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18 Oct 2016 - QATO Capital Market Neutral Long/Short Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date14 October 2016
ManagerQATO Capital
Fund NameQATO Capital Market Neutral Long/Short Fund
StrategyEquity Market Neutral
Latest Return DateSeptember 2016
Latest Return1.23%
Latest 6 Months0.30%
Latest 12 Months-15.39%
Latest 24 Months1.36%
Annualised Since Inception5.50%
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 +1.23% for September, outperforming the ASX-100 by +1.21%, which returned +0.02%. Over the past five months, the Fund has acquired various long mining positions as it identified fundamental improvements across a number of companies in the sector. In September, the materials sector performed solidly, rising +5.70% for the month, significantly outperforming the broader market. As a result, the long book rose 0.77% due to rising manganese, iron ore, and coal prices and bulk commodity companies, including Fortescue and South32.

However, the Fund's long positions in REITS detracted performance, as the sector fell -4% in September. A short position in Ausnet fell -5.11%, with its share price reflecting a combination of deteriorating fundamentals and the short-term sell-off in higher yielding investments during September, producing alpha of +5.13% for the Fund.
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