APN Asian REIT Fund

Attached is our most recently updated Fund Review on the APN Asian REIT Fund.

We would like to highlight the following aspects of the Fund;

• APN is an ASX-listed fund manager specialising in property investment, with an investment team of six. Established in 1996, APN now has FUM of $A2.1bn including four REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) funds.
• The APN Asian REIT Fund (Fund) is a property securities fund that invests in a quality portfolio of Asian REITs, listed on the securities exchanges of the Asian Region, with the ability to hold some cash and fixed interest investments. 
• 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 universe can include new IPO's, other corporate actions take place and / or corporate governance improvements at country or REIT level bring new stocks into focus.
• 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 an unhedged product.
• APN's Asian REIT Fund invests in a portfolio of 25-40 listed Asian REITs with a core philosophy of investing in properties with a sustainable rental income streams.
• The Fund has delivered an annalised return of 15.97% p.a., since inception in July 2011 with standard deviation of 9.37% p.a. The Sharpe and Sortino ratios are 1.32 and 2.39 respectively.

Australian Fund Monitors

ATTACHED FILESAPN Asian REIT Fund AFM Fund Review December 2015 (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 10.12% p.a., compared to the AFM's Asia Pacific Index of 5.47%. The Fund has achieved this with lower volatility of 6.13% (Index 11.95%).

For further details on the Fund, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Australian Fund Monitors

ATTACHED FILESPengana Absolute Return Asia Pacific Fund - AFM Fund Review December 2015 (pdf format)

MORPHIC GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

Attached is our most recently updated  Fund Review on the Morphic Global Opportunities Fund.

Key points include:

• The Fund is a global equity long/short manager with a long bias and a macro-economic overlay. The mandate allows the Fund to short sell, use derivatives and invest in assets such as commodities & currencies.
• Morphic's philosophy is that only funds with flexible investment and hedging strategies will be able to deliver acceptable, steady, real, absolute returns over the investment cycle.
• The Fund is an early stage, boutique, Sydney-based fund established in 2012 with experienced CIO's, and an investment team of 6 including a risk manager.
• The Board has a majority of independent members with significant risk and investment experience.

For further details on the Fund, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Australian Fund Monitors

ATTACHED FILESMorphic Global Opportunities Fund AFM Fund Review December 2015 (pdf format)

TOTUS ALPHA FUND

Attached is our most recently updated Fund Review on the Totus Alpha Fund.

We would like to highlight the following aspects of the Fund;

• Totus Capital is a Sydney based long short fund manager established in 2012 by Ben McGarry which aims to place equal emphasis on performance and capital preservation.  The Fund invests mainly in Australia, but also in other developed economies, with a primary exposure to equity markets.
• The Totus Alpha Fund's investment strategy is to identify structural themes, and then seek to drive performance by investing in securities that have concentrated exposure to those themes.  Single stock short positions are used to generate alpha, frequently in under researched parts of the market such as the small and mid-cap space. Index derivatives are used to hedge the portfolio's market risk.
• McGarry qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PWC in 1999 and has 14 years market experience, commencing his career covering European building materials and construction sectors at Morgan Stanley in London. Previous experience included analytical roles at Ausbil, a Sydney based $10bn+ long-only manager, and sell side emerging companies experience at UBS. McGarry's emerging company research with UBS included exposure to a range of sectors including energy, materials, industrials, tech, financials, retail and telecommunications.
• The Fund has delivered an annalised return of 32.63% since inception in March 2012 as compared to 10.28% for the ASX 200 Accumulation Index. The standard deviation has been higher than the Index at 14.12% as compared to 12.20% and the Sharpe ratio is 1.86.  

Australian Fund Monitors

ATTACHED FILESTotus Alpha Fund AFM Fund Review December 2015 (pdf format)