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3 Feb 2020 - Performance Report: Datt Capital Absolute Return Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date03 February 2020
ManagerDatt Capital
Fund NameDatt Capital Absolute Return Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateDecember 2019
Latest Return0.84%
Latest 6 Months12.22%
Latest 12 Months16.49%
Latest 24 Months (pa)
Annualised Since Inception9.68%
Inception Date01 August 2018
FUM (millions)AU$4
Fund OverviewThe Fund utilises a long term investment approach focused on capital preservation and absolute wealth accumulation.

Our investment objectives are:

1) To minimise the risk of permanent capital loss
2) Generate a net return of 10% through the economic cycle

An unconstrained, concentrated approach focused on superior risk-adjusted returns.

The investment strategy:

- targets long-term capital growth in a prudent manner, with an emphasis on capital preservation and low volatility in returns
- aims to outperform in markets where equities are down
- diversifies investments across asset classes and duration to reduce risk while maintaining relatively concentrated exposure to attractive investment opportunities
- is an application of the Manager's investment process, that has no institutional constraints and is completely benchmark unaware
Manager CommentsThe Datt Capital Absolute Return Fund returned +0.84% in December, outperforming the ASX200 Accumulation Index by +3.01% and taking annualised performance since inception in August 2018 to +9.68% versus the Index's +9.28%. The Fund's down-capture ratio for performance since inception of 6.85% indicates that, on average, the Fund has significantly outperformed during the months the market has fallen.

During December the Fund evaluated 2 debt deals and invested in 1 new opportunity in commercial real estate. Datt Capital continue to monitor a number of fixed income instruments in the distressed and special situation space. The Fund's equity exposure decreased as the manager decided to exit Lynas. The Fund's current equity exposures are: Afterpay, Adriatic Metals, Alice Queen, Argonaut Resources, Valmec, Whitehaven Coal and Yandal Resources.

Datt Capital noted they have a full pipeline of potential investment opportunities which they consider materially undervalued and will carefully consider for inclusion in the portfolio at the appropriate time.
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