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4 Oct 2017 - Performance Report: Quay Global Real Estate Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date04 October 2017
ManagerQuay Global Investors
Fund NameQuay Global Real Estate Fund
StrategyReal Estate
Latest Return DateAugust 2017
Latest Return0.90%
Latest 6 Months3.17%
Latest 12 Months-0.46%
Latest 24 Months11.91%
Annualised Since Inception13.88%
Inception Date31 July 2014
FUM (millions)AU$20.4
Fund OverviewQuay is a boutique investment management business established in 2013 with a focus on preserving and creating wealth for investors through investments in real estate securities. Quay uses a dual manager approach to the investment and portfolio management decision making process. This involves both Principals collaborating to determine significant portfolio investments and positions.

The Fund will invest in a number of global listed real estate companies, groups or funds. The investment strategy is to make investments in real estate securities at a price that will deliver a real, after inflation, total return of 5% per annum (before costs and fees), inclusive of distributions over a longer-term period.

The Investment Strategy is indifferent to the constraints of any index benchmarks and is relatively concentrated in its number of investments. The Fund is expected to own between 20 and 40 securities, and from time to time up to 20% of the portfolio maybe invested in cash. The Fund is $A un-hedged.
Manager CommentsThe Quay Global Real Estate Fund increased +0.9% in August with approximately +1.0% derived from underlying investment performance, the impact of currency was relatively insignificant. The Fund has outperformed its benchmark (FTSE/EPRA NAREIT Developed Index Net TR AUD) since inception by +4.9%.

The biggest contributors for the month were Store Capital (US) and CyrusOne (US), while Scentre Group (Aus) and Safestore (UK) detracted from performance. Geographically, Hong Kong and Germany were the best performers while Japan and the US lagged. The portfolio remained broadly unchanged during the month.

The Manager noted that the local currency has acted as a significant headwind for AUD reported returns over the past two years. On a constant currency basis, total annualised returns for the Fund have been +9.8%, with currency deducting almost 4% per annum. The Manager believes that, over time, currency has a diminished impact on total returns due to their 'mean-reverting' nature.
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