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10 Dec 2015 - Morphic Global Opportunities Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date08 December 2015
ManagerMorphic Asset Management
Fund NameMorphic Global Opportunities Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateNovember 2015
Latest Return-1.35%
Latest 6 Months-1.48%
Latest 12 Months14.78%
Latest 24 Months32.41%
Annualised Since Inception23.24%
Inception Date02 August 2012
FUM (millions)AU$128
Fund OverviewThe Fund will primarily consist of Global listed shares, and will generally have at least 50% of its net assets invested in these. It may also have short positions in shares that the Manager believes are over-valued, and likely to fall in price, as well as long and short positions in index futures and other derivatives, fixed interest instruments, commodities, credit instruments and currencies.
Manager CommentsMorphic Global Opportunities Fund returned -1.35% in November, outperforming its benchmark (MSCI AC World Total Return in Australian Dollars), which fell 2.35%, by 1.00%. The Fund has an annualised return since inception of 23.24% p.a., with notable Sharpe and Sortino ratios of 2.02 and 4.81 respectively.

The largest stock contributor was Open House, a Tokyo based property developer, which reported earnings significantly above market expectations and raised guidance for 2016. Gains were also made from opportunities in European bank recapitalizations and government disposals of banks they were forced to take over in the GFC. The Fund's short position in Aberdeen Asset Management proved to be profitable as the company reported poor flows for their funds and rising costs, which saw the stock fall 8% over the month.

Large gains in the basket of high quality US regional banks, were substantially eroded by the long Wells Fargo position. Underperformance also came from German copper smelter Aurubis and their holdings in US healthcare. The Fund began December fully invested. Fund positioning is generally neutral in regard to sectors and countries.

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