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5 Mar 2018 - Performance Report: Bennelong Concentrated Australian Equities Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date05 March 2018
ManagerBennelong Australian Equity Partners (BAEP), a Bennelong boutique
Fund NameBennelong Concentrated Australian Equities Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateJanuary 2018
Latest Return-0.18%
Latest 6 Months16.87%
Latest 12 Months25.70%
Latest 24 Months42.27%
Annualised Since Inception18.29%
Inception Date30 January 2009
FUM (millions)AU$332.8
Fund OverviewBennelong Australian Equity Partners (BAEP) is a boutique asset manager offering Australian equities solutions for institutional and retail clients. The business was founded in 2008 by Paul Cuddy and Mark East, in partnership with Bennelong Funds Management. Prior to establishing BAEP, Paul and Mark were Co-Heads of Australian Equities at ING Investment Management.

The overriding objective of the Concentrated Australian Equities Fund is to seek investment opportunities which are under-appreciated and have the potential to deliver positive earnings, while satisfying our stringent quality criteria. Bennelong's investment process combines bottom-up fundamental analysis together with proprietary investment tools which are used to build and maintain high quality portfolios that are risk aware.
The portfolio typically consists of 20-35 high-conviction stocks from the S&P/ASX 300 Index.

The Fund may invest in securities listed on other exchanges where such securities relate to ASX-listed securities. Derivative instruments are mainly used to replicate underlying positions and hedge market and company specific risks.
Manager CommentsThe Bennelong Concentrated Australian Equities Fund fell -0.18% in January. Since inception in January 2009, the Fund has returned +18.29% per annum with an annualised volatility of 13.45%. By contrast, the ASX200 Accumulation Index has returned +10.95% per annum over the same period with an annualised volatility of 12.27%. The Fund's up-capture and down-capture ratios since inception show that, on average, the Fund has outperformed in both rising and falling markets.

At the end of January, the Fund's weighting in the Materials sector increased to 14.7% from 7.1% as at the end of December. Weightings were decreased in the Discretionary, Health Care, Consumer Staples, Industrials and Financials sectors.
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