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25 Nov 2015 - KIS Asia Long Short Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date24 November 2015
ManagerKIS Capital Partners
Fund NameKIS Asia Long Short Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateOctober 2015
Latest Return2.50%
Latest 6 Months5.63%
Latest 12 Months13.64%
Latest 24 Months19.89%
Annualised Since Inception15.16%
Inception Date01 October 2009
FUM (millions)AU$42
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 2.50% for the month of October, when the AFM Asia Pacific ex-Japan Index returned 3.98%. Since inception, the Fund has an annualised return of 15.16% p.a. In comparison, the AFM Asia Pacific ex-Japan Index has an annualised returned of 3.30% p.a. The Fund has achieved this double-digit performance with lower volatility to give notable Sharpe and Sortino ratios of 2.02 (Index 0.04) and 4.73 (Index -0.01) respectively.

Majority of the Fund's return came from the Long Short strategy, which contributed 227bp. In total, longs contributed 307bp with short positions costing 80bp. On average the long exposures rose by 6%, whilst the short exposure rose 2%. On a specific stock name basis, the Paladin Exergy (PDN.AX) contributed 68bp to the portfolio The Fund also benefited from their long time holding in Freelanver (FLN.AX), which contributed 42bp. Other strategies Special Situations returned 24bp, while Portfolio Hedge did not make a significant contribution.

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