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7 Feb 2018 - Performance Report: KIS Asia Long Short Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date07 February 2018
ManagerKIS Capital Partners
Fund NameKIS Asia Long Short Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateDecember 2017
Latest Return1.60%
Latest 6 Months7.02%
Latest 12 Months7.58%
Latest 24 Months22.06%
Annualised Since Inception13.75%
Inception Date01 October 2009
FUM (millions)AU$77.3
Fund OverviewThe Fund's investment objective is to generate absolute returns, in Australian dollars, of around 15% p.a. after all fees without noticeable correlation to any particular asset class or market.

Whilst the Fund's primary strategy is focused on long/short equities, the ability to retain discretionary powers to allocate across a number of other investment strategies is reserved. These strategies may include, but not be limited to: convertible bond investments, portfolio hedging, equity related arbitrage, special situations (e.g. merger arbitrage, rights offerings, participation in international public offerings and placements, etc.).
The Fund's geographic focus is Asia excluding Japan, but including Australia). The Fund may invest outside of this region to the extent that:

1. The investment decision is driven from the Asian region or;
2. The exposure is intended to mitigate risk or enhance return from factors external to the Asian region.
Manager CommentsThe KIS Capital Long Short Fund rose +1.60% in December, taking annualised performance since inception in October 2009 to +13.75% with a volatility of 5.27%. The Fund's Sharpe and Sortino ratios since inception are 1.95 and 4.44 respectively, versus the ASX200 Total Returns' Sharpe ratio of 0.44 and Sortino ratio of 0.56 for performance over the same period. The Fund's up-capture and down-capture ratios since inception indicate that, on average, the Fund has achieved positive performance in rising markets and significantly outperformed in falling markets.

The Fund is a catalyst focused fund whose objective is to generate absolute returns with low volatility and correlation to other asset classes. Trade selection and portfolio management are based on three distinct principals of: Liquidity, Transparency and Risk Management. KIS Capital looks to build a portfolio of 'winning' ideas with an identifiable and imminent catalyst and hedge unwanted market risk.
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