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26 Oct 2018 - Performance Report: Quay Global Real Estate Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date26 October 2018
ManagerQuay Global Investors
Fund NameQuay Global Real Estate Fund
StrategyReal Estate
Latest Return DateSeptember 2018
Latest Return-2.10%
Latest 6 Months13.28%
Latest 12 Months16.09%
Latest 24 Months20.38%
Annualised Since Inception14.45%
Inception Date31 July 2014
FUM (millions)AU$28
Fund OverviewQuay is a boutique investment management business established in 2013 with a focus on preserving and creating wealth for investors through investments in real estate securities. Quay uses a dual manager approach to the investment and portfolio management decision making process. This involves both Principals collaborating to determine significant portfolio investments and positions.

The Fund will invest in a number of global listed real estate companies, groups or funds. The investment strategy is to make investments in real estate securities at a price that will deliver a real, after inflation, total return of 5% per annum (before costs and fees), inclusive of distributions over a longer-term period.

The Investment Strategy is indifferent to the constraints of any index benchmarks and is relatively concentrated in its number of investments. The Fund is expected to own between 20 and 40 securities, and from time to time up to 20% of the portfolio maybe invested in cash. The Fund is $A un-hedged.
Manager CommentsThe Quay Global Real Estate Fund has risen +16.1% over the past 12 months, outperforming its benchmark (FTSE/EPRA NAREIT Developed Index Net TR AUD) by +3.6%. Since inception in July 2014, the Fund has returned +14.45% per annum. In September, the Fund returned -2.1%. Quay noted a slightly weaker $A provided a +0.1% benefit to the total return.

Impacting performance in September was across-the-board weakness in the Fund's US REIT exposures, as the US 10-year bond yield rose to +3.1% in the later stages of the month. Performance was also impacted by continued weakness in the HK property names from trade war fears and the strength of the HKD. The largest detractors were Ventas (US Healthcare), Cubesmart (US Storage) and Scentre (Australian Retail). Positive contributors included Unite (UK Student Accommodation), RLJ (US Hotels) and Essex (US Multifamily).

Quay noted that during the month they toured Singapore, the UK, Hong Kong and the USA, meeting with numerous management teams from their investees, their competitors and potential investment opportunities. Quay noted they came away with a confident outlook.
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