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Fund Overview | The Fund's discretionary investment strategy commences with a macro view of the economy and direction to establish the portfolio's desired market exposure. Following this detailed sector and company research is gathered from knowledge of the individual stocks in the Fund's universe, with widespread use of broker research. Company visits, presentations and discussions with management at CEO and CFO level are used wherever possible to assess management quality across a range of criteria. Detailed analysis of company valuations using financial statements and forecasts, particularly focusing on free cash flow, is conducted. Technical analysis is used to validate the Manager's fundamental research and valuations and to manage market timing. A significant portion of the Fund's overall performance can be attributed to the attention and importance given to the macro economic outlook and the ability and willingness to adjust the Fund's market risk. |
Manager Comments | Since inception the fund's volatility has been 7.64% vs the index's volatility of 14.28%, and over all other time periods the fund's volatility has been lower than the ASX 200 Total Return index. Since inception in the months when the market was positive the fund provided positive returns 87% of the time. It has a down-capture ratio of 48.66% since inception and has experienced a maximum drawdown of -11.71% compared with the index's -47.19%. |
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