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18 Mar 2016 - Totus Alpha Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date14 March 2016
ManagerTotus Capital
Fund NameTotus Alpha Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateFebruary 2016
Latest Return-11.27%
Latest 6 Months7.98%
Latest 12 Months31.26%
Latest 24 Months53.33%
Annualised Since Inception27.32%
Inception Date01 April 2012
FUM (millions)AU$60
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 returned -11.27% for the month of February, compared to the ASX 200 Accumulation Index that fell 1.76%. Since inception, the Fund has an annualised of 27.32% p.a, with a volatility of 15.34% p.a., to give notable Sharpe and Sortino ratios of 1.49 (Index 0.46) and 2.96 (Index 0.58) respectively. This annualised performance has been delivered with a beta of 0.0362 and correlation of 0.0290 to the ASX300 Accumulation Index.

At month-end, the fund had a net exposure of -17.1% and a gross exposure of 295.1%. The fund held 130 positions (47 long and 83 short), that were diversified across multiple investment themes. Top contributors in February were the short positions in Valeant +1.75% (Roll-Up) and 1-Page +0.73% (Earnings Risk). A long position in Altium added +0.72% (Online). Biggest detractors were the long position in Macquarie -1.35% (Financial Services) and a short position in Primary Health Care -1.35% (Earnings Risk). An unnamed short position also detracted -1.25%.

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