Nomura Small Cap Core Fund

Benchmark-aware US small-cap core equity strategy focused on fundamental stock selection, quality businesses, durable competitive advantages, strong management teams and attractive valuations.$5.2B AUM5 published ideas

Nomura Small Cap Core Fund, formerly Macquarie Small Cap Core Fund, is a US small-cap equity mutual fund benchmarked to the Russell 2000 Index. The team seeks to make stock selection the primary driver of relative returns while managing sector, factor and macroeconomic risk. Investment selection emphasizes durable competitive advantages, strong management teams and attractive valuations.

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Ideas from Nomura Small Cap Core Fund

LongSMTCJun 2026

Semtech Corporation

Semtech is positioned as a small-cap beneficiary of the continued AI infrastructure buildout. The fund highlights its Active Copper Cable solutions as integral to data-center…

LongMYRGJun 2026

MYR Group Inc.

MYR Group is a direct beneficiary of secular spending on grid modernization and data-center construction. The company also entered the quarter with strong earnings momentum…

LongUCTTJun 2026

Ultra Clean Holdings Inc.

Ultra Clean sits at the intersection of AI-driven semiconductor demand and a multiyear expansion in wafer-fabrication equipment spending. Management believes the semiconductor…

LongTVTXJun 2026

Travere Therapeutics Inc.

Travere Therapeutics recovered after an earlier regulatory setback and received FDA approval for FILSPARI in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis during the quarter. The approval…

LongDNLIJun 2026

Denali Therapeutics Inc.

The fund initiated a new position in Denali Therapeutics during the quarter. Denali is a commercial-stage biotechnology company using its Transport Vehicle platform to cross the…

Letters covered

  • Q2 2026 Quarterly CommentaryJune 30, 2026

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