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Performance Report: Regal Tasman Market Neutral Fund
6 Dec 2012 - Australian Fund Monitors
Regal's Tasman Market Neutral Fund delivers a 1.55% return for November driven by positions in the Utilities, Financials and Energy sectors.
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6 Dec 2012 - Performance Report: Regal Tasman Market Neutral Fund
By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Performance Report: BlackRock Australian Equity Market Neutral Fund
3 Dec 2012 - Australian Fund Monitors
The BlackRock Australian Equity Market Neutral Fund delivers 1.76% return in October driven by long positions in Graincorp and Flight Centre.
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3 Dec 2012 - Performance Report: BlackRock Australian Equity Market Neutral Fund
By: Australian Fund Monitors
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| Fund Overview | The Fund's portfolio primarily consists of long and short Australian equity positions. The Fund may also invest in other funds managed by BlackRock. Derivative securities, such as futures, forwards, swaps and options, can be used to manage risk and return Key insights into the investment process include: - Analyst Expectations - Relative Valuation - Earnings Quality - Market Signals - Timing Short-Term return enhancing opportunities including: - Dividend reinvestment plans - Manging index changes - Managing cash flows - Arbitrage - Initial public offerings and Seasoned Equity Offerings - Off Market Buybacks |
| Manager Comments | Monthly performance was driven by long positions in Graincorp and Flight Centre which outweighed losses on short positions in Discovery Metals and Alumina. |
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Performance Report: Optimal Australia Absolute Trust
3 Dec 2012 - Australian Fund Monitors
The Optimal Australia Absolute Trust returned 0.37% in October, driven by long positions in Financials, Materials and Industrials.
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3 Dec 2012 - Performance Report: Optimal Australia Absolute Trust
By: Australian Fund Monitors
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| Fund Overview | The Fund's bias is likely to be net long under normal market conditions, with the core strategy being to construct a portfolio of listed equity securities priced at levels that do not adequately reflect their underlying value. The Fund will seek to boost returns and limit potential market downside by selective short selling of individual stocks which are priced at levels that are viewed as materially above their underlying value. The Fund will also use certain trading strategies both within its core portfolio (through rebalancing stock weights and overall market exposure in response to price movements) and in certain other situations (typically of a shorter-duration and/or opportunistic nature) with the objective of further increasing returns. |
| Manager Comments | In line with many of their peers Optimal maintains a cautious outlook, avoiding overly aggressive levels of equity risk as political uncertainty driven by the US 'fiscal cliff' and Euro zone concerns persist. |
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Performance Report: Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund
26 Nov 2012 - Australian Fund Monitors
Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund returns 1.69% to take 12 month performance to 15.70% with strong returns from the long portfolio being somewhat offset by negative returns on short positions.
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26 Nov 2012 - Performance Report: Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund
By: Australian Fund Monitors
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| Manager Comments | The Manager maintains a cautious outlook for growth in 2013 as the impact of global stimulus measures is assessed. |
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Performance Report: Bennelong Kardinia Absolute Return Fund
20 Aug 2012 - Australian Fund Monitors
Bennelong Kardinia increases net market exposure as both long and short books contributed to July\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s performance of +2.30%
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20 Aug 2012 - Performance Report: Bennelong Kardinia Absolute Return Fund
By: Australian Fund Monitors
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| Fund Overview | The Fund consists of a concentrated long/short portfolio typically comprising 30 to 40 ASX300 listed stocks, generally with a long bias aligned to the overall market direction. There is a slight bias to large cap stocks in the long side of the portfolio, although in a rising market the portfolio will tend to hold smaller caps, including resource stocks, more frequently. The Fund was launched on 17th August 2011 following the resignation of Portfolio Managers Mark Burgess and Kristiaan Rehder from Herschel Asset Management in late July 2011. While at Herschel Burgess and Rehder had managed the Fund under the name of the Herschel Absolute Return Fund. As a result management of the Fund was transferred to Kardinia Capital, a new boutique fund manager 65% owned by Burgess and Rehder, with the balance owned by Bennelong Funds Management. The Fund's investment strategy and prior track record remains intact. |
| Manager Comments | Net equity market exposure was raised to 32.7% by the end of July (38.1% long and 5.4% short) from 27.4% in June. Kardinia was one of only 12 funds in AFM's database to have recorded positive consecutive performances over 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years to the end of June 2012. |
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Performance Report: Bennelong Kardinia Absolute Return Fund
12 Jul 2012 - Australian Fund Monitors
Bennelong's Kardinia returns 1.38% in June with short positions providing the bulk of the performance as the resources sector continued its recent underperformance.
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12 Jul 2012 - Performance Report: Bennelong Kardinia Absolute Return Fund
By: Australian Fund Monitors
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| Fund Overview | The Fund consists of a concentrated long/short portfolio typically comprising 30 to 40 ASX300 listed stocks, generally with a long bias aligned to the overall market direction. There is a slight bias to large cap stocks in the long side of the portfolio, although in a rising market the portfolio will tend to hold smaller caps, including resource stocks, more frequently. The Fund was launched on 17th August 2011 following the resignation of Portfolio Managers Mark Burgess and Kristiaan Rehder from Herschel Asset Management in late July 2011. While at Herschel Burgess and Rehder had managed the Fund under the name of the Herschel Absolute Return Fund. As a result management of the Fund was transferred to Kardinia Capital, a new boutique fund manager 65% owned by Burgess and Rehder, with the balance owned by Bennelong Funds Management. The Fund's investment strategy and prior track record remains intact. |
| Manager Comments | Net equity market exposure remained steady at 27.4% (34.1% long and 6.7% short). |
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Performance Report: Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund
11 Jul 2012 - Australian Fund Monitors
Bennelong's market neutral fund gains 8.47% in June as both long and short portfolios contribute
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11 Jul 2012 - Performance Report: Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund
By: Australian Fund Monitors
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| Manager Comments | Given the market's performance over the past 12 months the Fund's return of over 13% in difficult conditions continues to place it close to the top of AFM's rankings over most time frames. Bennelong recognises that the markets have the ability to rally over the short term given the underweight position of many investors and the potential for further central bank stimulus. However, the manager does not see conditions leading to any meaningful rally in growth assets, and sees further potential for earnings downgrades. Caution remains. |
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Performance Report: K2 Australian Absolute Return Fund
6 Jul 2012 - Australian Fund Monitors
K2 lifts net exposure to a more neutral level, but retains minimum 30% cash exposure as investor confidence remains challenged
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6 Jul 2012 - Performance Report: K2 Australian Absolute Return Fund
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| Fund Overview | - The Fund is managed 'opportunistically'. Investments are made throughout Australia and New Zealand across sectors that the investment team believes will add greatest value. - Typically the Fund will hold between 50 and 70 listed equities. - If deemed appropriate, the Fund may be 100% invested in cash. - To implement the Fund's Long/Short investment strategy, K2 is able to use leverage or gear the Fund. However, the net invested position of the Fund shall not exceed the Net Asset Value (NAV) of the Fund. |
| Manager Comments | On the long side the Fund increased exposure to NAB as it looks to run off its UK commercial real estate portfolio, and BHP on the basis that it is offering a fully franked trailed dividend yield that is 0.5% higher than the Australian 10 yr bond rate, and in spite of falling commodity prices on the Chinese growth outlook. Meanwhile the Fund intends to hold a minimum exposure to cash of 30%, believing that although there is real value in equities a large proportion of investors will remain on the sidelines until the European bond markets stabilise and corporate earnings plateau. |
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Performance Report: QIC Asia Pacific Market Neutral Fund A$ Class
14 Jun 2012 - Australian Fund Monitors
QIC's Asia Pacific Market Neutral Fund produces strong result of +3.16% in May as the MSCI Asia Pacific (ex Japan) index falls 11%
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14 Jun 2012 - Performance Report: QIC Asia Pacific Market Neutral Fund A$ Class
By: Australian Fund Monitors
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| Manager Comments | Risk aversion continued to build over the month as political instability continued in Europe, soft economic data came out of China and the possibility of Greece exiting the Euro again made headlines. By the last week of the month equity markets were reeling as investors continued to take risk off the table. In this risk averse environment QIC's quant strategies performed well, with long momentum, analyst sentiment and value factor models all contributing to varying degrees in different geographic markets. Beta driven factors understandably detracted from performance. |
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Performance Report: Aurora Fortitude Absolute Return Fund
13 Jun 2012 - Australian Fund Monitors
Aurora Fortitude provides a positive May return of 0.26% with the Options book providing the bulk of the returns
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13 Jun 2012 - Performance Report: Aurora Fortitude Absolute Return Fund
By: Australian Fund Monitors
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| Manager Comments | Aurora's Options portfolio provided the bulk of the returns as expected in the above environment, with the book heavily weighted towards financials given the large exposure to the sector in the Yield and parts of the M&A book. Elsewhere gains in the Yield book were offset by negative returns in the M&A book pending the outcome of various deals, while small gains in the Convergence book were offset by losses in the Long/Short book. The positive return takes the Fund's winning streak to 11 months, and it remains the only fund to have recorded positive returns for every month of 2008. |
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