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2 Apr 2020 - Performance Report: Surrey Australian Equities Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date02 April 2020
ManagerSurrey Asset Management Pty Ltd
Fund NameSurrey Australian Equities Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateFebruary 2020
Latest Return-9.90%
Latest 6 Months-5.02%
Latest 12 Months4.07%
Latest 24 Months (pa)
Annualised Since Inception0.22%
Inception Date01 June 2018
FUM (millions)
Fund OverviewThe Investment Manager will be primarily focussed on investing in companies listed in the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index while retaining capacity to invest up to 30% of the Fund in ASX listed companies outside this benchmark. The Investment Manager believes this approach offers attractive, under researched investment opportunities that can provide capital upside and growing dividend income over rolling 5-year periods.

The Investment Manager follows a defined investment process which is underpinned by detailed bottom up fundamental analysis, overlayed with sectoral and macroeconomic research. This is combined with an extensive company visitation program where we endeavour to meet with company management and with other stakeholders such as suppliers, customers and industry bodies to improve our information set.

Surrey Asset Management defines its investment process as Qualitative, Quantitative and Value Latencies (QQV). In essence, the Investment Manager thoroughly researches an investment's qualitative and quantitative characteristics in an attempt to find value latencies not yet reflected in the share price and then clearly defines a roadmap to realisation of those latencies.

Developing this roadmap is a key step in the investment process. By articulating a clear pathway as to how and when an investment can realise what the Investment Manager sees as latent value, defines the investment proposition and lessens the impact of cognitive dissonance. This is undertaken with a philosophical underpinning of fact-based investing, transparency, authenticity and accountability.
Manager CommentsThe Surrey Australian Equities Fund has returned +4.07% over the past 12 months. Surrey noted they are conscious of the risks COVID-19 poses - both the health and economic impacts. They remain positive on equity markets in 2020 but are more cautious relative to this time last year.

They believe the hysterical reaction to the virus has created share price dislocations which they have used to buy what they believe to be strong companies at very attractive valuations. These investments are not directly exposed to COVID-19 either on the supply or demand side.

The fund's top holdings at the end of February included Centuria Capital Group (CNI), Fisher & Paykel Healthcare (FPH), IMF Group (IMF), Imricor Medical Systems (IMR) and Xero Limited (XRO). The fund doesn't hold any travel business or have any significant exposure to companies directly focused on the Chinese consumer market.
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