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28 Sep 2016 - QATO Capital Market Neutral Long/Short Fund

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Report Date27 September 2016
ManagerQATO Capital
Fund NameQATO Capital Market Neutral Long/Short Fund
StrategyEquity Market Neutral
Latest Return DateAugust 2016
Latest Return-0.96%
Latest 6 Months-9.13%
Latest 12 Months-12.86%
Latest 24 Months8.33%
Annualised Since Inception5.11%
Inception Date01 August 2014
FUM (millions)AU$180
Fund OverviewQATO Capital's Market Neutral Long/Short Fund is managed via an objective, consistent and replicable process utilising proprietary 'Q-Score' methodology. The Q-score process is fundamentally based, evaluating improving and deteriorating fundamentals within each business from a variety of financial metrics such as valuation, growth, risk, quality, earnings and price.

The fund targets a net market exposure of 0% to hedge broader market risks through long and short positions. The process is entirely systematic - stock selection and risk management are all employed in a rules based approach. The Market Neutral Long/Short Fund employs no financial leverage, no derivatives and no financial products to imitate leverage.

The Investment Manager's three principal investment goals for the Fund are:

1. Market neutral long/short portfolio management with little correlation to equity markets;

2. Over a 3-5 year period, seeking to target annualised volatility of 15% per annum and annualised returns of 15-30% per annum above the Benchmark; Sharpe Ratio 1.0-2.0 and a negative beta to ASX listed equities; and

3. To provide investors with a co-investment opportunity alongside the founding members' investments in the Investment Manager's strategy.
Manager CommentsQato Capital Market Neutral Long/Short Fund returned -0.96% in August, outperforming the S&P/ASX-100's return of -2.37%, by 1.41%. There were a number of pleasing results from Qato's portfolio during reporting season, however, a few select positions detracted from August's performance. Fortescue Metals Group and Treasury Estates Wines were the highlights from the long portfolio, contributing +0.71% and +0.74% respectively to the Fund's August return. Fortescue Metals Group surprised the market by announcing a 15cps dividend and also beat consensus EPS forecasts by +8.22%. Treasury Estate Wines also reported a great result with EBIT 1% higher than Qato's guidance.

From the short portfolio, AMP Limited contributed +0.49% and QBE Insurance Group contributed +0.17%. AMP missed consensus by -28.78%, closing down -5.7% the following day. QBE missed 5% in NPAT, resulting the stock to be down -6.72%. The long positions in Newcrest Mining and Northern Star and the short position in Flight Centre were the biggest detractors for the month.
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