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15 Oct 2015 - QATO Capital Market Neutral Long/Short Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date13 October 2015
ManagerQATO Capital
Fund NameQATO Capital Market Neutral Long/Short Fund
StrategyEquity Market Neutral
Latest Return DateSeptember 2015
Latest Return4.25%
Latest 6 Months-4.29%
Latest 12 Months19.79%
Latest 24 Months
Annualised Since Inception27.46%
Inception Date01 August 2014
FUM (millions)AU$49
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 rose 4.25% in September, to significantly outperform the S&P/ASX 100 Price Index, by 7.91%. Since inception, the Fund has returned 27.46% p.a. compared to the Index -9.18% 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 1.79 and 4.08 respectively.

All long positions, except one, outperformed the market with five of these providing a positive return. The long book delivered a return of -0.12%. Worley, Ansell, Crown & Alumina fell -21.29%, -16.20%, -12.19% & -11.62% for the month producing strong alpha. With thirteen profitable positions, the short book delivered a solid return of +4.41% for the month.

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