Damen Purcell, COO at Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Jesse Moors and Nicholas Quinn from Spatium Capital. Jesse and Nicholas manage the Spatium Small Companies Fund, a long-only fund that invests in a portfolio of 25 - 40 ASX300 listed companies.

Since the strategy's inception in July 2018, it has returned +15.52% p.a. against the ASX200 Accumulation Index's annualised return over the same period of +1.48%. Over FY20 the Fund rose +29.16%, outperforming the Index by +36.84%.

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Australian Fund Monitors speaks with Alex Pollak, CIO of the Loftus Peak Global Disruption Fund, to get an update on how the Fund has performed in light of the COVID-19 crisis and how Loftus Peak expect it to perform into the future. Alex notes the Fund has been well prepared for a black swan event such as this given its strong focus on disruptive companies that facilitate social distancing.

The Loftus Peak Global Disruption Fund invests in a portfolio of 15-35 globally listed companies in sectors impacted by disruption. The Fund is long-only and has a global geographic mandate. Since inception in November 2016, the Fund has returned +23.18% p.a. against AFM's Global Equity Index's return of +12.60% p.a. over the same period.

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Australian Fund Monitors speaks with Dean Fergie from Cyan Investment Management about the Cyan C3G Fund's activity since last speaking with him in April. Dean also provides his view on the current state of the global economy and Cyan's outlook for their fund.

The Cyan C3G Fund invests in a portfolio of 20 - 40 small and mid-cap companies, weighted appropriately to balance risk and return. Since inception in August 2014, the Fund has returned +11.52% p.a. versus the ASX200 Accumulation Index's annualised return of +4.13% over the same period. The Fund has also achieved a down-capture ratio for performance since inception of 53.89%.

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Australian Fund Monitors speaks with Dean Fergie from Cyan Investment Management about the current market conditions and how the investment team are navigating the Cyan C3G Fund through this tumultuous period.

The Cyan C3G Fund invests in a portfolio of 20 - 40 small and mid-cap companies, weighted appropriately to balance risk and return. Since inception in August 2014, the Fund has returned +10.03% p.a. versus the ASX200 Accumulation Index's annualised return of +2.66% over the same period. The Fund has also achieved a down-capture ratio for performance since inception of 53.89%.

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Australian Fund Monitors' CEO, Chris Gosselin, speaks with Robert Swift from Delft Partners and Alex Pollak from Loftus Peak to get their perspectives on the current economic environment.

Loftus Peak is a global fund manager with a focus on investing in listed disruptive businesses. They manage the Loftus Peak Global Disruption Fund.

Delft Partners is wholly owned and managed by an experienced team with a global presence. They operate three main strategies: Asia Small Companies, Global High Conviction and Global Infrastructure.

Australian Fund Monitors' CEO, Chris Gosselin, speaks with Monik Kotecha, CEO of Insync Fund Managers. Monik is the Chief Investment Officer of both the Insync Global Capital Aware Fund and the Insync Global Quality Equity Fund and in this video discusses his views on current market conditions and how he expects his funds to perform.

Year to date (as at the end of February 2020), the Insync Global Capital Aware Fund and the Global Quality Equity Fund are up +4.48% and +2.14% respectively against AFM's Global Equity Benchmark which is down -2.05%.

Continuing the theme of "Defensive Funds in a Disorderly World", Australian Fund Monitors' CEO, Chris Gosselin, speaks with Kristiaan Rehder, Portfolio Manager of the Bennelong Kardinia Absolute Return Fund. Kristiaan shares his views on the current economic climate and how he expects the Fund to perform. To highlight the Fund's defensive nature, its largest drawdown throughout the GFC was -6.02% versus the ASX200 Accumulation Index's -47.19%. As at 29 February 2020, the Fund had returned +4.50% YTD against the Index's -3.08%.

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In this brief 6-minute video, AFM's Chris Gosselin speaks with Alex Pollak, CIO of Loftus Peak's Global Disruption Fund, about their strategy of investing in a concentrated portfolio of profitable companies with sound revenues and little to no debt. The strategy returned 35% in 2019's bull market, and in 2020 is also providing protection in the COVID-19 sell off.

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Damen Purcell, National Manager Distribution at Insync Fund Managers, gives a brief overview of what Insync looks for when choosing companies to invest in.

Insync Global Capital Aware Fund

Insync Global Quality Equity Fund

The Cyan C3G Fund has been available on OLIVIA123 for about 4 years now. Cyan receive approximately 95% of their applications through the OLIVIA123 system and Dean Fergie (Director & Portfolio Manager at Cyan Investment Management) says the ease of use for them and their investors means they just couldn't live without it.

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