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26 Feb 2020 - Performance Report: Wheelhouse Global Equity Income Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date26 February 2020
ManagerWheelhouse Investment Partners, a Bennelong boutique
Fund NameWheelhouse Global Equity Income Fund
StrategyEquity Income
Latest Return DateJanuary 2020
Latest Return4.82%
Latest 6 Months8.05%
Latest 12 Months19.79%
Latest 24 Months (pa)13.30%
Annualised Since Inception10.38%
Inception Date26 May 2017
FUM (millions)AU$28.87
Fund OverviewThe strategy of the Fund is based on the Morningstar Developed Markets ex Australia Wide Moat Focus Index ('Morningstar Portfolio'). However, in addition to this, it is designed to deliver returns with lower volatility, improved capital preservation, and higher income generation as a component of total return.

To pursue this objective, the Investment Manager is responsible for actively managing, monitoring and tailoring the integration of derivative contracts alongside the Morningstar Portfolio, while taking into account changing market and stock specific conditions. The Investment Manager is responsible for maximising the structural benefits of short option positions (lowered Volatility, improved capital preservation, higher income generation), whilst mitigating, minimising and monitoring the structural negatives (variable market exposure, option expiries, collateral management and asymmetric return profiles). In addition, long derivatives positions are also used to enhance the capital preservation characteristics of the Fund in more extreme market movements.

As a consequence of the integration of Derivatives, returns of the strategy, intra-cycle, are expected to vary from the underlying Morningstar Portfolio due to these characteristics. For example in weak markets, or in extended sideways markets, the Fund is expected to outperform relative to the Morningstar Portfolio. Conversely in strong positive markets the Fund is expected to underperform.
Manager CommentsThe Wheelhouse Global Equity Income Fund rose +4.82% in January, outperforming AFM's Global Equity Benchmark by +1.09% and taking performance since inception in May 2017 to +10.38% p.a. with an annualised volatility of 7.80%. The Fund's focus on protecting investor capital in falling markets is highlighted by its Sortino ratio of 1.93 and down-capture ratio of 57% for performance since inception.

The Fund's January return comprised -0.18% from the portfolio (in USD) and +5.00% from the weakening of the Australian dollar versus the US dollar. Top contributors included ServiceNow, Salesforce, Adobe, Intel Corp and Novo Nordisk. Key detractors included Amgen, Microchip Technology, Richemont, Elekta AB and Bank of America.
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