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31 Jan 2013 - BlackRock Multi Opportunity Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date30 January 2013
ManagerBlackRock Asset Management Australia Limited
Fund NameBlackRock Multi Opportunity Fund
StrategyMulti Strategy
Latest Return DateDecember 2012
Latest Return0.52%
Latest 6 Months5.13%
Latest 12 Months12.11%
Latest 24 Months29.45%
Annualised Since Inception8.99%
Inception Date30 July 2004
FUM (millions)AU$386.16
Fund OverviewThe BlackRock Multi Opportunity Fund is a multi-strategy fund that seeks to benefit from BlackRock's ability to systematically exploit inefficiencies across a broad range of global investment markets. The Fund harnesses BlackRock's best research ideas that are based on sound economic principles which are implemented via a systematic investment process and combined into one investment vehicle. The Fund gains exposure to a diversified group of absolute return strategies which currently include:
- Australian and International Equity Long/Short
- Global Fixed Income Long/Short
- Global Macro
- Commodity Alpha
- Alpha Transport

The Fund's goal is to provide investors with a source of consistent, risk-controlled, absolute returns that are over time, expected to have low correlations with the returns of major asset classes. The Fund aims to achieve a return of 8% p.a. before fees, above the RBA Cash Rate Target over rolling 3 year periods. In order to achieve its expected return objective, the Fund will target a total expected risk of between 4-6% p.a. over the same rolling 3 year period.
Manager CommentsBlackRock's Multi Opportunity Fund returned 0.52% in December and 12.11% in 2012, out-performing the cash benchmark by 8.41% and continuing the unbroken run of positive monthly returns recorded since May 2010.

The Fund benefited from the stronger environment for risk assets, policy easing by central banks and generally improving economic data. The largest contributions over the quarter were fixed income by asset class and bond selection by strategy, with global macro the weakest asset due to currency investments.

For 2013 the Manager remains concerned about global fiscal policy tightening and budget negotiations in the US, but is constructive on the US economy beyond these issues.
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