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6 Sep 2019 - Performance Report: Paragon Australian Long Short Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date06 September 2019
ManagerParagon Funds Management
Fund NameParagon Australian Long Short Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateAugust 2019
Latest Return2.60%
Latest 6 Months27.81%
Latest 12 Months9.71%
Latest 24 Months (pa)7.24%
Annualised Since Inception11.16%
Inception Date28 February 2013
FUM (millions)AU$40
Fund OverviewThe Paragon Fund is a concentrated long/short Australian listed equities product that is fundamentally driven with a focus on the industrial and resource sectors.

Paragon's unique investment style, comprising thematic led idea generation followed with an in depth research effort, results in a concentrated portfolio of high conviction stocks.

Conviction in bottom up analysis drives the investment case and ultimate position sizing:

* Both quantitative analysis - probability weighted high/low/base case valuations - and qualitative analysis - company meetings, assessing management, the business model, balance sheet strength and likely direction of returns - collectively form Paragon's overall view for each investment case.
* Paragon will then allocate weighting to each investment opportunity based on a risk/reward profile, capped to defined investment parameters by market cap, which are continually monitored as part of Paragon's overall risk management framework.

The objective of the Paragon Fund is to produce absolute returns in excess of 10% p.a. over a 3-5 year time horizon with a low correlation to the Australian equities market.
Manager CommentsThe Paragon Australian Long Short Fund rose +2.6% in August, outperforming the ASX200 Accumulation Index by +4.96% and taking annualised performance since inception in March 2013 to +11.16% versus the Index's +8.69%.

Positive contributors included the Fund's gold holdings, iSignthis (upgrade), Pilbara (downgrade; short), Jumbo (upgrade) and Mincor, partially offset by a decline in Champion Iron. Overall, the Fund had a solid August reporting season.

Paragon noted that whilst they remain confident in the Fund's positioning and performance through this cycle, they will continue to watch macro-economic developments closely, and remain active, making any necessary adjustments to the portfolio accordingly.
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