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| Fund Overview | The Fund's portfolio primarily consists of long and short Australian equity positions. The Fund may also invest in other funds managed by BlackRock. Derivative securities, such as futures, forwards, swaps and options, can be used to manage risk and return Key insights into the investment process include: Analyst Expectations, Relative Valuation, Earnings Quality, Market Signals and Timing. Short-Term return enhancing opportunities including: Dividend reinvestment plans, Manging index changes, Managing cash flows and Arbitrage, Initial public offerings and Seasoned Equity Offerings and Off Market Buybacks. |
| Manager Comments | Notable are the Fund's maximum draw-down of 12.41% (Index 47.19%) and down-side capture ratio of -0.60. The Manager notes that the Fund's performance benefited from an overweight to iron ore producers versus other miners as the iron ore fines price remained above market expectations. Short positions in mining services companies were also profitable with further downgrades across the sector. Other outperforming positions were over-weights in wealth managers which continue to run due to exposure to the rising market, and positive stock selection within the healthcare sector. The main performance detractors came from short positions in domestic cyclicals such as building materials, retail and media. Two of the Fund's top contributors for the month were the long positions in Aristocrat Leisure and CSL. Among the top detractors were the short positions in the Commonwealth Bank and Computer Share. |
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