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19 Aug 2020 - Performance Report: Cyan C3G Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors

Report Date19 August 2020
ManagerCyan Investment Management
Fund NameCyan C3G Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateJuly 2020
Latest Return9.90%
Latest 6 Months-8.26%
Latest 12 Months-9.24%
Latest 24 Months (pa)-2.57%
Annualised Since Inception14.53%
Inception Date24 July 2014
FUM (millions)AU$38
Fund OverviewThe Cyan C3G Fund operates as a wholesale unregistered managed investment scheme under a unit trust structure. The Fund primarily invests in ASX listed companies outside the ASX 100 and typically holds between 15-35 stocks.

Cyan C3G Fund is based on the investment philosophy which can be defined as a comprehensive, clear and considered process focused on delivering growth. These are identified through stringent filter criteria and a rigorous research process. The Manager uses a proprietary stock filter in order to eliminate a large proportion of investments due to both internal characteristics (such as gearing levels or cash flow) and external characteristics (such as exposure to commodity prices or customer concentration).

Typically, the Fund looks for businesses that are one or more of:
a) under researched,
b) fundamentally undervalued,
c) have a catalyst for re-rating.

The Manager seeks to achieve this investment outcome by actively managing a portfolio of Australian listed securities. When the opportunity to invest in suitable securities cannot be found, the manager may reduce the level of equities exposure and accumulate a defensive cash position. Whilst it is the company's intention, there is no guarantee that any distributions or returns will be declared, or that if declared, the amount of any returns will remain constant or increase over time. The Fund does not invest in derivatives and does not use debt to leverage the Fund's performance. However, companies in which the Fund invests may be leveraged.
Manager CommentsThe Cyan C3G Fund rose +9.9% in July, outperforming the ASX200 Accumulation Index by +9.4% and taking annualised performance since inception in August 2014 to +14.53% against the Index's annualised return over the same period of +5.24%. The Fund's capacity to perform well in negative markets is highlighted by its Sortino ratio for performance since inception of 1.09 versus the Index's 0.32 and down-capture ratio of 53.89%. The Fund's down-capture ratio indicates that, on average, the Fund has fallen approximately half as much as the market during the market's negative months.

Cyan believe the Fund's strong performance in July is attributable to the decisions the team made back in February and March. Top contributors in July included QuickFee, ReadCloud, City Chic, Pinnacle, Jumbo Interactive, New Zealand Coastal Seafoods and Schrole.

In Cyan's view, the investment environment remains interesting, with the obvious economic impacts of COVID-19 and associated declines in business confidence being countered by government stimulus packages and largely buoyant consumer behaviour.
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