Variis (va-riis), a Latin word meaning diverse
The word diverse aptly describes the investment opportunities in Emerging Markets, but also the backgrounds, experiences and perspectives of the team, the investment approach, and the ownership of the firm.
Partner-owned
A majority female-owned boutique, established in November 2022. The four partners collectively own the business.
High conviction
A concentrated portfolio of carefully selected, longer-term investments in attractively valued, high-quality businesses, with no tendency to mimic market indices.
Variis Stakeholder Investing
A pragmatic stakeholder perspective that avoids superficial checkboxes, and is particularly relevant in the nuanced context of Emerging Markets.
FROM OUR QUARTERLY LETTERS
Latest thinking
2Q26
China’s indigenous semiconductor ecosystem
This quarter’s special topic examines the indigenous semiconductor ecosystem taking shape in China across its four building blocks: logic foundry, memory, fabrication equipment and fabless chip design.
1Q26
Humanoid Robotics
This quarter’s special topic accepts that humanoid robotics is likely to become a huge industry, and asks the harder investment question: how long will it take?
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