Key Facts

Index Used: ASX 200 Total Return Discretionary/Quantitative: Discretionary
Peer Group: Equity Long - Large Cap - Australia FUM (millions): AU$ 425.41m
Investment Style: Value Fund Inception Date: March 1995
Geographic Mandate: Australia Latest Return Date: May 2024
Investor Type: Wholesale & Retail Status: Open
Minimum Investment: AU$ 10,000 Investment Frequency: Daily

Manager Details

Tyndall Asset Management (Tyndall AM) is an investment team within the Yarra Group. The Tyndall AM investment team has worked together for more than 15 years and has a joint venture with the Yarra Group. This ownership structure ensures alignment of interests and fosters a strong performance culture.

Tyndall AM's Australian share valuation process is based on an intrinsic value philosophy. The team apply an internal research process called 'Comparative Value Analysis' to assess and compare the value of stocks and to identify companies whose shares may represent good value.
Tyndall Asset Management (Tyndall AM) is an investment team within the Yarra Group. The Tyndall AM investment team has worked together for more than 15 years and has a joint venture with the Yarra Group. This ownership structure ensures alignment of interests and fosters a strong performance culture.

Tyndall AM's Australian share valuation process is based on an intrinsic value philosophy. The team apply an internal research process called 'Comparative Value Analysis' to assess and compare the value of stocks and to identify companies whose shares may represent good value.

Strategy Description

The Tyndall Australian Share Wholesale Fund's primary performance/risk objective is to provide higher than benchmark returns over rolling five-year periods with reasonably controlled volatility for what is a concentrated product. The Fund is a high conviction portfolio characterised by holding a relatively low number of stocks (typically 20-35 stocks).

The Fund is managed using an active high conviction style with stock selection based on a ranking of expected return (i.e. Internal Rate of Return) determined by in-depth fundamental company research with a medium-term outlook.
The Tyndall Australian Share Wholesale Fund's primary performance/risk objective is to provide higher than benchmark returns over rolling five-year periods with reasonably controlled volatility for what is a concentrated product. The Fund is a high conviction portfolio characterised by holding a relatively low number of stocks (typically 20-35 stocks).

Fund Fees

Management Fee: 0.8% Performance Fee: 0%
Buy Spread: 0.25% Sell spread: 0.25%
High Water Mark: Hurdle: N/A

Fund Structure

Offshore/Onshore: Onshore Fund Structure: Unit Trust
Share Classes: AU$ Trustee/RE: Nikko Asset Management Australia Limited
Administrator: BNP Paribas Securities Services Prime Broker: N/A
Custodian: BNP Paribas Securities Services Legal: Internal & External Legal Panel

Ratings & Availability

Research Ratings

Morningstar Star Rating4 stars (1 Oct 2019) Morningstar Analyst RatingSilver (1 Aug 2021) LonsecRecommended (1 Sep 2021) ZenithRecommended (1 Jun 2021)

Platform Availability

OLIVIA123, BT Wrap, HUB24, Macquarie Wrap, OneVue, Netwealth, Powerwrap, Asgard, IOOF, MLC Wrap, AMP MyNorth, BT Panorama, Colonial FirstWrap, MLC Navigator, Oasis, Ausmaq, OnePath, Mason Stevens, Praemium, ANZ

Performance Review

The Tyndall Australian Share Wholesale Fund has a track record of 29 years and 3 months and has outperformed the ASX 200 Total Return benchmark since inception in March 1995, providing investors with an annualised return of 9.39% compared with the benchmark's return of 9.22% over the same period.

The Manager has delivered these returns with 1.16% more volatility than the benchmark, contributing to a Sharpe ratio which has fallen below 1 five times over the past five years and which currently sits at 0.43 since inception. The fund has provided positive monthly returns 91% of the time in rising markets and 14% of the time during periods of market decline, contributing to an up-capture ratio since inception of 86% and a down-capture ratio of 100%.

The Tyndall Australian Share Wholesale Fund returned -0.07% in May, a difference of -0.99% compared with the ASX 200 Total Return benchmark which rose by +0.92%. Over the past 12 months, the fund's best monthly return was +5.2% compared with the benchmark's best return of +7.26%, and its worst monthly return was -4.2% vs the benchmark's worst return over the same period of -3.78%.

YearJan %Feb %Mar %Apr %May %Jun %Jul %Aug %Sep %Oct %Nov %Dec %YTD %
20241.37-0.223.85-1.78-0.07NANANANANANANA3.10
20235.06-1.62-0.721.59-2.411.972.75-2.86-1.90-4.202.505.204.93
2022-2.394.045.340.06-1.27-6.662.052.00-5.014.775.88-3.304.62
20210.905.353.062.802.631.470.493.28-0.46-0.64-3.202.9419.96
20202.73-9.57-25.7711.304.120.10-1.994.39-4.130.7014.540.60-8.96
20194.497.61-1.012.310.202.732.81-3.384.890.572.82-2.1323.60
2018-1.120.29-3.633.910.103.282.21-1.02-1.12-8.85-5.01-4.03-14.67
2017-0.832.304.222.15-2.260.96-0.18-1.041.234.520.703.4116.00
2016-6.76-0.965.371.724.22-3.847.21-1.20-0.03-1.404.196.4114.82
20152.616.310.72-3.010.68-5.144.89-7.27-3.264.14-1.102.410.99
2014-3.624.44-0.101.591.30-2.145.080.95-4.773.34-2.053.757.42
20135.165.40-2.575.17-3.13-3.465.582.613.063.44-1.151.6623.26
20125.302.071.621.38-7.340.143.642.561.423.530.904.1320.46
2011-0.312.851.86-1.08-1.52-1.30-4.20-3.52-5.578.55-4.14-1.23-9.92
2010-5.980.755.01-1.62-7.49-3.675.38-3.684.032.04-0.224.09-2.41
2009-5.27-7.1912.435.211.854.319.146.676.45-2.532.475.1443.78
2008-8.00-0.77-3.053.330.64-8.17-3.583.35-9.18-9.86-8.530.19-36.80
20072.620.854.252.421.85-0.31-1.972.714.391.99-1.40-1.6416.64
20061.490.255.461.95-5.142.27-2.223.390.856.520.453.1719.45
20052.094.02-1.00-4.613.405.372.462.504.90-5.063.862.0221.06
2004-0.831.982.45-0.831.503.121.431.964.352.104.572.8927.50
2003-1.72-4.783.824.181.681.885.243.230.363.07-2.834.6719.83
20024.341.471.57-1.003.83-3.17-3.413.07-2.962.141.17-0.706.11
20014.43-1.48-3.535.602.634.05-0.71-2.10-6.177.168.413.5522.79
2000-0.99-10.871.522.340.259.372.39-1.12-1.613.382.91-0.945.52
19990.623.36-0.049.58-2.371.261.24-3.75-4.32-1.642.43-0.974.77
1998-0.50-2.282.931.21-1.62-7.38-0.37-11.324.605.803.79-0.19-6.52
19970.674.490.914.076.114.162.65-2.778.26-9.571.935.9228.81
19962.601.07-1.664.42-3.760.81-0.703.063.385.052.954.1023.06
1995NANA-1.273.49-1.690.611.102.531.87-0.843.532.6712.46

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Annual Returns

Over the past 12 months, the fund has risen by +6.34% compared with the benchmark which has returned +12.93%, for a difference of -6.59%. Since inception in March 1995, the fund has returned +9.39% per annum, a difference of +0.17% relative to the benchmark which has returned +9.22% on an annualised basis over the same period.

Cumulative Returns

On a cumulative basis (assuming reinvestment of distributions), $100 invested since inception would have become $1381. The same amount invested in the benchmark over the same period would have become $1319.

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Volatility and Risk

Annual Standard Deviation

The fund's returns over the past 12 months have been achieved with a volatility of 9.51% vs the index's 10.99%. The annualised volatility of the fund's returns since inception in March 1995 is 14.28% vs the index's 13.12%. Over all other periods, the fund's volatility relative to the benchmark has been varied.

Sharpe Ratio

The fund's Sharpe ratio has ranged from a high of 0.79 for performance over the most recent 48 months to a low of 0.06 over the latest 24 months, and is 0.43 for performance since inception. By contrast, the ASX 200 Total Return Index's Sharpe for performance since March 1995 is 0.45.

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Performance in Positive Markets

Since inception in March 1995 in the months where the market was positive, the fund has provided positive returns 91% of the time, contributing to an up-capture ratio for returns since inception of 85.68%. Over all other periods, the fund's up-capture ratio has ranged from a high of 90.35% over the most recent 60 months to a low of 72.11% over the latest 24 months.

Performance in Negative Markets

Since inception in March 1995 in the months where the market was negative, the fund has provided positive returns 14% of the time, contributing to a down-capture ratio for returns since inception of 99.61%. Over all other periods, the fund's down-capture ratio has ranged from a high of 104.21% over the most recent 12 months to a low of 86.25% over the latest 36 months. A down-capture ratio less than 100% indicates that, on average, the fund has outperformed in the market's negative months.

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Sortino Ratio

The fund's Sortino ratio (which excludes volatility in positive months) is 0.31 for performance over the past 12 months vs the ASX 200 Total Return Index's Sortino of 0.53.

Drawdown

Over the past 12 months, the fund's largest drawdown was -8.71% vs the index's -7.19%, and since inception in March 1995 the fund's largest drawdown was -46.12% vs the index's maximum drawdown over the same period of -47.19%.

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Fund Index Peer group

Quintile Ranking vs. Average Equity Long - Large Cap - Australia as of May 2024

The performance of the Tyndall Australian Share Wholesale Fund ranked it in the first quintile for Volatility, Downside Deviation and Largest Drawdown over 3 years, while over 1 year the fund ranked in the first quintile for Volatility and second quintile for Downside Deviation.

Over the past 12 months, the fund has risen by +6.34% compared with the peer group which has returned an average of +10.97%, for a difference of -4.63%.

The fund's returns over the past 12 months have been achieved with a volatility of 9.51% vs the peer group's average volatility of 10.45%. The annualised volatility of the fund's returns since inception in March 1995 is 14.28% vs the peer group's 11.54%. Over all other periods, the fund's volatility relative to the peer group has been varied.

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Quintile Rankings display Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) against the fund's Peer Group. Each green square ranks the fund in one quintile (or 20%) of its peer group - five green squares indicate the fund is in the best quintile for each KPI. The performance of the peer group's underlying index is shown by a red dot.