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Fund Review: Morphic Global Opportunities Fund September 2015
27 Oct 2015 - Australian Fund Monitors
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27 Oct 2015 - Fund Review: Morphic Global Opportunities Fund September 2015
By: Australian Fund Monitors
MORPHIC GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND
Attached is our most recently updated Fund Review on the Morphic Global Opportunities Fund.
Key points include:
- The Fund is a global equity long/short manager with a long bias and a macro-economic overlay. The mandate allows the Fund to short sell, use derivatives and invest in assets such as commodities & currencies.
- Morphic's philosophy is that only funds with flexible investment and hedging strategies will be able to deliver acceptable, steady, real, absolute returns over the investment cycle.
- The Fund is an early stage, boutique, Sydney-based fund established in 2012 with experienced CIO's, and an investment team of 6 including a risk manager.
- The Board has a majority of independent members with significant risk and investment experience.
For further details on the Fund, please do not hesitate to contact us.
APN AREIT Fund
26 Oct 2015 - Australian Fund Monitors
APN AREIT Fund returned +0.14% in September compared to the AREIT Index -0.28%, to outperform by 0.42%. Since inception in February 2009, the Fund has returned 17.38% p.a.
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26 Oct 2015 - APN AREIT Fund
By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Fund Overview | Steven Chai is the Portfolio Manager of this Fund, who joined APN in July 2008. Prior to this, Chai was a Senior Analyst responsible for the management of the unit pricing and performance models for the APN AREIT Fund, the APN Property for Income funds and the APN Asian REIT Fund. Steven holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Finance) from the University of Melbourne and is a CFA charterholder. The Fund aims to deliver a competitive yield with lower risk than the market. The underlying stocks are selected based on a highly disciplined investment approach that focuses on the fundamentals and number of valuation approaches. The Fund provides access to a wide spread of property-based revenue streams that are specifically analysed, selected and weighted with the aim of delivering strong and sustainable income returns. The Fund is suited to medium to long term investors seeking a relatively high monthly income and some capital growth over the long term. |
Manager Comments | In September, the Fund had 98% allocation in AREITs and rest in cash. Majority of the underlying property sector allocation was in the Retail sector at 65%, followed by Office sector at 20%. The Top 5 stocks holdings made up 57% of APN AREIT Fund. These stocks were Scentre Group, Federation Centres, Stockland, Charter Hall Retail REIT and Westfield Group. Click below to read the complete Fund Manager's Report. |
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Laminar Credit Opportunities Fund
23 Oct 2015 - Australian Fund Monitors
The Laminar Credit Opportunities Fund rose 0.63% over the month of September and has delivered 7.42% over the past 12 months.
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23 Oct 2015 - Laminar Credit Opportunities Fund
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Fund Overview | The Fund may also invest in derivatives for hedging purposes. The portfolio of the Fund comprises primarily Investment Grade holding of 75% of the Fund's assets. Benchmark allocations are Australasia 50% to 100%, North America 0% to 50% and Europe 0% to 50%. Currency hedging may take place depending on benefits to the Fund. |
Manager Comments | The Fund continued to show stability in September amidst the volatility in other markets, returning 62 basis points. Majority of the Fund's portfolio composition was in Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS) at 66%, followed by Short-dated loans at 22%. Click on the link below to read the latest Fund Manager's Report. |
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Fund Review: QATO Capital Market Neutral Long/Short Fund September 2015
23 Oct 2015 - Australian Fund Monitors
September Fund Review is now available on QATO Capital Market Neutral Long/Short Fund, investing exclusively in S&P/ASX 100 stocks.
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23 Oct 2015 - Fund Review: QATO Capital Market Neutral Long/Short Fund September 2015
By: Australian Fund Monitors
QATO Capital Market Neutral Long/Short Fund
Attached is our most recently updated Fund Review on the QATO Capital Market Neutral Long/Short Fund.
We would like to highlight the following aspects of the Fund;
- Qato Capital is a Melbourne-based boutique fund manager backed by single family office, Larkfield Funds Management.
- Qato has a systematic, market-neutral strategy which invests exclusively in S&P/ASX 100 stocks.
- The QATO Capital's Q-score process captures and quantifies six broad fundamental factors, which assess multiple underlying sub-categories. Those companies with the top score (quality companies) are included in the "long" portfolio, those with the lowest score are sold short.
- The Fund seeks to preserve capital and maximise absolute returns through active and constant risk management, targeting monthly a net market exposure of 0% to hedge broader market risks through 30 S&P/ASX-100 positions (15 long & 15 short equally-weighted positions).
- Qato Capital's process is entirely systematic - stock selection and risk management are employed in a rules based approach. The Fund employs no financial leverage/gearing to purchase securities, no derivatives and no financial products to imitate leverage.
Qato Capital AFM Fund Review September 2015 (pdf format)
Fund Review: Totus Alpha Fund September 2015
22 Oct 2015 - Australian Fund Monitors
September Fund Review with key statistics for Totus Alpha Fund is now available.
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22 Oct 2015 - Fund Review: Totus Alpha Fund September 2015
By: Australian Fund Monitors
TOTUS ALPHA FUND
We would like to highlight the following aspects of the Fund;
- Totus Capital is a Sydney based long short fund manager established in 2012 by Ben McGarry which aims to place equal emphasis on performance and capital preservation. The Fund invests mainly in Australia, but also in other developed economies, with a primary exposure to equity markets.
- The Totus Alpha Fund's investment strategy is to identify structural themes, and then seek to drive performance by investing in securities that have concentrated exposure to those themes. Single stock short positions are used to generate alpha, frequently in under researched parts of the market such as the small and mid-cap space. Index derivatives are used to hedge the portfolio's market risk.
- McGarry qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PWC in 1999 and has 14 years market experience, commencing his career covering European building materials and construction sectors at Morgan Stanley in London. Previous experience included analytical roles at Ausbil, a Sydney based $10bn+ long-only manager, and sell side emerging companies experience at UBS. McGarry's emerging company research with UBS included exposure to a range of sectors including energy, materials, industrials, tech, financials, retail and telecommunications.
- The Fund has delivered an annalised return of 30.40% since inception in March 2012 as compared to 9.08% for the ASX 200 Accumulation Index. The standard deviation has been higher than the Index at 14.19% as compared to 12.31% and the Sharpe ratio is 1.77.
Totus Alpha Fund AFM Fund Review September 2015 (pdf format)
Pengana Absolute Return Asia Pacific Fund
22 Oct 2015 - Australian Fund Monitors
The Pengana Absolute Return Asia Pacific finished up 1.02% for the month, compared to the Asia Pacific market which fell -4.7% and HFR Event Driven Index which closed down -3.2%.
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22 Oct 2015 - Pengana Absolute Return Asia Pacific Fund
By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Fund Overview | The Fund will usually hold 40 to 80 positions and will be well diversified across the various event strategies. In keeping with the absolute return focus the Manager will eliminate market risk where appropriate by hedging market and foreign currency risks. Since inception the Fund has averaged a net equity market exposure of ~10%. Sizing of an investment position will depend on the expected risk adjusted returns while taking account the liquidity and volatility of the stock. In addition, the maximum potential loss on any one position should be greater than 0.5% of the NAV and the position should not exceed 30% participation of stressed volume assuming a $200m NAV. Other criteria considered are ability to hedge and the availability of pair candidates as well as the average bid-ask size. For M&A strategies average long position is 3 to 5.5% and average short position 2 to 5%. |
Manager Comments | Despite the global macro uncertainty, deal activity in September picked up significantly and was well diversified with Hong Kong, Australia and Taiwan the more active markets. The M&A sub-strategy contributed to +0.97% of the Fund's monthly return with China Resource Enterprise (291 HK) and Affinity Education (AFJ) being the two significant contributors. The Capital Management strategy was the biggest detractors of the month. On average, the Fund's net and gross exposures were 6% and 201.1% respectively. Click below to read the complete Fund Manager's Report. |
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Signature Quantitative Fund
21 Oct 2015 - Australian Fund Monitors
Signature Quantitative Fund returned +1.1% for the month of September, to outperform the ASX200 Accumulation Index by 4.06%.
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21 Oct 2015 - Signature Quantitative Fund
By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Fund Overview | SQF has been established to profit from anomalies surrounding event driven, behavioural & factor based structural market inefficiencies which generate significant profits and are uncorrelated & persistent over time. Specific strategies such as dividend arbitrage, index addition and deletion, tax year end, capital raisings, among other strategies are used by the Fund. The Fund's initial focus is on investing in Australian and New Zealand markets. |
Manager Comments | The Dividend Arbitrage strategy continued its recent solid performance in the volatile downward-trending market. Alpha Capture was also a strong positive contributor for the month as earnings revisions and analyst sentiment indicators paid off. The Fund had a net exposure of 53%, of which 15.6% exposure was in the Financial sector. Click the link below to view the latest Monthly Report. |
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Fund Review: Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund September 2015
21 Oct 2015 - Australian Fund Monitors
September Fund Review now available on Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund which has over 13 years track record & annualised returns of 18.15%.
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21 Oct 2015 - Fund Review: Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund September 2015
By: Australian Fund Monitors
BENNELONG LONG SHORT EQUITY FUND
Attached is our most recently updated Fund Review on the Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund.
- The Fund is a research driven, market and sector neutral, "pairs" trading strategy investing primarily in large cap stocks from the ASX/S&P100 Index, with over thirteen year track record and annualised returns of 18.15%.
- The consistent returns across the investment history indicates the Fund's ability to provide positive returns in volatile and negative markets and significantly outperform the broader market. The Fund's Sharpe Ratio and Sortino Ratio are 1.10 (Index 0.27) and 1.89 (Index 0.28) respectively.
For further details on the Fund, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Fund Review: Aurora Fortitude Absolute Return Fund September 2015
20 Oct 2015 - Australian Fund Monitors
Latest fund review now available on the Aurora Fortitude Absolute Return Fund, which has one of the most risk averse Key Performance Statistics of any fund in AFM's database.
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20 Oct 2015 - Fund Review: Aurora Fortitude Absolute Return Fund September 2015
By: Australian Fund Monitors
AURORA FORTITUDE ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND
We would like to highlight the following aspects of the Fund;
- The Aurora Fortitude Absolute Return Fund (AFARF) has a 10 year track record investing in ASX listed equities. A Market Neutral overlay is used across a multi strategy approach which allows for flexible asset allocation to maximise returns and minimise risk under a variety of market conditions and cycles.CIO John Corr has over 20 years financial market experience with a strong focus on risk.
- Significant use of low risk "long" derivatives and option overlays has provided positive returns with low volatility during periods of market dislocation. Risk statistics are impressive and shows the Funds risk philosophy; over 86% of monthly performances have been positive with no losing months in 2008, the Fund's largest drawdown is -2.09% and the Sharpe ratio 1.11.
- ASX listed Aurora Funds Limited was established on the merger of three existing fund management businesses, managing approx. $230m on behalf of more than 2,500 retail and wholesale investors.
APN Asian REIT Fund
20 Oct 2015 - Australian Fund Monitors
APN Asian REIT Fund rose 1.64% in September. Since inception, the Fund has an annualised return of 17.74% p.a.
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20 Oct 2015 - APN Asian REIT Fund
By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Fund Overview | Pete Morrissey and Corrine Ng are the Portfolio Managers of the Fund. Morrissey has over 15 years financial markets experience and joined APN in 2006. Previously, he worked at Lonsec and also managed an internationally focused private investment fund as well as spending several years as an analyst in the UK for Nomura, amongst others. He has also completed Masters level academic research papers on both commercial real estate cycles and global property cycles. Ng also has a strong background in property and REITs in Australia, Asia and the North American markets. Prior to joining APN, Ng worked for Aviva Investors (Senior Investment Analyst, North America Real Estate Securities Team) and Goldman Sachs & Co (Vice President, Goldman Sachs Asset Management Real Estate Securities Team) in New York. The Fund aims to deliver a competitive yield with lower risk than the market. The underlying stocks are selected based on a highly disciplined investment approach that focuses on the fundamentals and number of valuation approaches. The universe is expected to be dynamic as new IPO's, other corporate actions take place and / or corporate governance improvements at country or REIT level bring new stocks into focus. The Fund focuses on passive rental earnings derived from well managed Asian REITs listed in mature capital markets and will not invest in infrastructure, property development companies or stocks with a 'loose association with property'. The Fund provides access to a wide spread of property-based revenue streams that are specifically analysed, selected and weighted with the aim of delivering strong and sustainable income returns. The Fund is an unhedged product. The Fund is suited to medium to long term investors seeking a relatively high income and some capital growth over the long term. |
Manager Comments | The Fund's portfolio was geographically allocated in multiple Asian countries, with 38.3% in Japan and 30.2% in Singapore. Majority of the underlying property sector allocation was in the Retail REITs sector 37.5%, followed by Office REITs sector 27.6%. Top 5 Asian REIT holdings were in Croesus Retail Trust, Keppel Dc REIT, N, Capitaland Retail China Trust, Kenedix Office Investment Co and Soilbuild Business Space REIT. Click below to read the latest Fund's September commentary. |
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