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28 Jan 2016 - QATO Capital Market Neutral Long/Short Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date25 January 2016
ManagerQATO Capital
Fund NameQATO Capital Market Neutral Long/Short Fund
StrategyEquity Market Neutral
Latest Return DateDecember 2015
Latest Return2.70%
Latest 6 Months-4.95%
Latest 12 Months-1.72%
Latest 24 Months
Annualised Since Inception18.13%
Inception Date01 August 2014
FUM (millions)AU$48
Fund OverviewQATO Capital's Market Neutral Long/Short Fund is managed via an objective, consistent and replicable process utilising proprietary 'Q-Score' methodology. The Q-score process is fundamentally based, evaluating improving and deteriorating fundamentals within each business from a variety of financial metrics such as valuation, growth, risk, quality, earnings and price.

The fund targets a net market exposure of 0% to hedge broader market risks through 30 S&P/ASX-100 positions (15 long and 15 short equally weighted positions). The turnover is generally averaged around 30% of the total portfolio each month. The process is entirely systematic - stock selection and risk management are all employed in a rules based approach. The Market Neutral Long/Short Fund employs no financial leverage, no derivatives and no financial products to imitate leverage.

The Investment Manager's three principal investment goals for the Fund are:

1. Market neutral long/short portfolio management with little correlation to equity markets;

2. Over a 3-5 year period, seeking to target annualised volatility of 15% per annum and annualised returns of 15-30% per annum above the Benchmark; Sharpe Ratio 1.0-2.0 and a negative beta to ASX listed equities; and

3. To provide investors with a co-investment opportunity alongside the founding members' investments in the Investment Manager's strategy.
Manager CommentsQATO Capital Market Neutral Long/Short Fund rose 2.70%, compared to the S&P/ASX 100 Price Index, which returned 2.40%. Since inception, the Fund has an annualised return of 18.13% p.a. compared to the Index -4.36% p.a during the same time-frame. The Fund's return has been achieved this return with lower volatility than the Index, to give notable Sharpe and Sortino ratios of 1.15 and 2.14 respectively.

Qantas was the highest conviction stock for the month, ranking 1st overall on Qato's Q-Score. Qantas returned +16.87% in December, generating +14.47% of alpha. The Q-Score selected four positions from the worst ten S&P/ASX-100 positions in December, producing significant alpha for the Fund. The average net monthly exposure of the portfolio was 3.82%.

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