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16 Nov 2017 - Performance Report: Cyan C3G Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date15 November 2017
ManagerCyan Investment Management
Fund NameCyan C3G Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateOctober 2017
Latest Return6.12%
Latest 6 Months19.09%
Latest 12 Months20.92%
Latest 24 Months53.67%
Annualised Since Inception28.13%
Inception Date24 July 2014
FUM (millions)AU$22
Fund OverviewThe Cyan C3G Fund operates as a wholesale unregistered managed investment scheme under a unit trust structure. The Fund primarily invests in ASX listed companies outside the ASX 100 and typically holds between 15-35 stocks.

Cyan C3G Fund is based on the investment philosophy which can be defined as a comprehensive, clear and considered process focused on delivering growth. These are identified through stringent filter criteria and a rigorous research process. The Manager uses a proprietary stock filter in order to eliminate a large proportion of investments due to both internal characteristics (such as gearing levels or cash flow) and external characteristics (such as exposure to commodity prices or customer concentration).

Typically, the Fund looks for businesses that are one or more of:
a) under researched,
b) fundamentally undervalued,
c) have a catalyst for re-rating.

The Manager seeks to achieve this investment outcome by actively managing a portfolio of Australian listed securities. When the opportunity to invest in suitable securities cannot be found, the manager may reduce the level of equities exposure and accumulate a defensive cash position. Whilst it is the company's intention, there is no guarantee that any distributions or returns will be declared, or that if declared, the amount of any returns will remain constant or increase over time. The Fund does not invest in derivatives and does not use debt to leverage the Fund's performance. However, companies in which the Fund invests may be leveraged.
Manager CommentsThe Cyan C3G Fund returned +6.1% in October. Since inception in July 2014, the Fund has returned +28.1% per annum and outperformed the ASX200 Accumulation Index by +21.9% per annum. The Fund's Sharpe and Sortino ratios since inception are 2.26 and 7.03 respectively, superior to the market's Sharpe ratio of 0.41 and Sortino ratio of 0.52 for performance over the same period. The Fund's up-capture and down-capture ratios since inception indicate it has, on average, risen almost as much as the market in rising markets and significantly outperformed in falling markets.

Positive performers in October included Afterpay Touch (+25%), BlueSky Alternative Investments (+28%), AxsessToday (+11%) and Motorcycle Holdings (+15%). The only detractor was cyber safety business Family Zone (-8%), however, the Manager noted the Fund had been reducing its holding as the stock rose and hence the recent retracement was immaterial to the Fund's overall return.

Cyan noted that, in recent months, the small cap market has been conducive to making money and they believe there's no sign of it slowing at this stage. That said, Cyan noted one of their ongoing focal points is the risk/reward metric and they therefore retain a relatively high proportion of cash. The Fund is well diversified, with 22 individual holdings and no position accounting for more than 9% of the total fund.
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