Fact Sheet - Performance as at Aug 2026
Argonaut Global Gold Fund
Manager Summary
Argonaut Funds Management is a high conviction investor in the Australian resources sector. It is based in the tier one mining jurisdiction of Western Australia and operates two resource focused funds. Argonaut Funds Management is part of Argonaut Group, an integrated investment house with corporate, stockbroking & research and special situations financing capability in the Australia/Asian region.
Strategy Summary
The Fund intends to invest globally in gold and precious metals through equities, debt, royalties and streaming, and physical gold and precious metals exchange traded funds. The Fund will have at least 50% of FUM invested in gold and listed gold equities.
The investment process involves a three-step evaluation of investment opportunities being:
(1) an assessment of overall market conditions;
(2) a review of macro conditions and geopolitical risks and their likely impact on the gold market; and
(3) a "bottom up" company evaluation process based on the Argonaut "Five Bricks" analysis process focused on Management, Valuation, Business Strength, Financial Strength and Responsible Investing.
The investment process involves a three-step evaluation of investment opportunities being:
(1) an assessment of overall market conditions;
(2) a review of macro conditions and geopolitical risks and their likely impact on the gold market; and
(3) a "bottom up" company evaluation process based on the Argonaut "Five Bricks" analysis process focused on Management, Valuation, Business Strength, Financial Strength and Responsible Investing.
Key Terms
| Status: | Open | Inception Date: | Nov 2022 |
| Strategy: | Equity Long/Short | Style: | Growth |
| Geography: | Global | Domicile: | Australia |
| Investors: | Wholesale | Min. Investment: | AU$ 50,000 |
| Distributions: | Annually | Applications: | Monthly |
| Fund Size: | AU$ 30.95m | Management Fee: | 1.50% |
| Manager FUM: | AU$ 123.34m | Performance Fee: | 20.00% |
Key Statistics
| Fund | Index* | Fund | Index* | ||
| Aug 2026: | 15.40% | 5.87% | Sharpe1: | 1.20 | 0.48 |
| 1 Year: | 85.60% | 26.99% | Sortino1: | 2.12 | 0.66 |
| 3 Years2: | 47.92% | 12.06% | Best Month1: | 24.71% | 17.85% |
| 5 Years2: | N/A | N/A | Worst Month1: | -15.75% | -11.41% |
| Inception1,2: | 41.34% | 11.11% | Volatility1,2: | 29.59% | 16.47% |
| Up-Capture1: | 186% | N/A | Down-Capture1: | 17% | N/A |
Cumulative Returns Fund Index
Argonaut Global Gold Fund - Cumulative Performance vs S&P Global Natural Resources Index AUD (TR)
Drawdowns Fund Index
Drawdown%
Fund Index
Quintile Ranking vs. Equity Alternative - Global Peer Group (100 funds) as at July 2026
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Argonaut Global Gold Fund
All Countries World Index (AUD)
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.