Chris Gosselin, CEO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Matt Williams, Portfolio Manager of the Airlie Australian Share Fund, about how the fund invests and how it has performed so far throughout 2020. Matt discusses how COVID-19 has impacted the fund and also provides his outlook for the fund and economy going forward.

The Fund has returned +4.43% against the ASX200 Accumulation Index's -5.08% over the past 12 months. Since inception in June 2018, the Fund has returned +6.44% p.a. against the Index's annualised return over the same period of +4.29%. These returns have been achieved with a similar level of volatility to the market.

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Damen Purcell, COO at Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Nicolas Bryon, manager of the APSEC Atlantic Pacific Australian Equity Fund, about the performance of the fund since its inception in June 2013 with a focus on more recent performance throughout the pandemic.

The Fund has returned +21.82% against the ASX200 Accumulation Index's -5.08% over the past 12 months and +9.37% p.a. since inception against the Index's annualised return over the same period of +7.35%. One of the Fund's strengths is its ability to perform well in falling markets, highlighted by its consistently low down-capture ratios and significantly lower drawdowns during periods of significant market decline.

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Chris Gosselin, CEO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Rodney brott, CEO & Executive Director of DS Capital, and Dean Fergie, Director & Portfolio Manager at Cyan Investment Management. Both funds, the Cyan C3G Fund and the DS Capital Growth Fund, have successfully navigated the rebound since March to record monthly returns and, in spite of the market's +38% rise, outperform the ASX200.

In spite of both being in lock-down in Melbourne, some common views and themes were apparent - the ability to switch sectors from those such as travel, tourism or commercial property, to areas that have benefited from COVID - tech and communications for example.