Check out our July 2025 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

The Democratic Republic of Congo is once again a battleground but this time, it finds itself between the US & China as control of critical minerals between the two super powers intensifies.

Meme stock mania is back, but is it under the same guise as 2020?

Years of disruption have triggered 'risk fatigue', as investors navigate shrinking returns, shifting currencies, and a fragile global outlook.

So where is the new frontier?

Does a 50% copper tariff really mean anything other than an attempt to bring affected countries to the Boardroom table? Consumption of raw materials is so heavily dominated by Asia and India nowadays, seems like there is a lot of hot air in this recent announcement.

Check out our June 2025 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

Whilst a trade deal is brokered with Vietnam, Australian diplomats are left navel-gazing wondering "when is it our turn?" There's likely a higher agenda at play here, which we discussed with Ahron Young.

Shell allegedly makes a play at bp only to have both sides discredit the suspicion some hours later as market speculation.

What we know:
- BP has had a number of executive issues and failed projects in the realm of green-energy transition.
- Shell announced a multi-billion dollar share-buy back a month ago.

Perhaps where there's smoke there's fire...?

Check out our May 2025 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

With Andrew we discuss the pursuit for control of rare earths, the challenge with China's GDP targets and why aren't Aussie's eating more goatmeat

The Spatium x IIF Agricultural Production Fund will regularly deploy capital into agricultural production with farmers and operations that are closely vetted, creating a system of equity-style investment in the farmers’ production of agricultural assets

Spatium Capital and IIF took to the Piper Alderman boardroom to formally launch the SIAPF

Is the US President electing to use his influence to entrench those already in unchallengeable power (i.e. the US-sympathetic Middle Eastern monarchies) as a message to the likes of Russia and China that he will do the same for their leaders if it brings them back to the negotiating boardroom?

Check out our April 2025 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

How will Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board consider sovereignty risk of the Australian public's residential housing data being owned by an American real estate firm. The CoStar bid unfolds.

For the third consecutive year running, and as 2024's winners, Spatium Capital has been nominated for Money Management's fund manager of the year, Rising Star, for 2025

As belts have tightened further the last quarter (even with 1 rate cut), it seems Aussie's preferred the dopamine rush of online shopping vs. eating out.

We're a few days out from the Australian Federal election so what better time to discuss the rise of Trump-isms in our own political sphere. Look no further than your mobile phone - who else has received those Trumpet of Patriots text messages?

Can China still achieve their 5% GDP target for 2025 in the shadow of a global trade war with the US?

Check out our March 2025 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

'Happy' Liberation Day to who?

It appears the sitting President is hellbent on unwinding the very fabric of globalisation and semi-harmonious trade we have become accustomed to over the last 3-4 decades. So what does that mean for our future trade relationships and ultimately, the end consumer?

Should MYER shareholders be asking for the infamous “please explain” as to what distribution centre disruptions led to such poor results?

Check out our February 2025 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

In the studio with Ahron Young and the Ticker team, discussing President Trump’s tariff’s agenda and what it could mean for US citizens, markets, and diplomacy broadly.

On AusBiz we discuss:
- Australia relies on skilled migration to maintain our GDP growth. Could fertility payments be the future for a naturalised option?
- Is AI really reasoning or just pretending to?
- Why is the Dunning Krueger effect on the lips of so many HNW's at the moment?

With the Administrators for Rex Airlines (EY) formally beginning the sale process for the embattled airline, are us Australian's really that surprised when successive Federal Govt's have made airfare prices ultimately non-competitive?

Is it too early to jump on The Star Entertainment Group rally as SGR.ASX jumped 12.5% yesterday thanks to the $650mn debt-refinancing offer from Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.?

Check out our January 2025 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

Access to the $AUD1.4trillion superannuation system sounds pretty lucrative: we shared some thoughts with Reuters on Brookfield becoming the 3rd entrant into the Insignia Financial bidding war

On Ausbiz we discuss:
- investors pressure a rout of Global CEO's to the exit in 2024
- is passive investing nearing bubble territory?
- should we prepare for an unfavourable year of media on the stockmarket?

Check out our December 2024 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

On AusBiz we discuss:
- Forecasting follies - beware those who presume to know the future
- Follow the money - how are Singaporean FO's looking to deploy capital?

Check out our November 2024 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

In 2025, Spatium Capital in partnership with Invest Inya Farmer will bring a one of its kind wholesale agriculture production fund to wholesale investors

Check out our October 2024 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

Melbourne-based funds management firm Spatium Capital and Singapore-based Conduit Group have announced consolidation plans to expand their collaboration across distribution and markets.

Thrilled to share we won the Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2024 award for Finance!

On AusBiz we discussed:
(1) Outflow challenges at Renaissance Technologies (2) ESG projects have captured Singaporean attention (3) CEOs nearing milestone ages might impact company performance due to increased honesty - beware the dreaded number 9!

With the US election on our doorstep, do politicians actually impact the stock market?

Check out our September 2024 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

On AusBiz we discussed:
(1) EU and US retail spending habits (2) AI: fad, craze or trend? (3) Does deletion from an index provide for an investment opportunity?

Sick of all the unusual finance jargon? Let us break it down for you

Check out our August 2024 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

Check out our July 2024 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

Check out our June 2024 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

How do we identify the companies that we think have the potential to offer upside on a short-term basis and how do we screen out the ones we think have more engrained problems?

Why do we refuse not to have one or few 'favourite' stocks in the portfolio?

Check out our May 2024 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

Nick won the gong!

Nick was nominated for Fund Manager of the Year, so we had to embarrass him

Post day-45, how much juice can we squeeze out of a company before the market catches on and it's fairly valued once again?

With Andrew we explore when the return spread between the ASX200 and Small Ords might begin, pitfalls to watch out for during tax-loss harvesting month and how the younger generations will need to grow their wealth if Resi property remains out of reach

St Bernard's College welcomed us to present at the local Business Breakfast. Check out the write up for more

What's a quiet month look like for us at the trade terminal? How many companies did the Fund buy and sell?

Tom Richardson from the AFR reached out for our thoughts on recent market info

With Andrew from Ausbiz we discuss the greatest learning from Jim Simons illustrious career, when evidence-based decision making fails and how to positively participate in this gamified society

Watch our Quarterly Update video for Q1 of Calendar Year 2024

Check out our April 2024 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

Spatium is asked all the time: what's your favourite stock? Well, here it is.

With Nadene on Ausbiz, we discuss the evolutionary quirk of Mozambican elephants as well as some fundamental lessons that can be learned from past investment decisions

Our very own Nick Quinn has been nominated for Money Management and Lonsec's Fund Manager of the Year for 2024

Check out our March 2024 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

Aussie Small caps show signs of a pulse - but is it enough for the bullish rally to finally reverse the last 2.5 years of pain? Also, how do you circumvent US tariffs when your country has been placed on a trade embargo?

Check out our February 2024 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

Can US Presidents actually influence the stock market? What does persistent Chinese deflation means for the global economy? Watch our interview on Ausbiz to find out more

Check out our January 2024 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

A big update for the Firm as we reach $367million in traded capital since inception of the Fund

Lets look under the hood of the US labor data and are Aussie's suffering from intellectual stagnation?

We discuss how Aus Small Caps are becoming more popular for self-directed SMSF's and why it is an essential segment of portfolios

In discussion with the Australian Financial Review, we discussed the savings investors can receive when seeking competing brokerage options for their equity portfolios

Check out our December 2023 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

In 2024 we explore the reasons why Aussie Smalls are overdue for inflows with Ausbiz

Check out our November 2023 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

SQM Research awards Spatium a Favourable rating

Spatium elects new Trustee and Administrator that support the evolution of the Fund and its digital accessibility

Check out our October 2023 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

With Andrew from Ausbiz, we discuss if 'bad' luck can be outlasted and why the secret for many successful Fund Managers is longevity

Check out our September 2023 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

We argue that the volatility profile for Aus small caps is the perfect hunting ground for a quant strategy that looks to exploit inefficiencies

Spatium Capital has been nominated as a Finalist in Business News Australia's Young Entrepreneur of 2023

On Ausbiz with Andrew, we discuss if the two year hiatus for Aus Small Caps is finally over and that their outperforming days might be on the come back

How the iShares Small Ords ETF stacks up against the Spatium Small Companies Fund

The Singaporean integrated financial services company, the Conduit Group, has invested in the Spatium Small Companies Fund.

Check out our August 2023 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

Rhea Nath of Money Management Australia was kind enough to signpost our embracing of being recognised as a quant manager and how the Firm's five-year cumulative outperformance of 53% is getting the right attention

Check out our July 2023 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

Spatium Capital embraces quant identity for investment strategy as Advisers acknowledge uptake of interest

Our thesis on why short-term mispricings need to be considered more closely by sophisticated investors was delivered to the Investment Markets investor webinar

Did you know that your political persuasion can influence your portfolio? We discussed this US quirk and the resurgence of speculative stocks on Ausbiz

Contrary to most fund managers, Spatium Capital is hoping for more volatility, not less, after short-term mispricings helped its Small Companies fund see returns four times higher than its benchmark in FY23

Check out our June 2023 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

Did you know that the Spatium Small Companies Fund outperformed 4 out of 4 quarters in FY2023? The Fund has now successfully outperformed 16 of the last 20 quarters to the end of June 2023

What's the $5.8trillion dollar hole in risk assets and will it recover? Watch the video to find out more about this, Braess' paradox and why the ASX might be underperforming the US markets

At the end of June 2023, we celebrated our 5th birthday - and like any birthday, it's always better to celebrate a milestone which for us, is a +22.1% return for FY2023

With Kochie on Ausbiz, we discussed why investors should hold their money managers to greater account and why retailers might not be out of the woods yet

On Ausbiz we discussed the minor return of volatility off the back of the recent events in Russia plus how being aware of overconfidence through this next economic cycle is crucial to surviving this continually choppy environment.

Check out our May 2023 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

On Ausbiz we discuss both whether the US can achieve a 'soft landing' for their economy and, do investors prefer their fund managers to outperform in bull or bear markets?

Check out our April 2023 results for the Spatium Small Companies Fund

Five small-cap stocks we are currently reviewing