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3 Mar 2020 - Performance Report: Touchstone Index Unaware Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date03 March 2020
ManagerTouchstone Asset Management, a Bennelong boutique
Fund NameTouchstone Index Unaware Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateJanuary 2020
Latest Return2.70%
Latest 6 Months5.03%
Latest 12 Months21.59%
Latest 24 Months (pa)9.33%
Annualised Since Inception12.06%
Inception Date04 April 2016
FUM (millions)AU$4.9
Fund OverviewThe Fund aims to deliver capital growth and a sustainable income stream to its investors by investing in a portfolio of primarily listed Australian shares and cash, aiming to provide a total return that exceeds the return of the S&P/ASX300 Accumulation Index by 2% p.a. (before fees and expenses) over a rolling 5 year period.

The portfolio is constructed using Touchstone's Quality-At-a-Reasonable-Price ('QARP') investment process. QARP is a fundamental bottom-up process, however, it also incorporates a top-down risk management framework designed to successfully manage the portfolio during varying market conditions and economic cycles.

The Touchstone Fund is concentrated, typically holding between 15-20 stocks. No individual stock will ever make up more than 10% of the portfolio at any one time. The Investment Manager may temporarily exceed the exposure limits of the Fund occasionally, particularly during periods of market volatility, to allow for holdings in excess of this 10% limit where the increase in value of the underlying security is due to market movement. The Fund may also hold between 0-50% of the portfolio in cash.

The Fund has a high level of associated risk, therefore, the minimum suggested investment time-frame is 5 years.
Manager CommentsThe Touchstone Index Unaware Fund returned +2.70% in January, taking 12-month performance to +21.59%. Since inception in April 2016, the Fund has returned +12.06% p.a. with an annualised volatility of 9.81%. The Fund's Sharpe and Sortino ratios for performance since inception are 1.07 and 1.71 respectively.

As at the end of January, the Fund held 21 positions with a median position size of 4.5%. The portfolio's holdings had an average forward year price/earnings of 17.6, forward-year EPS growth of 7.1%, forward-year tangible ROE of 22.5% and forward-year dividend yield of 3.8%. The Fund's cash weighting was decreased to 8.4% from 9.3% as at the end of December.
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