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18 Apr 2019 - Performance Report: Bennelong Australian Equities Fund

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Report Date18 April 2019
ManagerBennelong Australian Equity Partners (BAEP), a Bennelong boutique
Fund NameBennelong Australian Equities Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateMarch 2019
Latest Return1.32%
Latest 6 Months-1.11%
Latest 12 Months11.07%
Latest 24 Months26.07%
Annualised Since Inception13.33%
Inception Date30 January 2009
FUM (millions)AU$474.55
Fund OverviewBennelong Australian Equity Partners (BAEP) is a boutique asset manager offering Australian equities solutions for institutional and retail clients. The business was founded in 2008 by Paul Cuddy and Mark East, in partnership with Bennelong Funds Management. Prior to establishing BAEP, Paul and Mark were Co-Heads of Australian Equities at ING Investment Management.

The Bennelong Australian Equities Fund seeks quality investment opportunities which are under-appreciated and have the potential to deliver positive earnings.
The investment process combines bottom-up fundamental analysis with proprietary investment tools that are used to build and maintain high quality portfolios that are risk aware. The investment team manages an extensive company/industry contact program which helps identify and verify various investment opportunities.

The companies within the portfolio are primarily selected from, but not limited to, the S&P/ASX 300 Index. The Fund may invest in securities listed on other exchanges where such securities relate to the ASX-listed securities. The Fund typically holds between 25-60 stocks with a maximum net targeted position of an individual stock of 6%.
Manager CommentsThe Bennelong Australian Equities Fund rose +1.32% in March, outperforming the ASX200 Accumulation Index by +0.59% and taking annualised performance since inception in January 2009 to +13.33% versus the Index's +10.49%. The Fund's up-capture and down-capture ratios since inception indicate that, on average, the Fund has outperformed in both rising and falling markets.

Over the March quarter the largest positive contributors were IDP Education, Rio Tinto, Breville and Goodman Group. Key detractors included Costa Group and Reliance Worldwide.

Bennelong's view is that investor sentiment still remains cautious despite the strong recovery over the past quarter. They observe that investors are still very much attracted to what is perceived to be safe, as evidenced by the recent outperformance of bonds, gold stocks, REITs, infrastructure and comfort stocks like Woolworths. However, they believe investors are incrementally paying more attention to fundamental drivers like earnings and growth which they expect will be supportive of returns.
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