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17 Jun 2016 - APN Asian REIT Fund

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Report Date14 June 2016
ManagerAPN Funds Management Limited
Fund NameAPN Asian REIT Fund
StrategyReal Estate
Latest Return DateMay 2016
Latest Return0.90%
Latest 6 Months10.96%
Latest 12 Months5.66%
Latest 24 Months36.57%
Annualised Since Inception17.09%
Inception Date19 July 2011
FUM (millions)AU$7.3
Fund OverviewThe APN Asian REIT Fund (Fund) is a property securities fund that invests in a quality portfolio of Asian REITs, listed on the securities exchanges of the Asian Region (including, but not limited to, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan and New Zealand, but excluding Australia), as well as cash and fixed interest investments.

Pete Morrissey and Corrine Ng are the Portfolio Managers of the Fund. Morrissey has over 15 years financial markets experience and joined APN in 2006. Previously, he worked at Lonsec and also managed an internationally focused private investment fund as well as spending several years as an analyst in the UK for Nomura, amongst others. He has also completed Masters level academic research papers on both commercial real estate cycles and global property cycles.

Ng also has a strong background in property and REITs in Australia, Asia and the North American markets. Prior to joining APN, Ng worked for Aviva Investors (Senior Investment Analyst, North America Real Estate Securities Team) and Goldman Sachs & Co (Vice President, Goldman Sachs Asset Management Real Estate Securities Team) in New York.

The Fund aims to deliver a competitive yield with lower risk than the market. The underlying stocks are selected based on a highly disciplined investment approach that focuses on the fundamentals and number of valuation approaches. The universe is expected to be dynamic as new IPO's, other corporate actions take place and / or corporate governance improvements at country or REIT level bring new stocks into focus. The Fund focuses on passive rental earnings derived from well managed Asian REITs listed in mature capital markets and will not invest in infrastructure, property development companies or stocks with a 'loose association with property'.

The Fund provides access to a wide spread of property-based revenue streams that are specifically analysed, selected and weighted with the aim of delivering strong and sustainable income returns. The Fund is an unhedged product. The Fund is suited to medium to long term investors seeking a relatively high income and some capital growth over the long term.

The manager has offered a special 50% reduction in management fee for all existing and new investors who apply by 30 June 2016.
Manager CommentsAPN Asian REIT Fund returned +0.90% for May, outperforming the Bloomberg Asia REIT Index which returned 0.64%, by 0.26%. Since inception, the Fund has an annualised return of 17.09% p.a., with a volatility of 9.57% p.a. In comparison, the Index has returned 16.37% p.a. annualised. The Fund has notable Sharpe and Sortino ratios of 1.41 (Index 1.21) and 2.63 (Index 2.15) respectively.

The portfolio was allocated in multiple Asian countries, with the majority in Japan (38.5%) and Singapore (30.9%). Over 65% of the Fund was invested in the Retail REITs (40.3%) and the Office REITs (25%) sectors. The top 5 Asian REIT holdings were in Ascendas Real Estate Inv Trust, Link REIT, Gip J-REIT, Japan Retail Fund Investment and Prosperity REIT.

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