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25 Feb 2020 - Performance Report: Cyan C3G Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date25 February 2020
ManagerCyan Investment Management
Fund NameCyan C3G Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateJanuary 2020
Latest Return-0.26%
Latest 6 Months-1.07%
Latest 12 Months14.62%
Latest 24 Months (pa)1.62%
Annualised Since Inception17.79%
Inception Date24 July 2014
FUM (millions)AU$37
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 has returned +17.79% p.a. since inception in August 2014 with an annualised volatility of 11.39%. By contrast the ASX200 Accumulation Index has returned +8.72% p.a. with an annualised volatility of 10.93% over the same period. The Fund's Sharpe and Sortino ratios for performance since inception, 1.36 and 2.68 respectively, by contrast with the Index's Sharpe of 0.67 and 0.94, highlight the Fund's capacity to achieve superior risk-adjusted performance whilst avoiding the market's downside volatility over the long-term.

The Fund returned -0.3% in January. During the month the Fund had 16 positions deliver positive results, 15 negative and four flat. The Fund's strongest positive contributor by price movement rose +39% and the weakest contracted -21%. Top contributors included Quickstep, RPM Global, Readcloud and Alcidion. The Fund also enjoyed some early success from two recent IPO's - Icetana and Open Learning. Notable detractors included Oventus and Schrole.

The portfolio contains companies at various stages of the growth cycle. Cyan remain confident that their investment positions will be rewarded over time, noting that they are aware that this never happens in a straight line.
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