| Report Date | 03 October 2013 |
| Manager | Bennelong Long Short Equity Management, a Bennelong Funds Management boutique |
| Fund Name | Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund |
| Strategy | Equity Market Neutral |
| Latest Return Date | August 2013 |
| Latest Return | 2.27% |
| Latest 6 Months | 18.01% |
| Latest 12 Months | 18.38% |
| Latest 24 Months | 28.86% |
| Annualised Since Inception | 21.26% |
| Inception Date | 01 January 2003 |
| FUM (millions) | AU$359 |
| Fund Overview | Bennelong 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 Comments | Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund has a five year performance record of 16.85% vs 4.63% for the ASX 200 Acc and an annualised standard deviation of 12.63% as compared to 15.48%. The Fund recorded 0.83% during August.
The Manager notes that the fund performance was slightly positive during the month with contributions from the long portfolio marginally outperforming detractions from the short book.
The Fund has a month-end leverage of 4.9 times. |
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