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16 May 2016 - Totus Alpha Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date13 May 2016
ManagerTotus Capital
Fund NameTotus Alpha Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateApril 2016
Latest Return-1.37%
Latest 6 Months-7.26%
Latest 12 Months20.66%
Latest 24 Months43.06%
Annualised Since Inception23.73%
Inception Date01 April 2012
FUM (millions)AU$61.3
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 -1.37% for the month of April, compared to the ASX 200 Accumulation Index's return of 3.37%. Since inception, the Fund has an annualised return of 23.73% p.a, with a volatility of 12.30% p.a., to give notable Sharpe and Sortino ratios of 1.28 (Index 0.60) and 2.40 (Index 0.79) respectively. This annualised performance has been delivered with a beta of -0.0318 and correlation of -0.0249 to the ASX300 Accumulation Index.

At month-end, the fund had a net exposure of 47.8% and a gross exposure of 206.1%. The fund held 121 positions (57 long and 64 short) that were diversified across multiple investment themes. Top contributors in April were a short position in Nine Entertainment and long positions in Dominos and Freelancer. Biggest detractors were a short position in WorleyParsons and long positions in SmartGroup and Hansen.

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