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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q2 | Sep 10, 2025 | Kernow Asset Management | - | - | CARD.L, FRAS.L, GFRD.L, MTRO.L, SAGA.L, SMDS.L, STB.L | Banking, contrarian, regulation, retail, Short Selling, UK Equities | Manager is long Metro Bank following regulatory signals that may allow exit from MREL band, potentially unlocking £500m in capital. Also long Secure Trust Bank after favorable UK car finance court ruling, though provisions may rise from £6m to £20m. Simultaneously short another bank where similar provision escalation would be terminal. | STB.L WHSM.L MTRO.L STB LN MTRO LN SMWH LN |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jun 30, 2025 | Ennismore European Smaller Companies Fund | - | 8.1% | AMF.DE, COST.L, EVS.BR, SFQ.DE, STB.L, TRI.PA, UPG.L, WTB.L | Europe, Germany, Hotels, infrastructure, Long/Short, semiconductors, small caps, value | Whitbread represents a compelling opportunity with Premier Inn's strong UK market position and significant growth potential in Germany. The company trades at a discount to historic valuations despite management's value creation initiatives and the German operations approaching profitability. Current UK macroeconomic headwinds create a temporary window for market share gains from weak independent players. | WTB.L WTB LN COST LN |
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| 2023 Q1 | Apr 6, 2023 | Ennismore European Smaller Companies Fund | -3.3% | -3.3% | CGM.PA, COA.L, COST.L, EVS.BR, FIE.DE, IGG.L, JUST.L, MOL.MI, MZHN.SW, STB.L, STO.DE, SWON.SW, UPGS.L, VOS.DE, WSU.DE | Absolute return, Europe, industrials, Long/Short, small caps, value | The fund holds significant positions in industrial companies including Vossloh AG (rail equipment), Costain Group (construction), and Washtec AG (car wash equipment). The manager sees value in companies with strong competitive positions and recurring revenue streams from services and spare parts. | WAF.DE |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 4, 2025 | Ennismore European Smaller Companies Fund | 5.4% | 5.4% | ACAD.ST, CGPN.L, CXR.L, DWNI.DE, EVS.BR, SFH.DE, SFR.L, STB.L, STEM.L, THER.PA, TRI.PA, VOS.DE | Absolute return, Europe, Long/Short, small caps, value | Vossloh AG will profit from increased spending into railways with announced infrastructure investments in Germany. The company reported inline full year results and gave encouraging outlook including the soon to be closed Sateba acquisition. | THEP.PA |
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| 2023 Q3 | Oct 5, 2023 | Ennismore European Smaller Companies Fund | - | -1.7% | ANTV.MI, COST.L, EVS.BR, GLJ.DE, IGG.L, NOVG.DE, STB.L, STO.DE, VOS.DE, VRLA.PA | Banking, Europe, Long/Short, small cap, Specialty Finance, value | Detailed analysis of Secure Trust Bank as a UK specialist lender trading at 3.5x earnings and 67% discount to tangible book. The company has grown its loan book to £3.2bn with focus on retail finance and real estate lending, showing resilient credit metrics despite economic headwinds. | STB.L |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 13, 2026 | Ennismore European Smaller Companies Fund | 0.0% | 10.7% | AAD.DE, BNTX, COST.L, DWNI.DE, EVS.BR, LSS.PA, PDX.ST, RNK.DE, SFQ.DE, SIKA.SW, STB.L, STO.DE, THEP.PA, TRI.PA, ULP.L, VETQ.PA, VOW3.DE | AI, defense, Europe, infrastructure, Long/Short, Quality, small caps, value | The fund focuses on European smaller companies with significant volatility in 2025 as investors turned attention towards large, liquid businesses. Despite brief revival of interest in small caps early in the year, the asset class faced headwinds from investor preference for large-cap themes like energy, defense, and AI. The fund employs a valuation-first investing framework with strong conviction in individual positions based on quality of businesses and embedded margin of safety. Top ten long positions trade at average EV/NOPAT multiple of thirteen times versus twenty-four times for short positions, implying nearly 50% valuation discount for comparable quality. Several portfolio companies benefited from upcoming infrastructure spending in Germany and the UK, with Vossloh and Costain Group seeing significant improvements in market perception. The fund anticipates positive triggers from launch of exceptionally large infrastructure projects in Germany. The defense industry continued to rally with valuations detaching from fundamentals in favor of narrative. The fund was slow to react to this theme, with short position in Renk Group costing performance as defense companies outperformed despite fundamental concerns. Artificial intelligence emerged as an intense focus theme for investors, creating headwinds for some portfolio companies. Moltiply Group faced investor concerns about AI impact, while the broader market showed exuberant behavior in speculative corners with focus on AI themes. | R3NK GR STO3 GR SFQ GR DWNI GR TRI FP EVS BB SIKA SW STB LN |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 12, 2026 | Kernow Asset Management | 0.0% | 16.4% | CARD.L, CMCX.L, KIST.L, MTRO.L, SAGA.L, SMWH.L, STB.L, WISE.L | Banking, contrarian, Data centers, Long/Short, oil, Uk, value | The fund demonstrates classic value investing principles, buying companies trading below book value. Secure Trust Bank trades at half its book value, effectively allowing investors to buy £1 for 50p. The contrarian approach of buying when oil dropped 20% and others are selling exemplifies value discipline. Significant exposure to UK banking sector with Secure Trust Bank, Metro Bank Holdings, and CMC Markets representing major positions. Secure Trust Bank's division sale at premium to book value and new lending strategy announcement expected at Capital Markets Day are key catalysts. Despite oil dropping 20% in 2025 and Trafigura expecting further declines amid supply glut, the fund maintains contrarian positioning. Kistos doubled oil and gas production through Middle East acquisition, creating what the manager views as the most mispriced stock in the portfolio. Shorted Fermi, a £12bn AI data centre IPO, betting against the peak of AI data centre euphoria. The thesis relied on political shifts and tech breakthroughs reshaping the landscape. The stock dropped 70% within three months, validating the short position. | MICC LN FRMI LN CARD LN KIST LN STB LN |
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| 2024 Q4 | Jan 10, 2025 | Ennismore European Smaller Companies Fund | - | -6.5% | AAD.DE, ACAD.ST, COS.L, EVS.BR, IGG.L, MOL.MI, NOVG.SW, SMRO, STB.L, STEM.L, STO.DE, SWON.SW, ULP.L, VOS.DE | Europe, Germany, industrials, infrastructure, Long/Short, small caps, technology, value | Fund focuses on European smaller companies with net exposure of 25% in sub-GBP 250m market cap companies. Microcaps in Europe have underperformed by 33% over last 3 years but offer significant mispricing opportunities due to less broker research and institutional coverage. | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Apr 28, 2026 | Fund Letters | Ennismore European Smaller Companies Fund | Secure Trust Bank | Financials | Consumer Finance | Bull | London Stock Exchange | conservative lending, consumer finance, insider buying, market share gains, real estate finance, Specialist Lender, technology platform, undervalued, Value, Vehicle Finance | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Kernow Asset Management | Secure Trust Bank PLC | Financials | Banks | Bull | London Stock Exchange | banking, Capital Markets Day, Credit, Motor Finance, Provisions, Relative value, specialist lending, UK | View Pitch |
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