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12 Apr 2017 - Totus Alpha Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date11 April 2017
ManagerTotus Capital
Fund NameTotus Alpha Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateMarch 2017
Latest Return2.20%
Latest 6 Months-8.75%
Latest 12 Months1.98%
Latest 24 Months19.14%
Annualised Since Inception19.80%
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 rose 2.2% in March, to take the latest 24 months return to +19.14%. Since inception, the Fund has an annualised return of 19.80% p.a, with a volatility of 16.16% p.a. This annualised performance has been achieved with a low beta of 0.1101 and a correlation of 0.0803 to the ASX 300 Accumulation Index.

The top contributors for the month were the long positions in Shriro +0.86% and Vita Group +0.48%, and a short position in Quintus +0.64%. However, the short positions in Spotless -0.39%, Woodside -0.32% and G8 Education -0.30%, detracted from the performance. At 31 March, the Fund had a net exposure of 37.8% and a gross exposure of 219.1%. The Fund held 105 positions (45 long and 60 short).
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