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18 Aug 2014 - Forager Australian Shares Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date15 August 2014
ManagerForager Funds Management
Fund NameForager Australian Shares Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateJuly 2014
Latest Return6.70%
Latest 6 Months3.35%
Latest 12 Months13.73%
Latest 24 Months58.18%
Annualised Since Inception13.98%
Inception Date17 October 2009
FUM (millions)AU$56
Fund OverviewForager Funds Management places no emphasis on predicting short-term price movements or the direction of markets. The focus is on valuing securities and attempting to buy them for substantially less than their underlying value. The Forager approach is to be patient, selective and only invest in opportunities where the gap between its estimate of value and the current security price is significant enough to compensate for the large degree of uncertainty inherent in valuing any security.
Manager CommentsForager Australian Shares Fund recorded an out-performance of the Index 2.20% (Fund 6.70%) during July and returned 13.73% for the previous 12 months.

Since inception (October 2009) the Fund has out-performed the ASX 200 Accum index with a return of 13.98% (Index 8.77%) with Sharpe and Sortino ratios of 0.78 and 1.34 above that of the Index.

While positive contributors included portfolio mainstays GBST, Hansen and RNY Property Trust, the most significant contribution came from a new addition to the portfolio â€" civil and mining company Brierty. Those gains were partly offset by declines in Infigen Energy and Hughes Drilling.

There is now approximately 17% of the fund invested in a collection of businesses either directly or partially exposed to mining services. The sector remains under intense pressure, and a couple of these investments have been a significant drag on performance over the past 12 months.

The Fund's monthly report is available on the AFM website under the Fund's profile.
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