Chris Gosselin, CEO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Charlie Aitken, CEO & Portfolio Manager at Aitken Investment Management.

The AIM Global High Conviction Fund is a long-only fund that invests in a high conviction portfolio of global stocks. The Fund has risen +25.82% over the past 12 months, and +17.78% p.a. since inception in July 2019. Its capacity to outperform in falling and volatile markets is demonstrated by its down-capture ratio (since inception) of 74% and Sortino ratio (since inception) of 3.35.

Chris Gosselin, CEO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Michael Tobin, Managing Director of Vantage Asset Management about the Private Equity market and why it has consistently outperformed listed markets over the past 15 years.

Funds operated by this manager: Vantage Private Equity Growth
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Chris Gosselin, CEO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Dean Fergie, Director & Portfolio Manager at Cyan Investment Management.

The Cyan C3G Fund has risen +15.45% p.a. since inception in August 2014 against the ASX200 Accumulation Index which has returned +7.97% p.a. on an annualised basis over the same period. The Fund has demonstrated superior performance in falling and volatile markets, with a Sortino ratio (since inception) of 1.22 vs the Index's 0.59, and down-capture ratio of 58.20%.

Funds operated by this manager: Cyan C3G Fund

Damen Purcell, COO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Alex Lee, Director of Investor Relations at Laureola Advisors.

Laureola are a specialist investment management firm offering conservative, risk mitigated exposure to life settlements. The firm was established in 2012 to take advantage of the opportunities in the Life Settlements asset class which produces attractive non-correlated long-term returns.

Since inception the fund has returned 15.65% p.a. with a standard deviation of just 5.51%.

Funds operated by this manager: Laureola Australian Feeder Fund

Damen Purcell, COO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with David Costello, Portfolio Manager of the MFG Core Infrastructure Fund.

The Fund has recently been added to the fundmonitors.com database but has been operating since December 2009. Prior to December 2019 it was only available to institutional investors. Since inception it has returned +12.38% p.a. with an annualised volatility of 9.90%.

This week Fund Monitors held a webinar on the subject of cryptocurrencies and were joined by Clint Maddock from Digital Asset Funds Management (DAFM) to try to lift the level of understanding for those interested or intrigued by the opportunity, but unsure where to start or who to listen to. The subject is complex, the risks considerable, but what emerged was that there are also opportunities to achieve returns without taking the levels of directional risk symptomatic of Bitcoin and other digital currencies.

Digital Asset Fund Classes: Digital Asset Fund (Digital Opportunities Class), Digital Asset Fund (Bitcoin Index Class), Digital Asset Fund (Digital Index Class)

ESG investments grew considerably in the Asia-Pacific region in 2020 and there were a number of net-zero emissions targets released by Asia-Pacific countries in late 2020.

Dr. Andrew West, Managing Director & Founder of Longlead Capital Partners, speaks about how this has changed the way Longlead look at companies and build their portfolio.

Damen Purcell, COO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Dr. Andrew West, Managing Director and Founder at Longlead Capital Partners. Andrew discusses the structural growth opportunities Longlead is looking at and shares his views on how the rotation to value in global markets has affected Longlead's investment universe.

The Longlead Pan-Asian Absolute Return Fund is an equity long/short fund investing in the Asia Pacific region. The Fund started in December 2020 and has risen +5.22% CYTD.

The AIM Investment team discusses why we are at a point in the cycle where it's time to be disciplined. Sectors discussed include streaming, BNPL, food delivery, telemedicine and autos.

Funds operated by this manager:

AIM Global High Conviction Fund

Tony Bremness, Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer of the Laureola Investment Fund, discusses the performance of the fund over the first quarter of CY21.

The Fund invests in Life Settlements. Since inception in May 2013, it has returned +15.88% p.a. with an annualised volatility of 5.56%.