Damen Purcell, COO at Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Dean Fergie, Portfolio Manager at Cyan Investment Management. 

The Cyan C3G fund is a concentrated portfolio that invests in Australian shares outside the ASX top 100. Established in 2014 the fund has outperformed the ASX 200 accumulation index to the end of October by 9.45% per annum since inception.

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Montgomery are a well known firm in the Australian funds management market and the fund recently celebrated its 1 year anniversary after being started in September 2019. In its first year, the fund has returned 15.6% for the 12 months to the end of September outperforming the Small Ordinaries Index by 19% and the ASX200 Total return index by over 25%.

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Damen Purcell, COO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Richard Ivers, Portfolio Manager at Prime Value, about the Prime Value Emerging Opportunities Fund.

The Fund has risen +19.06% over the 12 months to the end of September 2020, outperforming the ASX200 Accumulation Index by +29.27%. Since inception in October 2015, the Fund has returned +13.02% p.a. vs the Index's annualised return over the same period of +7.31%. The Fund's capacity to significantly outperform when the market falls is highlighted by its down-capture ratio (since inception) of 45.7%.

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The US election is currently front and centre in the media - as it should be given that the outcome will shape the world for the next four years and beyond. Much of the focus is on the incumbents themselves, and much on the political ramifications of either a Trump or Biden victory, or even the possibility of no clear outcome at all.

But what of the market outcome, both in the US, Australia, Asia or the world as a whole?

This is a recording of a webinar hosted by Australian Fund Monitors on the 28th of October 2020. We speak with Rodney Brott from DS Capital, Rob Swift from Delft Partners and Chris Wheldon from Magellan Asset Management to get their perspectives on the market outlook post the US election and how they expect either outcome to influence their investment decisions.

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Damen Purcell, COO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Emanuel Datt, the Founder and Principal of Datt Capital. Emanuel discusses the performance of the Datt Capital Absolute Return Fund with a particular focus on the fund's ability to protect capital. Emanuel also provides insight into how Datt Capital are positioning the portfolio in order to navigate an increasingly uncertain future.

The Fund has returned +36.17% against the ASX200 Accumulation Index's -10.21% over the past 12 months. Since inception in August 2018, the Fund has returned +21.30% p.a. against the Index's annualised return of +0.52%. These returns have been achieved with a similar level of volatility to the market.

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In this video insight Roger Montgomery discusses the exciting global megatrend of e-commerce. In the seven years between 2014 and 2020, worldwide retail e-commerce sales have grown from US$1.3 trillion to US$6.5 trillion. While much of the focus is on the leading giants; Amazon, eBay, and Alibaba, there are numerous small Australian companies generating serious returns for investors from e-commerce. City Chic Collective is an exciting global e-tailer with a structural component to its growth runway.

Chris Gosselin, CEO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Matt Williams, Portfolio Manager of the Airlie Australian Share Fund, about how the fund invests and how it has performed so far throughout 2020. Matt discusses how COVID-19 has impacted the fund and also provides his outlook for the fund and economy going forward.

The Fund has returned +4.43% against the ASX200 Accumulation Index's -5.08% over the past 12 months. Since inception in June 2018, the Fund has returned +6.44% p.a. against the Index's annualised return over the same period of +4.29%. These returns have been achieved with a similar level of volatility to the market.

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Damen Purcell, COO at Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Nicolas Bryon, manager of the APSEC Atlantic Pacific Australian Equity Fund, about the performance of the fund since its inception in June 2013 with a focus on more recent performance throughout the pandemic.

The Fund has returned +21.82% against the ASX200 Accumulation Index's -5.08% over the past 12 months and +9.37% p.a. since inception against the Index's annualised return over the same period of +7.35%. One of the Fund's strengths is its ability to perform well in falling markets, highlighted by its consistently low down-capture ratios and significantly lower drawdowns during periods of significant market decline.

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Chris Gosselin, CEO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Rodney brott, CEO & Executive Director of DS Capital, and Dean Fergie, Director & Portfolio Manager at Cyan Investment Management. Both funds, the Cyan C3G Fund and the DS Capital Growth Fund, have successfully navigated the rebound since March to record monthly returns and, in spite of the market's +38% rise, outperform the ASX200.

In spite of both being in lock-down in Melbourne, some common views and themes were apparent - the ability to switch sectors from those such as travel, tourism or commercial property, to areas that have benefited from COVID - tech and communications for example.

Australian Fund Monitors speaks with Australian Eagle Asset Management's CIO, Sean Sequeira, about how their funds have performed historically with a focus on their performance throughout CY20. Sean also details Australian Eagle Asset Management's outlook for the funds and the markets in which they invest going forward.

Australian Eagle Asset Management operate two funds, the Australian Eagle Growth High Conviction Equity Fund and the Australian Eagle Trust Long-Short Fund, both of which have risen +8.7% over the past 12 months against the ASX200 Accumulation Index's -5.08%.