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26 Jun 2019 - Performance Report: Frazis Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date26 June 2019
ManagerFrazis Capital Partners
Fund NameFrazis Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateMay 2019
Latest Return-1.80%
Latest 6 Months10.88%
Latest 12 Months18.53%
Latest 24 Months (pa)
Annualised Since Inception-8.88%
Inception Date01 July 2018
FUM (millions)AU$5.3
Fund OverviewThe Frazis Fund is a thematic long/short global equity fund, with a macro overlay. The portfolio pairs high conviction, concentrated, long-term equity investments, with asymmetric, proprietary hedging strategies, to create a unique and highly differentiated return profile.

The manager follows a disciplined, process-driven, and thematic strategy focused on five core investment strategies:

1) Growth stocks that are really value stocks;
2) Traditional deep value;
3) The life sciences;
4) Miners and drillers expanding production into supply deficits;
5) Global special situations;

The manager uses a macro overlay to manage exposure, hedging in three ways:

1) Direct shorts
2) Upside exposure to the VIX index
3) Index optionality
Manager CommentsThe Frazis Fund returned -1.8% in May, ahead of the S&P500 Total Return Index by +4.55% and AFM's Global Equity Index by +2.66%. This brings the Fund's CYTD return to +21.01% after fees versus the S&P500's +10.73%. Frazis say May's return was largely due to strong contributions from structural shorts which partly made up for a pull-back in the rest of the portfolio.

In the latest report, Michael Frazis discusses his views on the outlook for the global economy. He believes the past two years in Australia are suggestive of what may come next in the US. He says it is entirely possible that the recent Australian experience, where technology stocks reach new heights amidst slowing growth and growing uncertainty, will continue overseas. Frazis are tempering their views and positions accordingly.

Frazis have high confidence in their portfolio companies and are closely tracking their fundamental value creation. They noted they have increased their short positions in structurally declining and capital intensive industries such as physical retail, coal, and where appropriate, physical commodities.
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