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8 Oct 2019 - Performance Report: Cyan C3G Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date08 October 2019
ManagerCyan Investment Management
Fund NameCyan C3G Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateSeptember 2019
Latest Return8.62%
Latest 6 Months21.35%
Latest 12 Months15.51%
Latest 24 Months (pa)13.23%
Annualised Since Inception21.23%
Inception Date24 July 2014
FUM (millions)AU$40
Fund OverviewThe Cyan C3G Fund operates as a wholesale unregistered managed investment scheme under a unit trust structure. The Fund primarily invests in ASX listed companies outside the ASX 100 and typically holds between 15-35 stocks.

Cyan C3G Fund is based on the investment philosophy which can be defined as a comprehensive, clear and considered process focused on delivering growth. These are identified through stringent filter criteria and a rigorous research process. The Manager uses a proprietary stock filter in order to eliminate a large proportion of investments due to both internal characteristics (such as gearing levels or cash flow) and external characteristics (such as exposure to commodity prices or customer concentration).

Typically, the Fund looks for businesses that are one or more of:
a) under researched,
b) fundamentally undervalued,
c) have a catalyst for re-rating.

The Manager seeks to achieve this investment outcome by actively managing a portfolio of Australian listed securities. When the opportunity to invest in suitable securities cannot be found, the manager may reduce the level of equities exposure and accumulate a defensive cash position. Whilst it is the company's intention, there is no guarantee that any distributions or returns will be declared, or that if declared, the amount of any returns will remain constant or increase over time. The Fund does not invest in derivatives and does not use debt to leverage the Fund's performance. However, companies in which the Fund invests may be leveraged.
Manager CommentsThe Cyan C3G Fund rose +8.64% in September, outperforming the ASX200 Accumulation Index by +6.78% and taking annualised performance since inception in August 2014 to 21.23%. By contrast, the Index has returned +8.14% p.a. over the same period with roughly the same level of volatility. The Fund's Sharpe ratio of 1.64 versus the Index's 0.62 indicates that the Fund has also achieved superior risk-adjusted performance to the market. In addition, the Fund's Sortino ratio of 3.43 versus the Index's 0.84, and down-capture ratio of -3.49%, highlight the Fund's capacity to significantly outperform in falling markets over the long term.

There were numerous positive contributors to performance and few detractors in September. Seven of the Fund's holdings rose more than 30% over the course of the month and another 6 delivered impressive double-digit percentage gains. Top contributors included Alcidion (+65%), Oventus (+49%), Quickstep (+44) and Quickfee (+31%).

Cyan noted external factors such as global political uncertainty and trade wars continue to cause bursts of volatility in equity markets. Their view is that, with historically low interest rates, investors are simply not being rewarded for conservative investment decisions. They added that, whilst the market may be trading at a slight premium to long term averages in terms of price to earnings ratios, low interest rates support company valuations and thus Cyan continue to see excellent investment opportunities at the smaller end of the market.
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