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25 May 2020 - Performance Report: Australian Eagle Trust Long-Short Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date25 May 2020
ManagerAustralian Eagle Asset Management
Fund NameAustralian Eagle Trust Long-Short Fund
StrategyEquity Long/Short
Latest Return DateApril 2020
Latest Return8.32%
Latest 6 Months-8.80%
Latest 12 Months0.19%
Latest 24 Months (pa)6.52%
Annualised Since Inception14.26%
Inception Date27 June 2016
FUM (millions)
Fund OverviewThe Australian Eagle Trust Long-Short Fund aims to achieve strong double digit returns by allowing clients to access Australian Eagle's demonstrated historical strength in constructing Australian share portfolios applied to a long-short product. Using a combination of Australian Eagle's actual long investment performance in conjunction with a short selling discipline, suggests that this product can provide strong investment returns along with an alpha performance that is negatively correlated to the broader Australian equity market.
Manager CommentsThe Australian Eagle Long Short Fund rose in line with the market in April, returning +8.32%. The Fund has returned +14.26% p.a. since inception in July 2016 versus the ASX200 Accumulation Index's +5.77%. The Fund's up-capture and down-capture ratios for performance since inception, 129.32% and 79.62% respectively, indicate that, on average, the Fund has risen in both rising and falling markets since it began.

Top contributors in April included long positions in Fortescue Metals Group, Oz Minerals and Altium. Key detractors included short positions in Virgin Money UK, Scentre Group and Boral Ltd. The Fund had 32 long and 25 short positions with largest exposure to medical devices & services and technology stocks. The Fund ended the month with relatively less exposure to banking and real estate stocks.

Australian Eagle remains focused on taking long term positions in high quality growth companies with strong balance sheets that will be able to take advantage of weaker competitors once this downturn passes.
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