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19 Jan 2016 - Morphic Global Opportunities Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date15 January 2016
ManagerMorphic Asset Management
Fund NameMorphic Global Opportunities Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateDecember 2015
Latest Return-2.48%
Latest 6 Months-1.52%
Latest 12 Months9.08%
Latest 24 Months24.34%
Annualised Since Inception21.71%
Inception Date02 August 2012
FUM (millions)AU$125
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 -2.48% in December, underperforming its benchmark (MSCI AC World Total Return in Australian Dollars), which fell 2.20%, by 0.27%. The Fund has an annualised return since inception of 21.71% p.a., with notable Sharpe and Sortino ratios of 2.02 and 4.48 respectively.

The Fund's underperformance over the month was mostly due to the ECB disappointment, which saw the Fund lose on an overweight position in European stocks and take a further hit on their currency hedging over the Euro. The best contributor was a market neutral trade. The short legs delivered the majority of the profit as Waddell & Reed and Franklin Resources fell heavily on concerns about fund flows. An unhedged short position against emerging markets focused fund manager Aberdeen also did well. Three banking sector trades also made solid contributions. The Fund began January fully invested but early month jitters cause the Fund to raise cash.

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