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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 1, 2024 | Protean Select | 0.0% | 10.6% | ACAST.ST, AMBEA.ST, CAMURUS.ST, CARG.HE, CARL-B.CO, CINT.ST, DEVYSER.ST, ITAB.ST, KEMIRA.HE, METSB.HE, METSO.HE, NETEL.ST, NORVA.ST, PROACT.ST, RAY-B.ST, REJL.ST, TIETO.HE, TRUE-B.ST, TRYG.CO, VALMT.HE | Absolute return, AI Bubble, Hedge Fund, Nordics, risk management, small caps | Manager views AI as a classic boom-bust cycle, comparing it to historical manias. Chat-GPT usage is already declining and trillion-dollar AI investments will take years to generate returns above cost of capital. The fund is short names that have risen on misplaced AI enthusiasm. | TRUE.ST NOR.ST CAMX.ST METSB.HE |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 1, 2024 | Protean Funds | 0.0% | 24.3% | ACAST.ST, AMBEA.ST, AUTO.OL, CAMX.ST, CGCBV.HE, CINT.ST, DEVYSER.ST, FASAD.ST, ITAB.ST, KEMIRA.HE, KOJAMO.HE, METSB.HE, NETEL.ST, NORVA.ST, PROACT.ST, RAY.ST, REJL.ST, TIE1V.HE, VAIAS.HE, VALMT.HE | AI, inflation, Nordics, risk management, small cap, value | Manager views AI as a classic boom-bust cycle, comparing it to historical manias. Chat-GPT usage is already declining and trillion-dollar AI investments may take years to generate returns above cost of capital. | TRUE.ST NORVA.ST CAMX.ST METSB.HE |
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| 2024 Q3 | Oct 1, 2024 | Protean Small Cap | 0.0% | 24.3% | AZN, BOL.ST, BRAV.ST, CGCBV.HE, DEVYSER.ST, EMBEL.ST, EVO.ST, EWORK.ST, FASA.ST, FORTNOX.ST, GETI-B.ST, HM-B.ST, IBT.ST, INST.ST, ITAB-B.ST, LSG.OL, MOWI.OL, NESTE.HE, NETEL.ST, NOM.OL, NVO, REJL.ST, SSAB-A.ST, SWMA.ST, VALMT.HE, VIT.ST | AI, Esg, Medtech, Nordics, SaaS, Salmon, small cap, software | AI poses a potential threat to the SaaS business model by automating manual tasks and providing customized solutions that could disrupt traditional one-size-fits-all enterprise software. The manager questions whether Swedish software company Vitec has adequately addressed AI's impact on their vertical software roll-up strategy. | NOVO-B.CO GETINGE.ST IBT.ST ITAB.ST VITEC.ST |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 3, 2026 | Protean Select | 0.0% | 10.8% | ADDV.ST, AFRY.ST, ASMO.PA, BOULE.ST, CLAS-B.ST, EQT.ST, HOLMEN-B.ST, ITAB.ST, MAERSK-B.CO, NLF.CO, PEXIP.OL, REJL.ST, RUSTA.ST, SINCH.ST, STO.ST, SUZB3.SA, UPM.HE | Energy Transition, Esg, Forest Products, Long/Short, Nordics, small cap, value | Nordic forest industry faces structural headwinds from eucalyptus competition taking market share, climate-related harvesting challenges, and currency pressures. Holmen specifically struggles with integrated mills, declining paper demand, and the contradiction between maximizing forest values and industrial margins. Discussion of carbon sequestration claims by forest companies being questionable, with unclear regulations and varying calculation methods. Energy super-profits from forest companies are viewed as transient arbitrage opportunities that should not be extrapolated indefinitely. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 3, 2026 | Protean Small Cap | 4.7% | 20.7% | ADDV.ST, AFRY.ST, ASMO.PA, BOULE.ST, CLAS-B.ST, EQT.ST, HOLMEN-B.ST, ITAB.ST, LINDEX.ST, MAERSK-B.CO, NILFSK.CO, PEXIP.OL, REJL.ST, RUSTA.ST, SINCH.ST, STO.ST, UPM.HE | active management, Forest Products, IPO, Nordics, Outperformance, small caps | Nordic forest industry faces structural headwinds from eucalyptus competition taking market share, climate challenges affecting harvesting, and currency pressures. Holmen specifically struggles with integrated mills and declining paper demand while being long and short wood prices asymmetrically. Protean Small Cap delivered strong performance with 20.7% returns in 2025, outperforming benchmark by 13.4%. Portfolio includes cornerstone IPO investment in Arctic Falls and successful positions in companies like Rusta and Pexip. Focus on Nordic markets through multiple fund strategies including small cap, hedge fund, and low-fee active fund. Strong performance across Nordic-focused strategies with significant assets under management growth. | View |
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