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11 Mar 2016 - Alexander Credit Opportunities Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date08 March 2016
ManagerAlexander Funds Management
Fund NameAlexander Credit Opportunities Fund
StrategyFixed Income
Latest Return DateFebruary 2016
Latest Return0.55%
Latest 6 Months3.42%
Latest 12 Months7.05%
Latest 24 Months16.66%
Annualised Since Inception17.48%
Inception Date31 October 2009
FUM (millions)AU$66.87
Fund OverviewThe aim of the fund is to identify opportunities in the fixed income credit markets. The Fund invests in a full spectrum of fixed income products that includes but is not limited to: corporate bonds,; bank debt; credit derivatives; bank loans;commercial paper;hybrid securities; and mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities.

The Fund may also invest in derivatives for hedging purposes.

The portfolio of the Fund comprises primarily Investment Grade holding of 75% of the Fund's assets. Benchmark allocations are Australasia 50% to 100%, North America 0% to 50% and Europe 0% to 50%. Currency hedging may take place depending on benefits to the Fund.
Manager CommentsAlexander Credit Opportunities Fund returned +0.55% for the month of February. Since inception, the Fund has an annualised return of 17.48% p.a (RBA Cash Rate Index 3.31% p.a), to give notable Sharpe and Sortino Ratio of 1.89 and 18.80 respectively. The Fund has delivered positive returns for over 95% of the months since inception.

For February majority of the Fund's portfolio composition was in Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS) at 53%, followed by Short-dated loans at 20%. For 2016, the asset class that has performed well for the Fund is government bonds. The price of the 10 year Australian government bond for instance started the year at 112 and rose 4.4% to 117 in mid-February. Though the Fund does not invest in government bonds or take interest rate risk generally (all of its assets are floating rate notes) but it does look to hedge market volatility via other methods. This has helped the Fund achieve positive returns for the first two months of the year.
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