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18 Dec 2020 - Performance Report: Paragon Australian Long Short Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors

Report Date18 December 2020
ManagerParagon Funds Management
Fund NameParagon Australian Long Short Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateNovember 2020
Latest Return1.16%
Latest 6 Months14.42%
Latest 12 Months16.59%
Latest 24 Months (pa)16.89%
Annualised Since Inception10.82%
Inception Date28 February 2013
FUM (millions)AU$34.7
Fund OverviewThe Paragon Fund is a concentrated long/short Australian listed equities product that is fundamentally driven with a focus on the industrial and resource sectors.

Paragon's unique investment style, comprising thematic led idea generation followed with an in depth research effort, results in a concentrated portfolio of high conviction stocks.

Conviction in bottom up analysis drives the investment case and ultimate position sizing:

* Both quantitative analysis - probability weighted high/low/base case valuations - and qualitative analysis - company meetings, assessing management, the business model, balance sheet strength and likely direction of returns - collectively form Paragon's overall view for each investment case.
* Paragon will then allocate weighting to each investment opportunity based on a risk/reward profile, capped to defined investment parameters by market cap, which are continually monitored as part of Paragon's overall risk management framework.

The objective of the Paragon Fund is to produce absolute returns in excess of 10% p.a. over a 3-5 year time horizon with a low correlation to the Australian equities market.
Manager CommentsThe Paragon Australian Long Short Fund rose +1.16% in November, taking 12-month performance to +16.59% vs the ASX200 Accumulation Index's -1.98%. Since inception in March 2013, the Fund has returned +10.82% p.a. vs the Index's +7.62%. The Fund's down-capture ratio for performance since inception of 74.7% highlights its capacity to outperform during the market's negative months.

Positive contributors in November included Pilbara, Chalice and PolyNovo, offset by declines in the Fund's gold and technology holdings. Paragon noted market rotations are hard to time and in any case are temporary in nature. Their outlook remains constructive.

Copper hit 7yr highs and Brent Oil rose +27% during the month, both of which were great tailwinds for Paragon's base metals and oil stock picks.

The Fund ended the month with 32 long positions and 5 short positions.
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