Odey Asset Management's Special Situations Fund (SSF) lost 2.15% in November, outperforming its benchmark, the MSCI World USD Index by a slim margin of 0.04% (the benchmark declined -2.19% in the month).
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The $83 million fund, founded in October 2019 and managed by Adrian Courtenay, has returned 22.5% year-to-date and a compound annual growth rate since inception of 35.6%.
Corporate Governance Failures
In his November update, which ValueWalk has been able to review, Courtenay highlights two stock-specific developments, which he believes involved "corporate governance failures" that led to an offer undervaluing the acquisition target.
First of all, in November, brewing giant Heineken announced a recommended and binding offer for a core holding of the...

