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14 Feb 2019 - Performance Report: Loftus Peak Global Disruption Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report DateJanuary 2019
ManagerLoftus Peak
Fund NameLoftus Peak Global Disruption Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateJanuary 2019
Latest Return7.77%
Latest 6 Months-2.44%
Latest 12 Months4.69%
Latest 24 Months40.38%
Annualised Since Inception19.54%
Inception Date15 November 2016
FUM (millions)AU$60.4
Fund OverviewThe fund aims to deliver a return over the MSCI All Countries World Index (net dividends reinvested) in AUD over the medium to long term by bringing a disciplined investment process to listed global companies impacted by disruption.

The investment process involves a combination of top-down analysis with fundamental bottom-up qualitative and quantitative research to derive a risk-adjusted discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation of companies in the target universe. The investment team will generally buy stocks from the pool of securities that are trading below Loftus Peaks' valuation and sell them when they are trading above Loftus Peak's valuation. The approach allows for both fundamental accounting information as well as market-oriented inputs to be factored into the portfolio construction process. Loftus Peak's model typically does not rely on leverage to deliver investment returns and specifically takes into account risk in the valuation process.

Capital preservation can be managed by holding up to 50% cash. Index and currency options and futures may also be used to manage risk.
Manager CommentsThe Loftus Peak Global Disruption Fund rose +7.77% in January, outperforming AFM's Global Equity Index by +3.13% and taking annualised performance since inception in November 2016 to +19.94% versus the Index's +12.93%. The Fund's up-capture and down-capture ratios since inception, +133% and +96.5% respectively, indicate that, on average, the Fund has outperformed in both rising and falling markets.

Xilinx, a company which makes products used in data centres globally to speed up response time, was the largest contributor in January. Loftus Peak noted the company has positioned itself to benefit from the growth in data centre workload, autonomous vehicles and the upcoming 5G roll-out. Other top contributors included Alibaba and Amazon. Key detractors included Geely, Tesla and Qualcomm.

The Australian dollar appreciated +3.57% over the month against the US dollar, negatively impacting the value of the Fund's US dollar holdings. As at 31 January 2019, the Fund carried a foreign currency exposure of 99%.
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