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3 Mar 2015 - Laminar Credit Opportunities Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date27 February 2015
ManagerLaminar Group
Fund NameLaminar Credit Opportunities Fund
StrategyFixed Income
Latest Return DateJanuary 2015
Latest Return0.74%
Latest 6 Months3.95%
Latest 12 Months8.97%
Latest 24 Months22.38%
Annualised Since Inception19.75%
Inception Date31 October 2009
FUM (millions)AU$54
Fund OverviewThe aim of the fund is to identify opportunities in the fixed income credit markets. The Fund invests in a full spectrum of fixed income products that includes but is not limited to: corporate bonds,; bank debt; credit derivatives; bank loans;commercial paper;hybrid securities; and mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities.

The Fund may also invest in derivatives for hedging purposes.

The portfolio of the Fund comprises primarily Investment Grade holding of 75% of the Fund's assets. Benchmark allocations are Australasia 50% to 100%, North America 0% to 50% and Europe 0% to 50%. Currency hedging may take place depending on benefits to the Fund.
Manager CommentsIn January the Laminar Credit Opportunities Fund returned 0.74% bringing annual performance since inception to 19.75% and annual volatility of 7.65% The fund has outperformed the ASX200 Accumulation Index which has annual return of 8.19% and annual volatility of 11.90%.

The Fund has little exposure to movements in interest rates because the majority of the assets within the Fund are floating rate notes (the interest rate duration of the Fund as at January 31st 2015 was 0.05 years). This helped the Fund avoid the sell-off experienced by fixed rate bonds during 2013, but the Reserve Bank of Australia's move to cut the cash rate on February 2nd lowered the one month BBSW rate, which is the benchmark rate for most of the assets in the portfolio. This will marginally reduce the Fund's returns in the near term.
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