We have a trackrecord that speaks volumes

  • Personal portfolio: +70% in 2022-2023 vs <-15% S&P 500 (Jan 2023)
  • Asset Management for a Quote 500 member: +18.4%, IRR +98% p.a. on advice activity (Sep 2021 through March 2022)
  • The Fund has outperformed near-peer benchmarks since inception and is up +29% since inception two-and-a-half years ago (March 2023 through August 2025)

(First two returns are results of the fund manager in various mandates. They have been obtained outside of the Van der Mandele ARAR Fund and are for illustrative purposes only. Historical results are no guarantee for future performance.)

We deliver by using:

  • a straight “long-only” investment model – no leverage, no derivates, no surprises
  • a unique top-down/bottom-up selection process that lets us focus on the truly attractive stocks
  • a seamless combination of quantitative and qualitative valuation strategies
  • the flexibility of a small and active investor with a passion for performance
  • founder-class discounts that benefit you:
    • 15/1 instead of 20/2

Why we succeed where others fail

  1. As a nimble and small fund, we are able to look for opportunities in places not feasible for the star managers of big banks and hedge funds.
  2. In contrast to many competitors, we seamlessly combine quantitative with qualitative analysis, which allows us to exploit opportunities given to us by parties that fail to do this right.
  3. The number of managers pursuing similar strategies is relatively small compared to the market and it is one of the least crowded strategies at this moment.

You are tired of:

  • Poor performance that follows the index – at best
  • Unimaginative investments in traditional or popular ‘big name’ stocks
  • Fuzzy methodologies and haphazard decision making
  • Talking to the wrong person

You want to:

  • Invest with a manager that has a promising trackrecord
  • Invest based on fundamentals:
    • no gimmicks
    • no foggy reports
  • Understand what the investment manager is doing:
    • personal contact
    • no risky derivatives

Our Investment Philosophy

  • Given our track record, we strongly believe in (our) active management
  • We base our strategy on fundamental analysis: valuing companies based on their ability to return capital on a long timeframe (Discounted Cash Flow)
  • We love numbers, but we need to know what is happening within and outside the companies we find attractive. Analysis is our expertise and requires a lot of time, but it pays off
  • We are able to identify opportunities within any industry, and through our models we have identified opportunities in a broad part of the market, with room in our portfolio for Tech, Banks, Energy, etc.
  • Because we are different, we are not afraid to overweigh our portfolio wherever opportunity arises: We focused on Apple and LinkedIn when they dipped in 2017, we went hard on Energy in 2021H2, and we are looking at several Tech companies right now for the future.
  • While we don’t aim for this specifically, our approach leads to an acceptably diversified portfolio of stocks that we strongly believe will outperform in the next 6-36 months.

Our method

  1. Screening of over 30.000 companies (only >50 MN EUR Market Cap) using proprietary criteria that we believe help identify outperformers (~98% falls off)
  2. Manually screening for data irregularities and qualitative reasons to discard certain companies (~90% of remaining stocks fall off).
  3. A thorough analysis for every single company still under consideration, ranking them and discarding until our top 15/30 remains.
  4. A narrow portfolio remains that we can hold with confidence.
  5. We update our inputs regularly and continuously monitor for news. When we consider the picture has become unattractive, we sell with confidence (whether this materializes a profit OR a loss)

Why choose the ARAR Fund?

  • Expertise, passion and a fantastic private track record
  • Investors deal directly with the CIO instead of Account Managers and other 2nd hand information dealers
  • A perfect environment for outperformance of fundamental value based strategies by those with confidence, expertise and dedication
  • A very highly aligned interest: >75% of personal liquid wealth of CIO invested in the fund
  • A fund with an extremely simple portfolio with no room for hidden risks
  • A founder-class fee structure that favors the bold

Who are ‘we’?

Pendelhaven Asset Management B.V. acts as the Fund Manager of the Van der Mandele ARAR Fund and is managed by its founder, Joost van der Mandele, and supported by its Senior Investment Analyst, Peter Hoogendijk.

J.P. van der Mandele
Founder and CIO
Pendelhaven Asset Management B.V.
Founder ARAR Fund

Joost van der Mandele

-15 year of experience in Financial Markets at some of the world’s top trading firms (Van der Moolen, Flow Traders, IMC)

-Experience with multiple >10 mio EUR portfolios and previously responsible for analysis at one of the most profitable trading floors of Europe

-A career focused on analysis AND performance

P. Hoogendijk
Senior Investment Analyst
Pendelhaven Asset Management B.V.

Peter Hoogendijk

-More than 20 years trading experience

->15 years managing partner at ORA Traders

-Active Portfolio Manager

Documentation

Key Investor Document (KID / EID (Essentiële Informatie Document)

Information Memorandum (All information)

Subscription Agreement

Redemption Form

Investor’s Letter November 2025
Investor’s Letter September 2025
Investor’s Letter July 2025
Investor’s Letter May 2025
Investor’s Letter March 2025
Investor’s Letter January 2025
New Year’s Letter 2025
Investor’s Letter November 2024
Investor’s Letter September 2024
Investor’s Letter July 2024
Investor’s Letter May 2024
Investor’s Letter March 2024
Investor’s Letter January 2024
Investor’s Letter November 2023
Investor’s Letter September 2023
Investor’s Letter July 2023
Investor’s Letter May 2023
Investor’s Letter March 2023

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