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22 Apr 2015 - Totus Alpha Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date21 April 2015
ManagerTotus Capital
Fund NameTotus Alpha Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateMarch 2015
Latest Return5.50%
Latest 6 Months15.20%
Latest 12 Months21.50%
Latest 24 Months88.62%
Annualised Since Inception27.45%
Inception Date01 April 2012
FUM (millions)AU$15.3
Fund OverviewThe Totus Alpha Fund aims to maximise returns for investors through fundamental industry and company research and active portfolio management. The investment strategy is based on identifying medium to long term structural investment themes and seek absolute returns by investing in securities that have concentrated exposure to those themes.

The Fund is a long/short investment fund principally investing in listed entities, commodities, futures and options in Australia and internationally. The Fund is not a market neutral fund and accordingly may switch between net long positions and net short positions. The Fund may use short sales and derivatives.

Gearing may be used to enhance returns and the Fund may be geared in excess of 100% of the Fund's Net Asset Value. There is a limit to net exposure of 150%.
Manager CommentsTotus Alpha Fund had a strong performance in March with 5.50% compared to the ASX200 Accumulation Index of -0.09%. Since inception, the Fund's Annual Return per annum was 27.45% compared to the ASX200 Accumulation Index of 15.79%. The Sharpe and Sortino ratio were 1.72 (Index 1.12) and 5.06 (Index 1.74) respectively. The performance has been delivered with low (usually negative) beta (-0.06) and correlation (-0.049) to equity markets.

At the end of March, the fund had a net exposure of 21.70% and a gross exposure of 279.90%. The fund is diversified across a number investment themes and geographies with 123 positions (55 long and 68 short) at the end of March. The average market cap of stocks in the portfolio is $20.15 billion. Top contributors were the long positions in 1-Page +1.9% (Online) and Altium +0.61% (Online). The short position in G8 Education added +0.83% (Promoter). Biggest detractors were the short positions in Ardent -0.25% (Earnings Risk) and in long position in Greencross -0.26% (Scarce Growth).

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