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27 Oct 2020 - Performance Report: Surrey Australian Equities Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors

Report Date27 October 2020
ManagerSurrey Asset Management
Fund NameSurrey Australian Equities Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateSeptember 2020
Latest Return-1.80%
Latest 6 Months42.59%
Latest 12 Months7.73%
Latest 24 Months (pa)6.13%
Annualised Since Inception6.71%
Inception Date01 June 2018
FUM (millions)
Fund OverviewThe Investment Manager will be primarily focussed on investing in companies listed in the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index while retaining capacity to invest up to 30% of the Fund in ASX listed companies outside this benchmark. The Investment Manager believes this approach offers attractive, under researched investment opportunities that can provide capital upside and growing dividend income over rolling 5-year periods.

The Investment Manager follows a defined investment process which is underpinned by detailed bottom up fundamental analysis, overlayed with sectoral and macroeconomic research. This is combined with an extensive company visitation program where we endeavour to meet with company management and with other stakeholders such as suppliers, customers and industry bodies to improve our information set.

Surrey Asset Management defines its investment process as Qualitative, Quantitative and Value Latencies (QQV). In essence, the Investment Manager thoroughly researches an investment's qualitative and quantitative characteristics in an attempt to find value latencies not yet reflected in the share price and then clearly defines a roadmap to realisation of those latencies.

Developing this roadmap is a key step in the investment process. By articulating a clear pathway as to how and when an investment can realise what the Investment Manager sees as latent value, defines the investment proposition and lessens the impact of cognitive dissonance. This is undertaken with a philosophical underpinning of fact-based investing, transparency, authenticity and accountability.
Manager CommentsThe Surrey Australian Equities Fund returned -1.80% in September, outperforming the ASX200 Total Return Index by 1.86% and taking 12-month performance to 7.73% vs the Index's -10.21%. Since inception in June 2018, the Fund has returned 6.71% against the Index's annualised return over the same period of 2.41%. The Fund's up-capture ratio for performance since inception of 136% highlights its capacity to significantly outperform in rising markets.

The Fund concluded the month with 27 holdings and 10% in cash. Surrey noted that this larger than normal cash holding is a reflection of stock sales toward the end of the month as opposed to a negative view on the market. The fund top holding at the end of the month included Auckland International Airport, Imricor Medical Systems, Omni Bridgeway, Pointsbet and Xero Limited.

In the approach to Christmas Surrey are expecting a large number of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) as companies look to benefit from liquid markets as well as bolster their balance sheets, following the scare many experienced earlier in the year.
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