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21 Aug 2015 - QATO Capital Market Neutral Long/Short Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date18 August 2015
ManagerQATO Capital
Fund NameQATO Capital Market Neutral Long/Short Fund
StrategyEquity Market Neutral
Latest Return DateJuly 2015
Latest Return-2.26%
Latest 6 Months-4.99%
Latest 12 Months30.20%
Latest 24 Months
Annualised Since Inception30.20%
Inception Date01 August 2014
FUM (millions)AU$48
Fund OverviewQATO Capital's Market Neutral Long/Short Fund is managed via an objective, consistent and replicable process utilising proprietary 'Q-Score' methodology. The Q-score process is fundamentally based, evaluating improving and deteriorating fundamentals within each business from a variety of financial metrics such as valuation, growth, risk, quality, earnings and price.

The fund targets a net market exposure of 0% to hedge broader market risks through 30 S&P/ASX-100 positions (15 long and 15 short equally weighted positions). The turnover is generally averaged around 30% of the total portfolio each month. The process is entirely systematic - stock selection and risk management are all employed in a rules based approach. The Market Neutral Long/Short Fund employs no financial leverage, no derivatives and no financial products to imitate leverage.

The Investment Manager's three principal investment goals for the Fund are:

1. Market neutral long/short portfolio management with little correlation to equity markets;

2. Over a 3-5 year period, seeking to target annualised volatility of 15% per annum and annualised returns of 15-30% per annum above the Benchmark; Sharpe Ratio 1.0-2.0 and a negative beta to ASX listed equities; and

3. To provide investors with a co-investment opportunity alongside the founding members' investments in the Investment Manager's strategy.
Manager CommentsQATO Capital Market Neutral Long/Short Fund decreased 2.26% in July. The Fund's performance of 30.20%, over the latest 12 months has been strong. Since inception (August 2014), the Fund has out-performed the ASX200 Accumulation Index, resulting in notable Sharpe and Sortino ratios of 1.93 (Index 0.31) and 4.53 (Index 0.37) respectively.

In July, the Fund's benchmark, S&P/ASX-100 bounced back after a weak month in June, predominately driven by a strong beta rally in lower quality/higher beta companies. This proved challenging for the Fund's investment style, in particular the Fund's short positions. The long book however performed strongly as the Q-Score process selected a number of large outperformers to the S&P/ASX-100 Index.

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