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4 Jul 2013 - Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date02 July 2013
ManagerBennelong Group
Fund NameBennelong Long Short Equity Fund
StrategyEquity Market Neutral
Latest Return DateMay 2013
Latest Return9.49%
Latest 6 Months11.44%
Latest 12 Months19.89%
Latest 24 Months30.45%
Annualised Since Inception21.03%
Inception Date01 January 2003
FUM (millions)AU$286
Fund OverviewBennelong Long Short Equity Management applies a qualitative stock selection process to construct a diversified portfolio of paired securities based on relative value. The Bennelong Long Short Equity Management strategy invests primarily in the S&P/ASX 100 and is dollar neutral at cost.
Manager CommentsThe Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund returned 1.1% during May bringing it's since inception (Feb 2002) return to 21.03%.

The local market fell 2.5% in June with a noticeable pickup in volatility across the globe as various macro events took their toll on investor sentiment across all asset classes.

As a result, the AUD continued its' recent slide finishing the month down over 4% against the USD ($0.914) while the Materials sector finished down over 10% for the month. Other under-performing sectors included IT (-6%) and Energy (-5.8%).

The Fund consolidated the gains made recently with a profit warning from one of the short holdings as well as a general risk-off attitude towards domestically focused businesses contributing to performance. Detracting from performance was a profit warning from one of the Fund's long holdings.

The Manager expects recent volatility to persist as markets and investors grapple with a potential change in ultra-loose monetary policy which has been in place for so long now.

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