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APN AREIT Fund
27 May 2016 - Australian Fund Monitors
APN AREIT Fund rose 3.37% in April, outperforming the S&P/ASX300 Property Trust Accumulation Index's return of 2.76%, by 0.61%.
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27 May 2016 - APN AREIT Fund
By: Australian Fund Monitors
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| Fund Overview | The senior management of APN FM all have significant experience in their fields. They include CEO Real Estate Securities, Michael Doble who has 25 years'experience having held various senior roles specialising in real estate valuation, consultancy and funds management. Immediately prior to joining APN in 2003 he was Head of Property at ANZ Funds Management. He is a fellow of the Australian Property Institute and FINSIA as well as holding a Bachelor of Business (Property). 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 | Click below to read the complete Fund Manager's Report. |
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Signature Quantitative Fund
27 May 2016 - Australian Fund Monitors
Signature Quantitative Fund returned -0.30% for the month of April.
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27 May 2016 - 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 | Capital Raisings continued its strong outperformance recently as the capital markets continued to provide numerous opportunities and SQF's market exposure also contributed to performance. Dividend Arbitrage and Alpha Capture strategies underperformed during April's resource-led market rally. Click the link below to view the latest Monthly Report. |
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Fund Review: Supervised Global Income Fund April 2016
26 May 2016 - Australian Fund Monitors
Fund review on Supervised Global Income Fund, a fixed income fund, is now available.
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26 May 2016 - Fund Review: Supervised Global Income Fund April 2016
By: Australian Fund Monitors
AFM Fund Review - April 2016 (pdf format)
SUPERVISED GLOBAL INCOME FUND
Attached is AFM's updated Fund Review on the Supervised Global Income Fund (SGIF).
We would like to highlight the following aspects of the Fund:
- The Supervised Global Income Fund (previously Supervised High Yield Fund) has a 6-year track record investing in fixed interest investments. The Investment strategy aims to deliver returns with zero correlation to equity markets by investing in debt securities with minimal default probability and offering a premium return above the risk-free rate.
- The Fund is managed by Philip Carden whose experience in debt and capital markets spans over 33 years, including time with JB Were's Capel Court Securities and Macquarie Bank, where he was the Executive Director responsible for the Debt Markets Division.
- SHYF is an Alternative Income fund which invests in Global and Australian debt markets, with all foreign currency receivables hedged back to Australian dollars.
- The Fund utilises a top-down analysis of the economic environment and market to screen and identifies debt market opportunities which it believes offer low risk with high yield. The next stage is the development of a risk matrix and investment strategy, following which detailed research is undertaken on specific investment opportunities which meet the pre-defined criteria established in the investment strategy.
- Prior to approving an investment for the Fund, each potential investment is subject to two stress tests. The first of these is of credit and default risk, in which the investment is stress-tested to ensure that in a worst case economic environment it can repay 100% of its principal and interest obligations case scenario for the asset by examining the highest margin over the risk rate that the investment has previously experienced in a crisis situation. Any decline in value under the stress test that exceeds 10% of the Fund's value is avoided The second test examines market risk. In this case, Carden looks at the worst case scenario for the asset by examining the highest margin over the risk rate that the investment has previously experienced in a crisis situation. Any decline in value under the stress test that exceeds 10% of the Fund's value is avoided.
AFM Fund Review - April 2016 (pdf format)
Pengana PanAgora Absolute Return Global Equities Fund
25 May 2016 - Australian Fund Monitors
Pengana PanAgora Absolute Return Global Equities Fund returned -3.49% for the month of April. The Fund has low systematic risk (beta) to the ASX200 and the MSCI World Indices of 0.07 and 0.08 respectively.
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25 May 2016 - Pengana PanAgora Absolute Return Global Equities Fund
By: Australian Fund Monitors
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| Fund Overview | PanAgora believes the best way to find opportunities in the global markets is to combine fundamental analysis with robust quantitative techniques in order to filter the investment universe and select the investments. The Fund invests primarily in listed equity securities from a global universe of developed markets and a select group of emerging market countries. The Fund's objective is to seek absolute returns by identifying and exploiting multiple inefficiencies that may exist in global equity markets. These inefficiencies are primarily exploited through the use of a long/short equity strategy which aims to construct a portfolio that is generally neutral to market movements. As such the performance of the investment strategy is largely independent of the market's performance. The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by using a diversified set of strategies that have low correlation to one another. In addition, because many of these strategies are designed to generate profit under different market conditions, their combination is expected to result in more stable returns over time than any individual strategy in and of itself. |
| Manager Comments | Performance was weakest in the Energy, Materials and IT sectors. Healthcare (the biggest detractor in March) proved the best performing sector with a contribution of approximately 0.7% on the back of earnings, a takeover announcement and positive trial results. The Intermediate portfolio gained 0.19% in April, helped largely by M&A induced activity in the US. Conversely, the short-term portfolio declined 0.69%, caused by a sharp rally in distressed European stocks, (predominantly Financials) which the fund was holding short in the expectation that they would fall out of the major European equity indices. Click below to read the latest Fund Manager's Report. |
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Fund Review: Bennelong Twenty20 Australian Equities Fund April 2016
24 May 2016 - Australian Fund Monitors
Latest Fund Review on Bennelong Twenty20 Australian Equities Fund is now available.
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24 May 2016 - Fund Review: Bennelong Twenty20 Australian Equities Fund April 2016
By: Australian Fund Monitors
AFM Fund Review - April 2016 (pdf format)
BENNELONG TWENTY20 AUSTRALIAN EQUITIES FUND
Attached is our most recently updated Fund Review on the Bennelong Twenty20 Australian Equities Fund.
- The Bennelong Twenty20 Fund invests in ASX listed stocks, combining an indexed position in the Top 20 stocks with an actively managed portfolio of stocks outside the Top 20. Construction of the ex-top 20 portfolio is fundamental, bottom-up, core investment style, biased to quality stocks, with a structured risk management approach.
- Mark East, the Fund's Chief Investment Officer, and Keith Kwang, Director of Quantitative Research have over 50 years combined market experience. Bennelong Funds Management (BFM) provides the investment manager, Bennelong Australian Equity Partners (BAEP) with infrastructure, operational, compliance and distribution services.
For further details on the Fund, please do not hesitate to contact us.
AFM Fund Review - April 2016 (pdf format)
Fund Review Pengana Absolute Return Asia Pacific Fund April 2016
23 May 2016 - Australian Fund Monitors
Latest Fund Review now available on Pengana Absolute Return Asia Pacific Fund, which has over 6 years of track record and annualised return of 9.95% p.a.
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23 May 2016 - Fund Review Pengana Absolute Return Asia Pacific Fund April 2016
By: Australian Fund Monitors
AFM Fund Review - April 2016 (pdf format)
PENGANA ABSOLUTE RETURN ASIA PACIFIC FUND
Attached is our most recently updated Fund Review on the Pengana Absolute Return Asia Pacific Fund.
- The Pengana Absolute Return Asia Pacific Fund ("PARAP") was established in 2008 by portfolio managers Antonio Meroni and Vikas Kumra. The Fund is a feeder fund into a Cayman Islands AUD share class fund.
- The Fund invests both long and short in Asia Pacific equities, including in Australian and New Zealand, after a stock specific "event" has either occurred or been announced and the portfolio aims to be uncorrelated to the underlying equity markets. A combination of the Manager's experience, thorough research and continuous back- testing identify the most attractive of these events.
- Risk controls include limits on individual positions as well as gross and net exposure. Limits are in place for option exposure and cash borrowing, with stop loss limits on individual positions. Overall the manager is looking to derive returns from the event strategies as opposed to any currency or market exposures.
- Since inception, the Fund has an annualised return of 9.95% p.a., compared to the AFM's Asia Pacific Index of 4.49%. The Fund has achieved this with lower volatility of 6.09% (Index 11.89%).
For further details on the Fund, please do not hesitate to contact us.
AFM Fund Review - April 2016 (pdf format)
Affluence Investment Fund
20 May 2016 - Australian Fund Monitors
The Affluence Investment Fund rose 1.92% in April.
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20 May 2016 - Affluence Investment Fund
By: Australian Fund Monitors
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| Fund Overview | The Fund does not invest directly into any asset class, rather, it invests in investment managers which satisfy Affluence Funds Management's investment criteria; its investment philosophy is based on a formula developed by CEO/Portfolio Manager Daryl Wilson since the start of his career in 1999. The Fund targets total returns of at least 5% above inflation over rolling 3 year periods with volatility of returns less than 50% of the ASX200 Index. The Fund also aims to provide investors with a distribution yield of at least 5% p.a. Finally, the Fund aims to outperform the Australian stock market (S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index) by at least 5% in any year in which that index delivers a negative return. To ensure appropriate diversity of managers and limit the potential for conflicts of interest, no more than 20% of the Fund will be invested with any one manager. Affluence seeks to achieve the Funds' investment objective by choosing attractively priced investments overseen by quality managers. The Fund uses a number of processes to identify potential investments including quantitative screens for investments which meet historical performance, volatility and other criteria. They also use a number of external researchers and information sources to assist in this process. |
| Manager Comments | Almost all of the Fund's investments delivered positive returns in April. The best returns came from the Fund's small resources investments. The worst performers were the long/short and market neutral funds which were roughly flat for the month. The property investments continued to deliver a decent yield. At month-end, the Fund held investments in 17 unlisted funds, which represented 62% of the total portfolio. The Fund also held 22 investments in listed investment companies and securities, representing 16% of the portfolio. The balance of 22% was held in cash. Click below to read the latest Fund Manager's report. |
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Supervised Global Incomed Fund
20 May 2016 - Australian Fund Monitors
Supervised GLobal Income Fund rose 0.48% for the month of April, to bring annualised performance since inception to 9.35% p.a.
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20 May 2016 - Supervised Global Incomed Fund
By: Australian Fund Monitors
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| Fund Overview | The fund may also invest in interest rate swaps, options over authorized investments and exchange traded futures contracts. All these will be either listed or traded in a market where they can be independently valued. Fundamental to the investment procedure is the tenet that no debt security will qualify for investment unless it can repay 100% of its principal and interest in a worst case economic scenario. |
| Manager Comments | More than half of the portfolio's composition (as a percentage of NAV) was invested in the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) 62.25%. The rest of the portfolio held USD Corporate Loans at 23.63% and AUD Corporate Loans at 4.54%. Cash was reduced from the prior month to 9.06%. The Fund Manager believe that even in an environment with historically low levels of interest rates, opportunities for reasonable returns still do exist in both, the Mortgage and Corporate Mezzanine loans market. Click below to view the latest Fund Manager Report. |
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NWQ Fiduciary Fund
19 May 2016 - Australian Fund Monitors
The NWQ Fiduciary Fund returned +0.27% in April bringing the net performance for the trailing 12 months to 6.25%.
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19 May 2016 - NWQ Fiduciary Fund
By: Australian Fund Monitors
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| Fund Overview | The Fund aims to produce returns, after management fees and expenses of between 8% to 11% p.a. over rolling five-year periods. Furthermore, the Fund aims to achieve these returns with volatility that is a fraction of the Australian equity market, in order to smooth returns for investors. |
| Manager Comments | At month end, the Fund was rebalanced with a reduction in Beta strategies (-3.0%) and an increase in Alpha strategies (+3.0%). In addition, a new manager has been introduced to the Beta strategy to provide some additional diversification. The portfolio's Beta managers utilised a range of long/short equity strategies and were the main contributors to performance, attributing +0.25%. Alpha manager returns were more subdued, with the strategy attributing a modest +0.10%. Click below to read the latest Fund's Report. |
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Pengana Global Small Companies Fund
19 May 2016 - Australian Fund Monitors
Pengana Global Small Companies Fund generated a return of 1.01% in April compared to a 2.89% return for the MSCI AC World SMID Cap Index.
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19 May 2016 - Pengana Global Small Companies Fund
By: Australian Fund Monitors
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| Fund Overview | The Fund is managed by Founder & CIO Leah Zell, and Portfolio Managers Jon Moog and David Li. The Lizard investment team have over 50 years combined investment experience in global small cap investing. Leah Zell has over 30 years of experience and is a recognized expert in international investing in the international small-cap category. The Fund's investment team uses a value-oriented investment approach to small and mid-cap global equities that seeks to identify and invest in quality businesses that create significant value but are mispriced, overlooked or out-of-favour. The investment manager believes that unique opportunities exist due to limited available research, corporate actions or unfavourable investor perception. The portfolio construction process aims to develop portfolios that incorporate the best investment ideas from the investment manager's research while allowing for liquidity constraints and perceived risk. The Fund's investment manager will not typically hedge currency exposures, however during periods of currency extremes, some currency hedging may be employed. Derivatives may be used to achieve long or short exposures, reduce risk and reduce transaction costs. Derivatives will not be used for the purposes of leverage and the Fund's net exposure will never be short. |
| Manager Comments | Currency positively impacted the Fund and the benchmark, adding roughly 1.7% to both. The largest contributor for the month was Moleskine, which continued its strong performance. Peyto was the second largest contributor, benefiting from price improvements in underlying commodities. AMS and Spirit Airlines both negatively impacted this month's performance after reporting lacklustre fundamental results. Click below to read the latest Fund Manager's report. |
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