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28 Sep 2015 - Totus Alpha Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date23 September 2015
ManagerTotus Capital
Fund NameTotus Alpha Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateAugust 2015
Latest Return3.00%
Latest 6 Months21.55%
Latest 12 Months34.08%
Latest 24 Months84.99%
Annualised Since Inception28.97%
Inception Date01 April 2012
FUM (millions)AU$25
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 up 3.0% net of fees in August, outperforming the ASX 300 Accumulation Index by 10.79%. The Fund's annualised performance increased to 28.97% p.a, with a volatility of 14.21% p.a., to give notable Sharpe and Sortino ratios of 1.69 (Index 0.64) and 4.72 (Index 0.85) respectively. This annualised performance has been delivered with a beta of -0.0018 and correlation of -0.0016 to the ASX300 Accumulation Index.

At month-end,had a net exposure of -2.4% and a gross exposure of 290.6%. The Fund was diversified across a number investment themes and geographies with 126 positions (54 long and 72 short).Top contributors in August were the short positions in S&P Futures +1.99% and Woodside +0.96% (Commodities). A long position in SmartGroup added +1.45% (Scarce Growth). Biggest detractors were our long positions in Telstra -1.11% (Sustainable Yield) and CBA -0.92% (Sustainable Yield). SPI Futures cost the fund -1.00%.

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