Fund Type: | Single | Discretionary/Quantitative: | Discretionary |
Strategy: | Equity Long/Short | FUM (millions): | AU$87m |
Style: | Blend | Fund Inception Date: | Since 01 July 2018 |
Geographic Mandate: | Global | Latest Return Date: | October 2024 |
Fund Domicile: | Australia | Investor Type: | Wholesale |
Status: | Open | Reporting Status: | Current |
Manager: | Frazis Capital Partners | Total FUM for all funds: | AU$87m |
Manager Overview:
Frazis Capital Partners ran a global long/short strategy from June 2016 to June 2018 that returned 38% net. The strategy was relaunched as an Australian unit trust on 1 July 2018.
Michael Frazis, the fund's Chief Investment Officer, is responsible for the fund's investments. He has over 10 years' experience in public markets. For the first 5 years of his career he worked for a private equity firm analysing listed and unlisted investments across the capital structure in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Michael holds a BA and Master of Chemistry from Oxford University where he was a member of Magdalen College. |
Fund/Strategy Overview:
The Frazis Fund is a thematic long/short global equity fund, with a macro overlay. The Fund invests in what Frazis believe to be the fastest growing and most loved companies on the planet, across technology and the life sciences. The portfolio pairs high conviction, concentrated, long-term equity investments, with asymmetric, proprietary hedging strategies, to create a unique and highly differentiated return profile.
The manager follows a disciplined, process-driven, and thematic strategy focused on five core investment strategies: 1) Growth stocks that are really value stocks; 2) Traditional deep value; 3) The life sciences; 4) Miners and drillers expanding production into supply deficits; 5) Global special situations; The manager uses a macro overlay to manage exposure, hedging in three ways: 1) Direct shorts 2) Upside exposure to the VIX index 3) Index optionality |
Minimum Investment: | Minimum Additional Investment: | Minimum Term: | Investment Frequency: |
US$100,000 | US$5,000 | Monthly | |
Regular Savings Option: | Regular Savings Min. Amount : | Regular Savings Max. Amount : | Regular Savings Freq.: |
No | N/A | ||
Redemption Notice: | Redemption Frequency: | Notes: | |
Monthly |
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Distributions: | Distribution Frequency: | Last Distribution Date: | Last Distribution Amount: |
Yes | Annually | US$ |
Offshore/Onshore: | Fund Structure: | Share Classes: | Trustee/Responsible Entity: |
Offshore | Unit Trust | AU$ | Evolution Trustees Limited |
Administrator: | Prime Broker: | Custodian: | Legal: |
Mainstream Fund Services | Interactive Brokers LLC | Mainstream Fund Services | Walkers (Dubai) LLP |
Management Fee: | Performance Fee: | High Water Mark: | Hurdle: |
1.5% | 20% | Yes | N/A |
Buy Spread: | Sell spread: | Early Redemption Fee: | Fees Notes: |
0.200% | 0.200% | No |
Latest Return Date: | Latest Result: | Fund Inception Date: | Annualised Return: |
October 2024 | -12.84% | 01 July 2018 | 3.64% |
Latest 3 Months: | Latest 6 Months: | Latest 12 Months: | Latest 2 Years p.a.: |
-13.22% | 33.20% | 106.91% | 37.06% |
Latest 3 Years p.a.: | Latest 4 Years p.a.: | Latest 5 Years p.a.: | Latest 7 Years p.a.: |
-16.25% | -3.58% | 6.55% | N/A |
% Positive Months (S.I.): | Average Return: | Average +ve Return: | Average -ve Return: |
52.63% | 0.95% | 9.47% | -8.52% |
Best Month: | Worst Month: | Up Capture Ratio (S.I.): | Down Capture Ratio (S.I.): |
32.00% | -27.80% | 266.08% | 168.65% |
Largest Drawdown (S.I.): | Longest Drawdown (S.I.): | Current Drawdown (%): | Current Drawdown (Months): |
-75.03% | 38 months | -44.97% | 38 months |
Annualised Standard Deviation (S.I.): | Downside Deviation (S.I.): | Sortino Ratio (S.I.): | - |
39.51% | 25.83% | 0.07 | - |
Sharpe Ratio (12 months): | Sharpe Ratio (3 years): | Sharpe Ratio (5 years): | Sharpe Ratio (S.I.): |
1.94 | -0.27 | 0.32 | 0.25 |
Please note, Sharpe and Sortino ratios are calculated using the Australian Risk Free Rate |
AFM's Quintile Rankings show performance and Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) of Frazis Fund compared to a peer group of funds with a similar strategy and geographic mandate. Each green square places a fund in one quintile (or 20%) of its peer group - five indicating that the fund is in the top (best) quintile for the corresponding KPI.
As a reference point the equivalent "quintile" performance of the peer group's underlying market index is also indicated by the red dot.
Historical Performance (all figures shown here are net of fees unless otherwise stated)
Year | Jan % | Feb % | Mar % | Apr % | May % | Jun % | Jul % | Aug % | Sep % | Oct % | Nov % | Dec % | YTD % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 10.46 | 13.00 | 1.00 | -6.60 | 32.00 | 15.01 | 1.10 | 1.60 | -2.00 | -12.84 | N/R | N/R | 56.84 |
2023 | 19.99 | -4.61 | 5.00 | -3.00 | 9.10 | 4.10 | 6.10 | -8.00 | -8.00 | -10.42 | 17.32 | 12.45 | 40.51 |
2022 | -24.60 | -2.80 | -5.61 | -26.56 | -14.54 | -12.46 | 16.00 | -2.62 | -6.29 | -4.20 | -2.02 | -13.00 | -67.15 |
2021 | 12.10 | 2.50 | -9.10 | 1.20 | -4.00 | 14.30 | -7.40 | 8.00 | -7.50 | 1.30 | -7.40 | -12.40 | -11.84 |
2020 | 11.40 | -6.20 | -27.80 | 24.90 | 16.70 | 13.90 | 6.10 | 15.50 | -1.10 | 1.40 | 24.80 | 8.50 | 108.43 |
2019 | 8.74 | 6.30 | 2.90 | 3.60 | -1.80 | -7.40 | 0.90 | 10.90 | -10.81 | 7.60 | 7.50 | -4.00 | 24.18 |
2018 | N/R | N/R | N/R | N/R | N/R | N/R | 2.04 | 1.63 | -3.40 | -14.50 | -3.30 | -8.37 | -24.11 |
Historical Financial Year Performance (all figures shown here are are percentage per month net of fees unless otherwise stated)
Year | Jul % | Aug % | Sep % | Oct % | Nov % | Dec % | Jan % | Feb % | Mar % | Apr % | May % | Jun % | FYTD % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024/2025 | 1.10 | 1.60 | -2.00 | -12.84 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -12.26 |
2023/2024 | 6.10 | -8.00 | -8.00 | -10.42 | 17.32 | 12.45 | 10.46 | 13.00 | 1.00 | -6.60 | 32.00 | 15.01 | 89.71 |
2022/2023 | 16.00 | -2.62 | -6.29 | -4.20 | -2.02 | -13.00 | 19.99 | -4.61 | 5.00 | -3.00 | 9.10 | 4.10 | 14.45 |
2021/2022 | -7.40 | 8.00 | -7.50 | 1.30 | -7.40 | -12.40 | -24.60 | -2.80 | -5.61 | -26.56 | -14.54 | -12.46 | -71.11 |
2020/2021 | 6.10 | 15.50 | -1.10 | 1.40 | 24.80 | 8.50 | 12.10 | 2.50 | -9.10 | 1.20 | -4.00 | 14.30 | 93.00 |
2019/2020 | 0.90 | 10.90 | -10.81 | 7.60 | 7.50 | -4.00 | 11.40 | -6.20 | -27.80 | 24.90 | 16.70 | 13.90 | 38.81 |
2018/2019 | 2.04 | 1.63 | -3.40 | -14.50 | -3.30 | -8.37 | 8.74 | 6.30 | 2.90 | 3.60 | -1.80 | -7.40 | -14.96 |