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3 Dec 2012 - Performance Report: Optimal Australia Absolute Trust

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date29 November 2012
ManagerOptimal Fund Management Australia
Fund NameOptimal Australia Absolute Trust
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateOctober 2012
Latest Return0.37%
Latest 6 Months-0.21%
Latest 12 Months4.87%
Latest 24 Months14.45%
Annualised Since Inception12.75%
Inception Date15 September 2008
FUM (millions)AU$131
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 Absolute Trust returned 0.37% in October as gains in the long portfolio outweighed losses in short positions. The growth of the long portfolio (up 0.73%) was driven by Financials, Materials and Industrials. The Short portfolio loss (-0.39%) resulted from positions in Consumer Staples, Financials and Index Futures.

In line with many of their peers Optimal maintains a cautious outlook, avoiding overly aggressive levels of equity risk as political uncertainty driven by the US 'fiscal cliff' and Euro zone concerns persist.
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