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23 May 2018 - Performance Report: Cyan C3G Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date23 May 2018
ManagerCyan Investment Management
Fund NameCyan C3G Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateApril 2018
Latest Return-5.28%
Latest 6 Months0.35%
Latest 12 Months19.50%
Latest 24 Months36.82%
Annualised Since Inception24.08%
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 returned -5.28% in April. This comes after a sustained period of outperformance, with the Fund having risen +19.5% after fees over the past 12 months versus the ASX200 Accumulation Index's return of +5.46%. The Fund has returned +24.08% per annum since inception in July 2014, outperforming the Index by +17.8% on an annualised basis. The Fund's Sharpe and Sortino ratios, 1.90 and 4.64 respectively, by contrast with the Index's Sharpe ratio of 0.43 and Sortino ratio of 0.56, also highlight the Fund's long-term focus on superior risk-adjusted returns.

Cyan noted that the Fund struggled to find a position that rose in April, despite the positive underlying market. Two key detractors included BlueSky (BLA), which impacted performance at the start of the month, and Experience Co (EXP), which downgraded earnings on the 30th of April and thus impacted performance at the end of the month. Other detractors included AMA Group (-11%), Motorcycle Holdings (-20%) and Moelis (-10%).

In light of recent price movements, Cyan's near-term outlook is positive. They feel there is some value creeping into their end of the market, and noted that they'll likely add to many of the Fund's existing holdings in the coming months in addition to searching for new core Fund positions.
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