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22 Sep 2015 - QATO Capital Market Neutral Long/Short Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date18 September 2015
ManagerQATO Capital
Fund NameQATO Capital Market Neutral Long/Short Fund
StrategyEquity Market Neutral
Latest Return DateAugust 2015
Latest Return-2.22%
Latest 6 Months-5.32%
Latest 12 Months24.32%
Latest 24 Months
Annualised Since Inception24.96%
Inception Date01 August 2014
FUM (millions)AU$47
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 returned -2.22% in August, to significantly outperform the S&P/ASX-100 Index, which fell -8.81%, the largest monthly fall since October 2008. Since inception, the Fund has returned 24.96% p.a. compared to the Index -6.70% p.a during the same time-frame. The Fund's return has been achieved with lower volatility than the Index, to give notable Sharpe and Sortino ratios of 1.60 and 3.57 respectively.

One of the highlights from the Fund's long portfolio came from Asciano, which contributed +4.52% and produced significant alpha for the Fund. The Fund also benefited from it's short positions in Seek, Crown & Worley, which fell -19.57%, -15.24% & -12.90% respectively for the month.

Click below to read in more detail the Fund's latest Performance Report .
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