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16 Dec 2016 - Totus Alpha Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date14 December 2016
ManagerTotus Capital
Fund NameTotus Alpha Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateNovember 2016
Latest Return-4.12%
Latest 6 Months-7.69%
Latest 12 Months-12.78%
Latest 24 Months25.18%
Annualised Since Inception20.73%
Inception Date02 April 2012
FUM (millions)AU$85
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 fell -4.1% in November and +25.18% for the latest 24-months. Since inception, the Fund has an annualised return of 20.73% p.a, with a volatility of 16.60% p.a., to give notable Sharpe and Sortino ratios of 1.08 and 1.89 respectively. This annualised performance has been delivered with a beta of 0.1101 and correlation of 0.0731 to the ASX 300 Accumulation Index.

Top contributors in November were long positions in Altium +0.53% and Wells Fargo + 0.46%. A short position in Boral contributed +0.40%. The Fund had gains on some of its US$ exposed positions (e.g. Wells Fargo) but this was not enough to offset the broad-based sell off in the mid-cap industrial, tech and healthcare exposures. Biggest detractors were long positions in McMillan Shakespeare -0.61%, Shriro -0.57% and Appen -0.52%. At month-end, the Fund had a net exposure of 56.8% and a gross exposure of 215.1%. The Fund held 104 positions (55 long and 49 short).
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