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16 Oct 2015 - Totus Alpha Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date15 October 2015
ManagerTotus Capital
Fund NameTotus Alpha Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateSeptember 2015
Latest Return6.15%
Latest 6 Months22.30%
Latest 12 Months40.89%
Latest 24 Months84.40%
Annualised Since Inception30.40%
Inception Date01 April 2012
FUM (millions)AU$35
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 rose 6.15% net of fees in September to bring the latest 12 months return to 40.89%. The Fund's annualised performance increased to 30.40% p.a, with a volatility of 14.19% p.a., to give notable Sharpe and Sortino ratios of 1.77 (Index 0.55) and 5.02 (Index 0.72) respectively. This annualised performance has been delivered with a beta of -0.0289 and correlation of -0.0249 to the ASX300 Accumulation Index.

At month-end,the Fund had a net exposure of -23.0% and a gross exposure of 293.2%. The Fund was diversified across a number investment themes and geographies with 131 positions (55 long and 76 short). Top contributors in September were the short positions in LNG Limited +3.11% (Promoter) and Woodside +0.98% (Energy). A long position in SmartGroup added +0.82% (Scarce Growth). Biggest detractors were the short positions in Northern Star -1.14% (Gold), Newcrest -0.75% (Gold) and Spotless -0.46% (Earnings Risk).

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