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Interview with Teraz Fund’s senior strategist Mark Zaret

Jan / 10 / 25

 

As he did last year, Teraz senior strategist Mark Zaret sat down for a discussion with blogger Bill Powers of Mining Stock Education.  In this latest interview, Mark discusses such topics as his most recent picks, the fate of last year’s picks and lessons learned, the cyclicality of the resource markets, and many other topics.

 

Please CLICK HERE to watch the interview on YouTube.

 

Teraz invests in a diversified portfolio of small- and micro-cap equities, taking long positions in early-stage companies run by successful entrepreneurs, including start-ups, cash-rich shells, M&A candidates, as well as deep fundamental value and turnaround opportunities.

 

For investors seeking the outsized returns that can be found in the micro- and small-cap sector but who want to avoid the time and complexity involved with research and follow-up, Teraz may prove an ideal proxy.  Teraz is available in Class A, F and I units.

 

For more details of this offering please CLICK HERE or contact our sales representative Paul Patterson (ppatterson@spartanfunds.ca) who would be pleased to provide you with more details.

Seeking Monthly Income? Spartan launches the Capital Asset Income Fund

Jan / 10 / 25

 

 

Spartan has recently launched the Capital Asset Income Fund for investors seeking monthly income.

 

The Fund provides access to two residential mortgage loan funds – the Mortgage Company of Canada Inc. (“MCOCI”) and First Mortgage LP (“FMLP”) – managed by Capital Asset Lending, one of Canada’s largest private providers of residential mortgages.

 

The underlying loans are short-term – the weighted average term-to-maturity is less than one year – and focuses on borrowers with conservative loan-to-value ratios purchasing single-family houses in the Greater Toronto Area and other urban Ontario centers (with minimal condo exposure, and no commercial, construction or land development lending).

 

Why Invest?

• The Fund is currently targeted to yield 8.6% (Class ‘F’) and 7.5% (Class ‘A’)
• Historically low correlation to both equity and fixed-income markets
• No missed distributions for both underlying funds
• Mortgages are short-term mortgages (< 1 year) so all have been qualified based on current interest rates and valuations
• No historical loss experienced on share capital
• Eligible for registered accounts

 

For more details of this offering please CLICK HERE  or contact our sales representative Paul Patterson (ppatterson@spartanfunds.ca) who would be pleased to provide you with more details.

Spartan Launches the Bromma Resource Canada Access Fund

Jan / 10 / 25

Spartan Fund Management is pleased to announce that Bromma Asset Management’s resource-focused strategy – which has compounded in excess of +20% since its October 2019 founding – is now available in Canada.

 

The Bromma Resource Canada Access Fund (the “Fund”) provides investors with access to the Cayman-domiciled Bromma Resource Fund Inc. (the “Master Fund”) managed by Bromma Asset Management, a Toronto-based, natural resource-focused investment manager co-founded in 2019 by Chief Investment Officer Harry Lundin.

 

The Fund’s strategy focuses on the following three main areas:

 

• Event-Driven Financings – Bromma originates and/or has access to financings which Bromma believes have asymmetric risk-to-reward profiles; it also believes that it receives strong allocations on over-subscribed financings that have greatly outperformed the market

• Investing in Developers – Bromma invests in companies that are on the verge of becoming producers for the purpose of capitalizing on the “re-rate” – i.e., the increase in the valuation multiple as a company moves from the development to production stage

• Structured Financings – Bromma participates in and has originated convertible debenture financings on favorable terms for companies it believes have best-in-class projects

For more details of this offering please CLICK HERE  contact our sales representative Paul Patterson (ppatterson@spartanfunds.ca) who would be pleased to provide you with more details.

MM Fund – Globe & Mail interview

Dec / 04 / 23

The Globe & Mail recently interviewed Ed Sollbach, the portfolio manager of Spartan’s MM Fund, which has significantly outperformed the TSX since the Fund’s inception 8 ½ years ago – by 4% per annum or over 63% on a cumulative basis.  MM Fund’s compounded annualized return since inception is +11.10%.[1]

 

MM Fund is highly ranked by Morningstar for 5 year returns of Canadian Equity funds.[2]

 

Other MM Fund highlights:

• Eligible for registered accounts and approved for purchase at most broker-dealers
• As a prospectus-based mutual fund, it is available with no paperwork and a very low minimum order size ($500)
• Portfolio Manager is the largest investor in the Fund, ensuring a good alignment of incentives between manager and investors

 

Click here to read the full Interview

 

Click here for more information on the MM Fund

 

 

 

 

 

[1] Performance numbers are net of management and performance fees for the period commencing July 15, 2015 for the Class F units, but do not take into account early redemption fees if investments are held less than 1 year. 
 Returns and statistics for other classes are available on request.

[2] Category: Canadian Equity; Index: Morningstar Canada GR CAD; Earliest Available data July 15, 2015.