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28 Feb 2019 - Performance Report: Touchstone Index Unaware Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date28 February 2019
ManagerTouchstone Asset Management, a Bennelong boutique
Fund NameTouchstone Index Unaware Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateJanuary 2019
Latest Return3.75%
Latest 6 Months-5.04%
Latest 12 Months-1.69%
Latest 24 Months13.01%
Annualised Since Inception8.87%
Inception Date04 April 2016
FUM (millions)AU$4.21
Fund OverviewThe Fund aims to deliver capital growth and a sustainable income stream to its investors by investing in a portfolio of primarily listed Australian shares and cash, aiming to provide a total return that exceeds the return of the S&P/ASX300 Accumulation Index by 2% p.a. (before fees and expenses) over a rolling 5 year period.

The portfolio is constructed using Touchstone's Quality-At-a-Reasonable-Price ('QARP') investment process. QARP is a fundamental bottom-up process, however, it also incorporates a top-down risk management framework designed to successfully manage the portfolio during varying market conditions and economic cycles.

The Touchstone Fund is concentrated, typically holding between 15-20 stocks. No individual stock will ever make up more than 10% of the portfolio at any one time. The Investment Manager may temporarily exceed the exposure limits of the Fund occasionally, particularly during periods of market volatility, to allow for holdings in excess of this 10% limit where the increase in value of the underlying security is due to market movement. The Fund may also hold between 0-50% of the portfolio in cash.

The Fund has a high level of associated risk, therefore, the minimum suggested investment time-frame is 5 years.
Manager CommentsThe Touchstone Index Unaware Fund rose +3.75% in January, taking annualised performance since inception in April 2016 to +8.87%.

As at the end of January, the Fund held 21 stocks with a median position size of 4.4%. The portfolio's holdings had an average forward year price/earnings of 14.3, forward year EPS growth of 5.3%, forward year tangible ROE of 28.2% and forward year dividend yield of 5.0%. The Fund's cash weighting increased to 3.7% from 3.3% at the end of December.

The Fund primarily seeks to select stocks from the ASX300 Index, typically holding between 10-30 stocks. The Fund seeks to invest in reasonably priced, good quality companies with a significant share of expected returns coming from sustainable dividends.
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