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17 Sep 2020 - Performance Report: DS Capital Growth Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors

Report Date17 September 2020
ManagerDS Capital
Fund NameDS Capital Growth Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateAugust 2020
Latest Return6.60%
Latest 6 Months12.74%
Latest 12 Months15.72%
Latest 24 Months (pa)11.97%
Annualised Since Inception15.15%
Inception Date01 January 2013
FUM (millions)AU$260
Fund OverviewThe Fund aims to deliver an average return of at least 10% p.a. through the economic cycle, with a focus on capital preservation. The Fund will comprise a concentrated portfolio of small and mid-cap investments selected through a process of quantitative and qualitative analysis.

The investment team looks for industrial businesses that are simple to understand; they generally avoid large caps, pure mining, biotech and start-ups.

They also look for:

- Access to management;
- Businesses with a competitive edge;
- Profitable companies with good margins, organic growth prospects, strong market position and a track record of healthy dividend growth;
- Sectors with structural advantage and barriers to entry;
- 15% p.a. pre-tax compound return on each holding; and
- A history of stable and predictable cash flows that DS Capital can understand and value.
Manager CommentsThe DS Capital Growth Fund rose +6.60% in August, outperforming the ASX200 Accumulation Index by +3.77% and taking 12-month performance to +15.72% vs the Index's -5.08%. Since inception in December 2012, the Fund has returned +15.15% p.a. with an annualised volatility of 11.43%. By contrast, the Index has returned +8.38% p.a. with an annualised volatility of 13.77% over the same period.

The Fund's capacity to achieve superior risk-adjusted returns whilst avoiding the market's downside volatility is highlighted by the following statistics (since inception): Sharpe ratio of 1.15 vs the Index's 0.53, Sortino ratio of 1.67 vs the Index's 0.61, and down-capture ratio of 45.22%. The Fund's down-capture ratio indicates that, on average, the Fund has fallen less than half as much as the market during the market's negative months.
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