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20 Apr 2016 - Totus Alpha Fund

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Report Date18 April 2016
ManagerTotus Capital
Fund NameTotus Alpha Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateMarch 2016
Latest Return-6.15%
Latest 6 Months-4.51%
Latest 12 Months16.83%
Latest 24 Months41.97%
Annualised Since Inception24.72%
Inception Date01 April 2012
FUM (millions)AU$59.243
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 -6.15% for the month of March, compared to the ASX 200 Accumulation Index's return of 4.73%. Since inception, the Fund has an annualised return of 24.72% p.a, with a volatility of 15.73% p.a., to give notable Sharpe and Sortino ratios of 1.33 (Index 0.54) and 2.48 (Index 0.70) respectively. This annualised performance has been delivered with a beta of -0.0184 and correlation of -0.0144 to the ASX300 Accumulation Index.

At month-end, the fund had a net exposure of 15.3% and a gross exposure of 235.9%. The fund held 123 positions (52 long and 71 short), that were diversified across multiple investment themes. For the month, the long positions recovered but it was the short positions again that costed the fund. Top contributors were the long positions in Smart Group +1.25% and McMillan Shakespeare +1.18%. A short position in 1-Page added +0.89%. Biggest detractors were the short positions in Worley Parsons -1.80%, Primary Health Care -1.05% and Fortescue -0.57%.

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