article 05-10-2021

Charlie Dreifus Quoted In Barron’s Discussing Abe Briloff

PM Charlie Dreifus was quoted in Barron’s sharing his experience about his late mentor, Abe Briloff.

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PM Charlie Dreifus recently shared with Barron’s in an article titled “How Barron’s Writer Abe Briloff Exposed Companies’ Shady Accounting” by Bill Alpert how his late mentor instilled his diligent attention to accounting in him.

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Charlie, who has frequently discussed the impact Briloff had on him, was quoted in the article saying, “He didn’t write like an accountant. He wrote like a poet, quoting the Bible and Greek literature.”

Charlie continues to use the lessons his mentor taught him on how public companies can play accounting tricks on their shareholders while managing Royce Special Equity. While Briloff was originally unpopular with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants due to his rigorous work, “pooling of interests” was later banned by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. To this day, Charlie scrutinizes companies using this same approach.

“They did everything to discredit him. But he felt he was on a mission, like Don Quixote. There was a loneliness in that,” Charlie was quoted saying in the article.

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Learn more about Charlie Dreifus here.

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  1Q211 1YR 3YR 5YR 10YR 15YR 20YR SINCE INCEPT. DATE
Special Equity 13.23 61.35 9.14 10.76 8.23 7.95 10.12 9.06 5/01/98
Russell 2000 Value 21.17 97.05 11.57 13.56 10.06 7.38 9.53 8.47 N/A
Russell 2000 12.70 94.85 14.76 16.35 11.68 8.83 9.76 8.29 N/A

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1 Not annualized.

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