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15 Feb 2017 - Totus Alpha Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date14 February 2017
ManagerTotus Capital
Fund NameTotus Alpha Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateJanuary 2017
Latest Return-2.00%
Latest 6 Months-12.87%
Latest 12 Months-16.52%
Latest 24 Months23.35%
Annualised Since Inception20.12%
Inception Date02 April 2012
FUM (millions)AU$73
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 returned -2.00% in January and +23.35% for the latest 24 months. Since inception, the Fund has an annualised return of 20.12% p.a, with a volatility of 16.41% p.a. This annualised performance has been achieved with a beta of 0.1134 and a correlation of 0.0824 to the ASX 300 Accumulation Index.

Top contributors in January were long positions in Facebook +0.91% and SmartGroup +0.35% and a short position in Mantra +0.25%. Biggest detractors were short positions in Energy World -0.35% and Estia -0.31% and a long position in Premier Investments -0.35%. At month-end (31 January), the Fund had a net exposure of 63.3% and a gross exposure of 217.4%. The Fund held 101 positions (44 long and 57 short).
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