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27 Feb 2019 - Performance Report: Harvest Lane Asset Management Absolute Return Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report DateJanuary 2019
ManagerHarvest Lane Asset Management
Fund NameHarvest Lane Asset Management Absolute Return Fund
StrategyEquity Market Neutral
Latest Return DateJanuary 2019
Latest Return0.80%
Latest 6 Months4.25%
Latest 12 Months10.44%
Latest 24 Months16.56%
Annualised Since Inception9.11%
Inception Date01 July 2013
FUM (millions)AU$12
Fund OverviewThe Fund aims to deliver a return of greater than 10% p.a. after all fees and charges over a 3 year period with low or no correlation to the Australian equity market. By focusing on select takeover and corporate activity the fund aims to achieve this whilst also exhibiting lower than average volatility than the market.

Harvest Lane Asset Management employs a conservative, highly selective and opportunistic approach. Using their extensive knowledge in the area of corporate actions, the Fund's managers assess each opportunity based on a thoughtful, diligent and disciplined process and invest where they believe an opportunity exists to generate above average investment returns relative to the risk incurred.

Investment decisions are made without speculating on market direction, with rigid risk controls enforced to minimise the risk of large losses of investor capital. The Fund invests in securities that are predominantly listed on the ASX and occasionally in those listed in other developed markets. Equity swaps and other derivatives may be used at times to reduce risk. The fund typically holds high levels of cash in the absence of sufficiently attractive opportunities to deploy investor capital in accordance with its objectives.
Manager CommentsThe Harvest Lane Absolute Return Fund rose +0.80% in January, taking 12-month performance to +10.44% versus the ASX200 Accumulation Index's +1.37%. Since inception in July 2013, the Fund has returned +9.11% per annum with an annualised volatility of 7.08%. By contrast, the Index has returned +8.25% per annum with a volatility of 10.87% over the same period. The Fund's Sharpe and Sortino ratios, 1.01 and 1.72 respectively, highlight the Fund's capacity to achieve superior risk-adjusted returns whilst avoiding the market's downside volatility. The Fund's focus on downside protection is evidenced by their higher average negative return relative to the Index (-1.44% versus the Index's -2.45%) and down-capture ratio of -35.58% which indicates that, on average, the Fund has risen during the months market has fallen.

Harvest Lane noted the month was fairly active as they continued to see steady deal flow and positive catalysts in some of the Fund's existing positions which proved to be a key driver of the month's performance.

The current portfolio composition consists of a larger number of deals in their early stages than Harvest Lane have typically observed in recent months. They noted they tend to allocate more capital to transactions as they firm up and exercise restraint so as not to over commit until doing so is warranted. The portfolio remains appropriately weighted in these new opportunities and holds enough cash to meaningfully scale up should the transactions progress as Harvest Lane anticipates.
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