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12 Mar 2021 - Performance Report: Paragon Australian Long Short Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors

Report Date12 March 2021
ManagerParagon Funds Management
Fund NameParagon Australian Long Short Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateFebruary 2021
Latest Return16.34%
Latest 6 Months7.56%
Latest 12 Months65.62%
Latest 24 Months (pa)32.80%
Annualised Since Inception13.45%
Inception Date28 February 2013
FUM (millions)AU$43
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 +16.34% in February, outperforming the ASX200 Accumulation Index by +14.89% and taking 12-month performance to +65.62% vs the Index's +6.48%. Since inception in March 2013, the Fund has returned +13.45% p.a. vs the Index's +7.77%. The Fund's down-capture ratio (since inception) of 74.72% indicates that, on average, the Fund has significantly outperformed during the market's negative months.

Positive contributors in February included Cettire (long), Betmakers (long), Chalice (long), Ionic and Appen (short), marginally offset by declines in OceanaGold and PointsBet.

In their latest report, Paragon highlight double-digit-% price rises across food, base metals, timber and house prices, however, their view is that headline CPI numbers are misrepresentative of true inflation. They believe markets are embracing the breadth and strength across Resources and increasingly the prospect of a super-cycle ahead.
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