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4 Sep 2015 - KIS Asia Long Short Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date01 September 2015
ManagerKIS Capital Partners
Fund NameKIS Asia Long Short Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateJuly 2015
Latest Return0.26%
Latest 6 Months6.73%
Latest 12 Months6.10%
Latest 24 Months17.57%
Annualised Since Inception14.75%
Inception Date01 October 2009
FUM (millions)AU$39
Fund OverviewThe Fund's investment objective is to generate absolute returns, in Australian dollars, of around 15% p.a. after all fees without noticeable correlation to any particular asset class or market.
Whilst the Fund's primary strategy is focused on long/short equities, the ability to retain discretionary powers to allocate across a number of other investment strategies is reserved. These strategies may include, but not be limited to: convertible bond investments, portfolio hedging, equity related arbitrage, special situations (e.g. merger arbitrage, rights offerings, participation in international public offerings and placements, etc.).
The Fund's geographic focus is Asia excluding Japan, but including Australia). The Fund may invest outside of this region to the extent that:
1. The investment decision is driven from the Asian region or;
2. The exposure is intended to mitigate risk or enhance return from factors external to the Asian region.
Manager CommentsKIS Asia Long Short Fund rose 0.26% for the month of July, to bring the annualised performance since inception to 14.75% p.a. In comparison, the AFM Asia Pacific ex-Japan Index has an annualised returned of 4.55% p.a. The Fund has achieved it's performance with lower volatility to give notable Sharpe and Sortino ratios of 1.93 (Index 0.16) and 4.45 (Index 0.16) respectively.

Majority of the month's return came from the Long Short Strategy, contributing 21bp. The Fund suffered from volatility in Hong Kong (HK) and China, which was especially noticeable in the HK listed mid-cap stocks. The Fund was able to cut their positions in Hong Kong, limiting the pain to 60bp. Australia was heavily dominated by long positions in small-cap stocks such as Catapult Group International Ltd, CAT.AX and Freelancer, FLN, AX to produce positive returns.

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