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10 Jun 2015 - Monash Absolute Investment Fund

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Report Date04 June 2015
ManagerMonash Investors Pty Limited
Fund NameMonash Absolute Investment Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateMay 2015
Latest Return-0.40%
Latest 6 Months5.11%
Latest 12 Months2.97%
Latest 24 Months29.29%
Annualised Since Inception15.35%
Inception Date30 May 2012
FUM (millions)AU$28
Fund OverviewThe Monash Absolute Investment Fund is a long/short equity fund, with a home bias to investing in Australia. It invests in shares as a source of specific opportunity, not to go up and down with the market.

The fund seeks to identify opportunities in the share market to make positive returns (long and short) irrespective of market conditions. It is style agnostic, as compelling investment opportunities exist across all investment styles from time to time. The Fund places a high priority on capital preservation, and has an absolute return focus in accepting market risk.

The Manager's experience across value, growth and discounted cash flow styles allows them to use a comprehensive approach to investment decisions that applies all three. They also have the patience to seek out only compelling opportunities, rather than settling for relative value.

The portfolio is somewhat concentrated, looking to diversify across industries and themes, rather than by trying to stay near an index. The portfolio may at times have a large amount of cash or other protection. However once investments are made turnover may be relatively high in order to lock in gains and avoid losses.
Manager CommentsMonash Absolute Investment Fund returned -0.40% in May, and the Australian equity market had its first positive month (0.40%) since February. The Fund's performance since inception was 15.35% with annual volatility of 7.78%, bringing the Sharpe ratio and Sortino ratio to 1.55 and 3.45 respectively.

The fund continues to have a low Beta and a relatively weak correlation with the market. Over the last three months, the fund is up 0.75%, while the market is down. Most of the Fund's stocks had a good month, with the average returns from the Outlook Driven stocks and the Product Launch group positive. However the Fund had a weak result from the Event Trade stocks.

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