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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | The Gabelli ABC Fund | 1.5% | 7.9% | ALE, AXNX, CNHI, CTLT, FOX, JNPR, KKR, LEN, NAPA, NFG, SCWX, SJI, SRDX, TGNA, TXNM | arbitrage, Capital markets, Event Driven, M&A, Mergers | M&A activity totaled $3.2 trillion globally in 2024, a 10% increase from 2023. Technology, energy and power, and financials were the most active sectors. Private equity-backed transactions contributed 22% to total deal volumes. The new Trump administration is expected to spur a resurgence of deal activity with less strict antitrust enforcement. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 31, 2024 | VH Standard Asset Management | - | -0.8% | CPRI, CTLT, EDR, ESGR, FYBR, GBNY, HCP, HES, JNPR, K, MGRC, MNTX, RCM, SMAR, SRCL, SRDX, VBFC | Deal Analysis, diversification, insurance, M&A, Merger Arbitrage, risk management | The fund is positioned across multiple merger arbitrage transactions in the healthcare sector, including deals like CTLT and other healthcare-related M&A activity. The manager discusses the strong success rate of insurance company transactions and analyzes deal-level risk across various sectors including healthcare. | ESGR |
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| 2024 Q4 | Jan 27, 2025 | VH Standard Asset Management | - | -3.9% | ALTM, ALTR, AXNX, CDMO, CTLT, ESGR, GBNY, HCP, HES, INST, IPG, JNPR, JWN, MRNS, PDCO, PTVE, RCM, SMAR, SRCL, SRDX | Antitrust, Deal Flow, M&A, Merger Arbitrage, Regulatory, Trump | The fund experienced significant losses from the CPRI transaction failure in October, with the judge ruling against the merger based on novel antitrust theories about affordable luxury handbags. Despite this setback, the manager notes 33 deals completed between October and year-end with only 4 failures, indicating continued M&A activity in the sector. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | The Gabelli ABC Fund | 3.5% | 0.0% | BSX, CHUY, FOXA, FTR, INST, JNPR, K, KKR, LBTYK, LEN, MARS, PRY, SRDX, TXNM, VZ, VZIO, WIRE | arbitrage, Deal Activity, M&A, private equity, technology | The technology sector remained the most active with $375 billion worth of new deals announced in the first three quarters of 2024, representing a 29% year-over-year increase. Notable transactions included Mars Company's agreement to acquire Kellanova for $28.8 billion and Verizon's arrangement to acquire Frontier Communications for $9.6 billion. | View | |
| 2023 Q2 | Aug 31, 2023 | SRK Capital | 0.0% | 17.2% | HGBL, HROW, SGMA, SRDX, VASO | - | View |
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