.PA, OTEX.TO, RI.PA, TSCO.L, TSM | emerging markets, Europe, international, Outperformance, packaging, Utilities, value | International value stocks continue to trade within the least expensive valuation quartile relative to growth stocks since style indices inception. The valuation gap is evident across multiple metrics including price/earnings, price/cash flow, and enterprise value/sales. Historically, such discount levels often preceded attractive relative returns for value stocks over subsequent three- to five-year periods. Exposure to emerging markets helped returns, led by South Korean Samsung Electronics, Mexico's Cemex, and Erste Group Bank operating across emerging Europe. Leading contributors for the year included emerging market holdings such as Alibaba, Samsung, Taiwan Semiconductor, Brazil's Embraer and Mexico-based Cemex. The portfolio continues to have larger weighting to select emerging markets, particularly Mexico, South Korea, and Brazil. National Grid has strategically repositioned its asset base toward electricity networks, reducing exposure to gas and aligning with long-term energy transition trends. Over the past decade, roughly 75% of its regulated asset base is in electricity, expected to rise to 80% by 2029, supported by structural growth in electrification and renewable integration. The company's position as a critical enabler of decarbonization provides attractive risk-adjusted returns. Mondi is a leading European producer of corrugated packaging, containerboard, kraft paper, and uncoated fine paper with strong presence in Eastern and Western Europe. Secular trends such as sustainability, convenience, and the shift from plastic to paper underpin steady growth in fiber-based packaging. The company's cost leadership, strong positioning in high-barrier-to-entry kraft paper market, and integrated operations provide competitive advantage. | TSCO LN NG LN MNDI LN |
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| 2024 Q4 | Jan 21, 2025 | The Bristol Gate U.S. Equity Strategy | -5.2% | 9.1% | AMAT, ATD.TO, AVGO, BN.TO, CARR, CIGI.TO, CNR.TO, CSX, CTAS, CTVA, DOL.TO, EFN.TO, EQB.TO, ESL.TO, IFC.TO, LLY, MCHP, MCK, OTEX.TO, PBH.TO, SJ.TO, TFII.TO, TRI.TO, UNH, V, WAB, WCN, X.TO, ZTS | AI, Concentration, dividends, semiconductors, underperformance, value | Bristol Gate focuses on companies with sustainable and fast-growing dividend streams, believing dividend growth rates are good predictors of returns over time. Their portfolio companies grew dividends by approximately 15% over the last twelve months compared to 6% for the S&P 500 Index. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 20, 2026 | The Bristol Gate Canadian Equity | 3.4% | 7.4% | CLS.TO, CM.TO, DOL.TO, EFN.TO, ENGH.TO, EQB.TO, FSV.TO, L.TO, OTEX.TO, PBH.TO, PET.TO, RY.TO, SHOP.TO, TFII.TO, TIH.TO, TRI.TO, TVK.TO | Banking, Canada, commodities, Copper, dividends, gold, materials, value | Bristol Gate focuses on companies with consistent high dividend growth supported by robust free cash flow and disciplined capital allocation. The firm believes dividend growth rates are powerful predictors of total return, with fastest dividend growers often outperforming the broader dividend-growth universe. Several portfolio transactions were driven by deteriorating dividend growth prospects. Gold finished up 67.41% in 2025, the strongest annual return since 1979. Gold benefitted from multiple underlying fundamental and macro drivers, pushing the metal meaningfully higher. The portfolio's underweight and lack of exposure to gold/silver miners was a primary detractor from relative performance. Copper gained over 42% in 2025 and continued its move higher after bottoming during the pandemic. Copper finished up 21.43% in Q4 alone, benefitting from multiple underlying fundamental and macro drivers. The metal's strong performance contributed to Materials sector dominance. | TFII CN CM CN PET CN RY CN OTEX CN TRI CN FSV TVK CN |
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| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Polaris Global Equity | 4.1% | 4.1% | 000660.KS, 005930.KS, 066570.KS, ABBV, ALSN, ARW, CFR, CG, CVS, DCOM, DG.PA, DNB.OL, DTE.DE, EBC, ENI.MI, FTK.DE, GILD, HNR1.DE, IAG.L, INCH.L, IPG, LOOM.ST, MEOH.TO, MGA.TO, MKSI, MPC, MSFT, MTB, MUV2.DE, NTRS, NXT.L, OTEX.TO, PFS, PUB.PA, SBH, SDZ, SW, TTE, UTHR, VIPS, WBS, WMB, WSBC | AI, energy, Europe, financials, global, tariffs, technology, Trade | The Trump Administration has initiated far-reaching changes to reset decades of global trade agreements. Tariffs came to the forefront of every discussion in global markets, with broader-than-expected tariffs causing market volatility. By disrupting natural trade flows, tariffs can lead to reduced economic efficiency and slower global growth. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Polaris International Equity | 5.7% | 5.7% | 000660.KS, 005930.KS, 066570.KS, 6758.T, DG.PA, DNB.OL, DTE.DE, DUNI.ST, ENI.MI, FTK.DE, HNR1.DE, IAG.L, INCH.L, LOOM.ST, MEOH.TO, MG.TO, MUV2.DE, NXT.L, OTEX.TO, PUB.PA, SDZ.SW, SPOG.OL, SW, TTE.PA, VIPS | AI, energy, Europe, financials, international, semiconductors, tariffs, Trade Policy | The Trump Administration initiated far-reaching changes to reset decades of global trade agreements. Tariffs came to the forefront of every discussion in global markets, disrupting natural flow of trade and comparative advantage, leading to reduced economic efficiency and slower global growth. | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Sparrow Wealth Management | Open Text Corporation | Information Technology | Systems Software | Bull | Toronto Stock Exchange | AI platform, Cloud computing, Content Management, Digital transformation, Dividend Growth, Enterprise software, SaaS, share repurchase | View Pitch |
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