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15 Jan 2016 - Totus Alpha Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date13 January 2016
ManagerTotus Capital
Fund NameTotus Alpha Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateDecember 2015
Latest Return4.50%
Latest 6 Months39.72%
Latest 12 Months53.40%
Latest 24 Months73.11%
Annualised Since Inception32.63%
Inception Date01 April 2012
FUM (millions)AU$61
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 units rose 4.5% net of fees in December taking the latest 12 month return to 53.40%. Since inception, the Fund has an annualised of 32.63% p.a, with a volatility of 14.12% p.a., to give notable Sharpe and Sortino ratios of 1.86 (Index 0.61) and 5.51 (Index 0.87) respectively. This annualised performance has been delivered with a beta of -0.0402 and correlation of -0.0345 to the ASX300 Accumulation Index.

At month-end, the fund had a net exposure of -4.8% and a gross exposure of 270.1%. The Fund had 129 positions (55 long and 74 short) that were diversified across multiple investment themes. Top contributors in December were the long positions in SmartGroup +2.81% (Scarce Growth) and Blackmores +0.62% (Scarce Growth). A short position in Spotless added 2.01% (Earnings Risk). Biggest detractors were the short positions in Orocobre -1.00% (Commodities), Valeant -0.55% (Rollup) and 1-Page -0.37% (Unicorn).

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