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28 May 2015 - Totus Alpha Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date26 May 2015
ManagerTotus Capital
Fund NameTotus Alpha Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateApril 2015
Latest Return-4.50%
Latest 6 Months9.07%
Latest 12 Months18.58%
Latest 24 Months64.94%
Annualised Since Inception24.74%
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 was down 4.5% in April compared to the ASX200 Accumulation Index's -1.70%. However the Fund's annual performance of 24.74% (ASX200 Accumulation Index 14.70% p.a.) has been strong. The Sharpe and Sortino ratio were notable at 1.52 (Index 1.04) and 3.90 (Index 1.60) respectively. This performance has been delivered with low (usually negative) beta (-0.0068) and correlation (-0.0056) to the ASX300 Accumulation Index.

At the end of April, the fund had a net exposure of 31.0% and a gross exposure of 298.0%. The fund was diversified across a number investment themes and geographies with 124 positions (57 long and 67 short). Top contributors in April were the long positions in Smartgroup +1.23% (Scarce Growth) and Altium +0.67% (Online). The short position in Metcash added +0.71% (Structural Change). Biggest detractors were the short position in LNG -2.10% (Promoter), and long positions in Healthscope -0.55% (Ageing Population) and Ramsay Health -0.55% (Ageing Population).

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