AFM Fund Profile — Frazis Fund

Fund & Manager Details

Key Facts

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 Details and Fund Description

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

Investment Details

Investment Terms

Minimum Investment: Minimum Additional Investment: Minimum Term: Investment Frequency:
US$100,000 US$5,000 Monthly
Regular Savings Option: Regular Savings Min. Amount : Regular Savings Max. Amount : Regular Savings Freq.:
No N/A 
Redemption Notice: Redemption Frequency: Notes:
Monthly
Distributions: Distribution Frequency: Last Distribution Date: Last Distribution Amount:
Yes Annually US$

Structure

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

Fund Fees

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

Performance & Risk

Returns

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

Performance Statistics

% 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

Risk

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

Ranking, Research & Availability

Fund Quintile in its Peer Group (Equity Alternative - Global) as at August 2024

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.

1 Year
3 Year
5 Year
7 Year
Frazis Fund
All Countries World Index (AUD)

External Research and Ratings: As reported by each Fund Manager.

No external fund ratings provided

Availability:As reported by each Fund Manager.

No investment platforms supplied

News & Insights

Performance Report: Frazis Fund
28 Jan 2022 - FundMonitors.com
Since inception in July 2018, the Frazis Fund has outperformed the Global Equity Index, providing investors with an annualised return of 22.12%, compared with the index's return of 14.8% over the same time period. The fund has an...
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What can you make of highs & lows?
28 Jan 2022 - Frazis Capital Partners
Portfolio Manager Michael Frazis gives a perspective on what could be driving sell-offs.
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Performance Report: Frazis Fund
22 Dec 2021 - FundMonitors.com
The Frazis Fund has risen +26.91% over the past 12 months vs the Global Equity Index's +22.84%. Since inception in July 2018, the fund has outperformed the index, providing investors with an annualised return of 27.56%, compared with the...
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Fund Documents

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Product disclosure/IM



Fund Performance

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