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17 Apr 2014 - Pengana Australian Equities Market Neutral Fund

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Report Date16 April 2014
ManagerPengana Capital
Fund NamePengana Australian Equities Market Neutral Fund
StrategyEquity Market Neutral
Latest Return DateMarch 2014
Latest Return3.00%
Latest 6 Months6.83%
Latest 12 Months12.63%
Latest 24 Months6.51%
Annualised Since Inception9.81%
Inception Date09 September 2008
FUM (millions)AU$24
Fund OverviewThe Pengana Australian Equities Market Neutral Fund aims to provide a net annualised return of 5-10% over cash, with a risk target of 8-10%. The Fund holds equal weights in long and short positions listed on the ASX with a majority of the stocks included in the S&P/ASX 300 Index.

The manager's investment approach is premised on the belief that fundamental factors (such as earnings, cash flow and profit growth) affect stock prices, but that the adoption of quantitative techniques (i.e. computer based models) provides an advantage in assimilating and analysing this information, and building an efficient portfolio.

The Fund's portfolio is constructed to be 'Market Neutral' i.e. it aims to have little or no overall exposure to movements in the equity market. The aim of low exposure to market movements is to enhance the consistency of the portfolio's performance and to provide diversification from other market oriented investments.
Manager CommentsPengana Australian Equities Market Neutral Fund had a strong month delivering 3.0% during March (ASX 200 Acc Index 0.29%) and 12.63% (13.46%) for the year with a volatility of 8.36% (11.03%) and net exposure of 0.1% at month-end. Beta was 0.0 and correlation with the ASX 300 was 0.01.

The Fund Commentary highlights the Manager's strategies 'The return to company underlying fundamentals that we saw in February continued to drive fund performance over March with positive contributions from our Earnings Revisions, Value, Quality, and Momentum factors. Following the lead set during reporting season, Earnings Revisions continued to drive share prices as the market extended its outlook past FY1 earnings through into FY3 earnings.'

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