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27 Feb 2020 - Performance Report: Quay Global Real Estate Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date27 February 2020
ManagerQuay Global Investors
Fund NameQuay Global Real Estate Fund
StrategyReal Estate
Latest Return DateJanuary 2020
Latest Return5.20%
Latest 6 Months9.63%
Latest 12 Months21.85%
Latest 24 Months (pa)21.15%
Annualised Since Inception11.73%
Inception Date31 July 2014
FUM (millions)AU$176.4
Fund OverviewQuay is a boutique investment management business established in 2013 with a focus on preserving and creating wealth for investors through investments in real estate securities. Quay uses a dual manager approach to the investment and portfolio management decision making process. This involves both Principals collaborating to determine significant portfolio investments and positions.

The Fund will invest in a number of global listed real estate companies, groups or funds. The investment strategy is to make investments in real estate securities at a price that will deliver a real, after inflation, total return of 5% per annum (before costs and fees), inclusive of distributions over a longer-term period.

The Investment Strategy is indifferent to the constraints of any index benchmarks and is relatively concentrated in its number of investments. The Fund is expected to own between 20 and 40 securities, and from time to time up to 20% of the portfolio maybe invested in cash. The Fund is $A un-hedged.
Manager CommentsThe Quay Global Real Estate Fund rose +5.20% in January, taking the 12-month return to +21.85%. Since inception in January 2016, the Fund has returned +11.73% p.a. with an annualised volatility of 10.31%. The Fund's January return was derived largely from currency gains (+4.3%) and general market buoyancy across global listed real estate.

The Fund's overall return was boosted at the stock level by some of Quay's highest conviction investments, including LEG Immobilien (German Residential).

The Fund's relatively high weight to Hong Kong was a headwind for performance. Quay expect the region's strong currency, political turmoil, protests and fears of the impacts of coronavirus to further impact the local economy, however, they noted they refuse to panic and sell out of positions that on almost any measure are very cheap.

Quay continue to have zero exposure to US Mall REITs. Their view is that there is simply too much mall space in the US, and they believe it will take many years to rationalise.
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