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22 Apr 2021 - Performance Report: Montgomery Small Companies Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors

Report Date22 April 2021
ManagerMontgomery Investment Management Pty Ltd
Fund NameMontgomery Small Companies Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateMarch 2021
Latest Return-0.21%
Latest 6 Months12.26%
Latest 12 Months66.84%
Latest 24 Months (pa)
Annualised Since Inception18.99%
Inception Date20 September 2019
FUM (millions)AU$77.4
Fund OverviewThe Montgomery Small Companies Fund aims to outperform the S&P/ ASX Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index over a rolling five-year period, typically investing in a portfolio of 30 to 50 companies listed on the ASX (outside the top 100) and NZX. The Investment Manager seeks high quality, undervalued small and emerging companies with strong growth potential.

Montgomery Lucent, a joint venture between Lucent Capital Partners and Montgomery Investment Management, is the investment manager of the Fund. Lucent Capital Partners is owned by its founders Gary Rollo and Dominic Rose. Gary and Dominic have worked together for three years as at February 2020 and have a combined three decades of portfolio management and equities research experience.

The manager is able to invest up to 10% of the portfolio in pre-IPO opportunities. They search for companies likely to benefit from secular trends, industry change and with substantial competitive advantages. Cash typically ranges around 10%.
Manager CommentsThe Montgomery Small Companies Fund's 12-month performance remains strong with the fund returning +66.84% vs the Index's +37.47%. Since inception in October 2019, the Fund has risen +18.99% p.a. vs the Index's +4.25%. The Fund's up-capture and down-capture ratios (since inception), 145.18% and 88.65% respectively, highlight its capacity to outperform in both rising and falling markets.

The largest positive contributors for February included Airtasker (ASX:ART), Ramelius Resources (ASX:RMS) and Uniti Group (ASX:UWL). The largest detractors from performance included Aeris Resources (ASX:AIS), Alliance Aviation Services (ASX:AQZ) and Cashrewards (ASX:CRW).

Montgomery remains active and pragmatic and are positioning the portfolio to benefit from a number of attractive themes, some of which are structural in nature and therefore expected to play out over the next five to seven years, while others are more tactical with a shorter duration. These themes include Cloud, Sustainable Income, Strength and Stimulus and De-Carbonisation.
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