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9 Apr 2020 - Performance Report: Surrey Australian Equities Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date09 April 2020
ManagerSurrey Asset Management Pty Ltd
Fund NameSurrey Australian Equities Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateMarch 2020
Latest Return-18.70%
Latest 6 Months-24.45%
Latest 12 Months-16.23%
Latest 24 Months (pa)
Annualised Since Inception-10.49%
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 outperformed the ASX200 Accumulation Index in March by +1.95%. During the month, Surrey continued to bolster the Fund's defensive positioning both through stock selection, reduced exposure to micro caps and increasing cash levels to 27.5%. They expect numerous equity capital raisings over the coming months, similar to what was seen during the GFC, and aim to be well positioned to capitalise on these.

Despite the volatility, Surrey believe markets will manage through this challenging period. They noted that all of the Fund's companies have robust balance sheets and continue to generate revenue and cashflow.

The Fund's top holdings at the end of March included Cooper Energy (COE), Fisher & Paykel Healthcare (FPH), IMF Group (IMF) now known as Omni Bridgeway (OMN), Saracen Minerals (SAR) and Xero Limited (XRO).
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