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19 Aug 2016 - Totus Alpha Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date17 August 2016
ManagerTotus Capital
Fund NameTotus Alpha Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateJuly 2016
Latest Return8.82%
Latest 6 Months-4.19%
Latest 12 Months20.12%
Latest 24 Months59.61%
Annualised Since Inception26.65%
Inception Date02 April 2012
FUM (millions)AU$80
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 rose 8.82% for the month of July, outperforming the ASX 200 Accumulation Index which returned 6.29%, by 2.53%. Since inception, the Fund has an annualised return of 26.65% p.a, with a volatility of 16.06% p.a., to give notable Sharpe and Sortino ratios of 1.41 (Index 0.68) and 2.76 (Index 0.93) respectively. This annualised performance has been delivered with a beta of 0.0783 and correlation of 0.0598 to the ASX 300 Accumulation Index.

At month-end, the fund had a net exposure of 39.7% and a gross exposure of 277.0%. The fund held 134 positions (67 long and 67 short) that were diversified across multiple investment themes. Top contributors were long positions in Smartgroup, Alphabet and Hansen. Biggest detractors were short positions in Independence Group, Fortescue and Metcash.

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