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| Fund Overview | The Fund will usually hold 40 to 80 positions and will be well diversified across the various event strategies. In keeping with the absolute return focus the Manager will eliminate market risk where appropriate by hedging market and foreign currency risks. Since inception the Fund has averaged a net equity market exposure of ~10%. Sizing of an investment position will depend on the expected risk adjusted returns while taking account the liquidity and volatility of the stock. In addition, the maximum potential loss on any one position should be greater than 0.5% of the NAV and the position should not exceed 30% participation of stressed volume assuming a $200m NAV. Other criteria considered are ability to hedge and the availability of pair candidates as well as the average bid-ask size. For M&A strategies average long position is 3 to 5.5% and average short position 2 to 5%. |
| Manager Comments | M&A, Directional and Relative Value strategies all contributed positively for the month. The M&A sub-strategy contributed +0.8%, with a 2017 total contribution of +6.4%. The largest contributor for December was Hutchison Telecom (+10.2%). The Relative Value book contributed +0.5%, the largest contributor was the Fund's long/short position in long SG Holdings / short Yamato Holdings. The Directional Alpha book contributed +0.9% for the month. Key contributors included China Foods (+18.4%), China Travel (+15%) and Wagners Holdings (+28%), whilst the key detractor was Softbank (-6.0%). |
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