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5 Dec 2018 - Performance Report: Wheelhouse Global Equities Income Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date05 December 2018
ManagerWheelhouse Investment Partners, a Bennelong boutique
Fund NameWheelhouse Global Equities Income Fund
StrategyEquity Income
Latest Return DateOctober 2018
Latest Return-4.39%
Latest 6 Months5.29%
Latest 12 Months9.84%
Latest 24 Months
Annualised Since Inception7.69%
Inception Date26 May 2017
FUM (millions)AU$6.99
Fund OverviewThe strategy of the Fund is based on the Morningstar Developed Markets ex Australia Wide Moat Focus Index ('Morningstar Portfolio'). However, in addition to this, it is designed to deliver returns with lower volatility, improved capital preservation, and higher income generation as a component of total return.

To pursue this objective, the Investment Manager is responsible for actively managing, monitoring and tailoring the integration of derivative contracts alongside the Morningstar Portfolio, while taking into account changing market and stock specific conditions. The Investment Manager is responsible for maximising the structural benefits of short option positions (lowered Volatility, improved capital preservation, higher income generation), whilst mitigating, minimising and monitoring the structural negatives (variable market exposure, option expiries, collateral management and asymmetric return profiles). In addition, long derivatives positions are also used to enhance the capital preservation characteristics of the Fund in more extreme market movements.

As a consequence of the integration of Derivatives, returns of the strategy, intra-cycle, are expected to vary from the underlying Morningstar Portfolio due to these characteristics. For example in weak markets, or in extended sideways markets, the Fund is expected to outperform relative to the Morningstar Portfolio. Conversely in strong positive markets the Fund is expected to underperform.
Manager CommentsThe Wheelhouse Global Equity Income Fund has returned +9.84% over the past 12 months versus AFM's Global Equity Index's +7.75%. This has been achieved with a volatility of 7.72% versus the Index's 9.36%. The Fund's up-capture and down-capture ratios over the past 12 months indicate that, on average, the Fund has captured almost 80% of the market's upside and only 47% of its downside.

The Fund returned -4.39% in October, ahead of the benchmark (MSCI World Index ex Australia) return of -5.40%. This return comprised a return of -6.34% from the portfolio (in USD) and a positive return of +1.95% from the weakening of the Australian dollar against the US dollar.

The Wheelhouse Global Equity Income Fund is designed to deliver equity returns with higher income generation and active downside protection. The strategy's high-income generation and active tail risk program are designed to lower risk and deliver equity returns with a smoother, more retiree-friendly return profile. As a result, Wheelhouse intend for returns to add relative value in weak and low-growth markets and to drag in more positive markets.
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