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30 Mar 2018 - Performance Report: Qato Capital Market Neutral Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date30 March 2018
ManagerQato Capital
Fund NameQato Capital Market Neutral Fund
StrategyEquity Market Neutral
Latest Return DateFebruary 2018
Latest Return1.27%
Latest 6 Months-5.24%
Latest 12 Months-16.34%
Latest 24 Months-23.45%
Annualised Since Inception-1.87%
Inception Date01 August 2014
FUM (millions)AU$110
Fund OverviewQATO's Market Neutral strategy is managed via an objective, consistent and replicable process utilising Qato Capital's proprietary 'Q-Score' methodology. The Q-Score process is fundamentally based, evaluating improving and deteriorating fundamentals within each business from a variety of financial metrics, such as valuation, growth, risk, quality, earnings & price. The strategy is designed to produce returns uncorrelated to major global equity markets. Moreover, the strategy is designed to produce strong positive returns in times of market distress/volatility, whilst also performing well in normal market conditions.

The Fund seeks to preserve capital and maximise absolute returns through active and constant risk management, targeting monthly a net market exposure of 0% to hedge broader market risks by generally holding up to 50 S&P/ASX-100 positions (up to 25 long positions & 25 short positions). Historically, the strategy has been uncorrelated to traditional asset classes with a negative beta to equity markets. Qato Capital's process is entirely systematic - stock selection and risk management are all employed in a rules based approach. Positions in Qato's long-portfolio and short-portfolio are rotated monthly dependent upon their Q-Score ranking. The strategy employs no financial leverage/gearing to purchase securities, no derivatives and no financial products to imitate leverage.
Manager CommentsThe Qato Capital Market Neutral Fund rose +1.27% in February, outperforming the ASX200 Accumulation Index by +0.91%. Qato highlight that the S&P 500 fell -3.89% and the FTSE 100 fell -4%, producing +5.16% and +5.27% alpha respectively for the Fund which, Qato noted, is further evidence of the significant benefits of including Qato's negative beta strategy into investors' strategic asset allocation. Furthermore, Qato noted the volatility experienced in global markets in February was a positive for the Fund as dispersion increased and assisted Qato's quality minus junk strategy.

Reporting companies that impacted the Fund's performance included Bluescope Steel (long, +12.62% for February), Fairfax (long, +7.90% for February), Northern Star (long, +8.64% for February), Newcrest (long, -6.26% for February), South32 (long, -13.09% for February), Vocus (short, -18.06% for February) and Harvey Norman (short, -11.28% for February).
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