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13 Mar 2018 - Performance Report: Cyan C3G Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date13 March 2018
ManagerCyan Investment Management
Fund NameCyan C3G Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateFebruary 2018
Latest Return1.60%
Latest 6 Months18.44%
Latest 12 Months32.81%
Latest 24 Months62.62%
Annualised Since Inception27.98%
Inception Date24 July 2014
FUM (millions)AU$35
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 rose +1.6% in February 2018, outperforming the ASX200 Accumulation Index by +1.24% and taking annualised performance since inception in August 2014 to +27.98% with an annualised volatility of 10.15%. The ASX200 Accumulation Index has returned +6.60% per annum with an annualised volatility of 11.33% over the same period. The Fund's Sharpe and Sortino ratios are 2.33 and 7.34 respectively, significantly superior to the Index's Sharpe ratio of 0.46 and Sortino ratio of 0.60. The Fund's up-capture and down-capture ratios since inception indicate that, on average, the Fund has outperformed in both rising and falling markets.

Positive contributors in February included Spirit Telecom (+27%), Axsess Today (+20%) and Readcload (+90%). Negative contributors included Motorcycle Holdings (-12%), Experience Co (-5%), Kelly Partners (-9%). To date, Cyan has taken a placement in BlueSky (BLA) and subscribed for some shares in a new IPO. During the market weakness there were a number of Fund holdings that Cyan added to, including AMA Group (AMA) and Moelis (MOE) which, Cyan noted, have been rewarded.

The Fund currently has just over 20 positions and in excess of 45% of the Fund's total capital invested in cash. Even with this controlled portfolio, Cyan are confident they can provide solid returns to their clients. Cyan continue to adhere to their long-held investment philosophies, ride out the current volatility and make opportunistic investments they deem appropriate within the Fun's risk parameters.
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