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22 Feb 2021 - Performance Report: Bennelong Concentrated Australian Equities Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors

Report Date22 February 2021
ManagerBennelong Australian Equity Partners (BAEP), a Bennelong boutique
Fund NameBennelong Concentrated Australian Equities Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateJanuary 2021
Latest Return2.93%
Latest 6 Months22.45%
Latest 12 Months13.47%
Latest 24 Months (pa)22.21%
Annualised Since Inception16.81%
Inception Date30 January 2009
FUM (millions)AU$1373.14
Fund OverviewBennelong Australian Equity Partners (BAEP) is a boutique asset manager offering Australian equities solutions for institutional and retail clients. The business was founded in 2008 by Paul Cuddy and Mark East, in partnership with Bennelong Funds Management. Prior to establishing BAEP, Paul and Mark were Co-Heads of Australian Equities at ING Investment Management.

The overriding objective of the Concentrated Australian Equities Fund is to seek investment opportunities which are under-appreciated and have the potential to deliver positive earnings, while satisfying our stringent quality criteria. Bennelong's investment process combines bottom-up fundamental analysis together with proprietary investment tools which are used to build and maintain high quality portfolios that are risk aware.
The portfolio typically consists of 20-35 high-conviction stocks from the S&P/ASX 300 Index.

The Fund may invest in securities listed on other exchanges where such securities relate to ASX-listed securities. Derivative instruments are mainly used to replicate underlying positions and hedge market and company specific risks.
Manager CommentsThe Bennelong Concentrated Australian Equities Fund rose +2.93% in January, outperforming the ASX200 Accumulation Index by +2.62% and taking 12-month performance to +13.47% vs the Index's -3.11%. Since inception in January 2009, the Fund has risen +16.81% p.a. vs the Index's +9.95%. The Fund's up-capture ratio (since inception) of 153.4% indicates that, on average, the Fund has significantly outperformed during the market's positive months. The Fund's Sortino ratio (since inception) of 1.38 vs the Index's 0.71 highlights its capacity to avoid the market's downside volatility over the long-term.

As at the end of January, the portfolio's weightings had been increased in the Discretionary, IT, Communication and Industrials sectors, and decreased in the Health Care, Consumer Staples, REIT's, Materials and Financials sectors. Relative to the ASX300 Index, the portfolio was significantly overweight the Discretionary sector (Fund weight: 42.4%, benchmark weight: 8.0%) and underweight the Financials sector (Fund weight: 6.9%, benchmark weight: 27.6%).
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