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15 Feb 2012 - Performance Report: Optimal Australia Absolute Trust

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date15 February 2012
ManagerOptimal Fund Management
Fund NameOptimal Australia Absolute Trust
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateJanuary 2012
Latest Return1.51%
Latest 6 Months4.68%
Latest 12 Months8.24%
Latest 24 Months24.46%
Annualised Since Inception15.18%
Inception Date15 September 2008
FUM (millions)AU$62
Fund OverviewThe investment objective of the Fund is to seek to achieve above average returns in absolute terms, through investing in listed securities in Australia and New Zealand, subject to the overarching requirement of capital preservation. Investments will predominantly be in equity securities but may include fixed interest instruments, money market instruments, derivatives and foreign exchange contracts.

The Fund's bias is likely to be net long under normal market conditions, with the core strategy being to construct a portfolio of listed equity securities priced at levels that do not adequately reflect their underlying value. The Fund will seek to boost returns and limit potential market downside by selective short selling of individual stocks which are priced at levels that are viewed as materially above their underlying value. The Fund will also use certain trading strategies both within its core portfolio (through rebalancing stock weights and overall market exposure in response to price movements) and in certain other situations (typically of a shorter-duration and/or opportunistic nature) with the objective of further increasing returns.
Manager CommentsOptimal Australia's onshore fund returned +1.51% in January, having modestly increased exposure in December prior to the New Year rally, but then reducing it over the course of the month ahead of the pending Australian earnings season.

Optimal continue to describe the market as dysfunctional, with sharp rallies on thin volumes meaning investors must either prepare for the bounce, or struggle to chase it. In spite of the unpredictability of markets since inception in September 2008, the fund has only suffered 3 negative months.
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