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27 May 2020 - Performance Report: Datt Capital Absolute Return Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date27 May 2020
ManagerDatt Capital
Fund NameDatt Capital Absolute Return Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateApril 2020
Latest Return12.00%
Latest 6 Months-5.12%
Latest 12 Months2.48%
Latest 24 Months (pa)30.28%
Annualised Since Inception3.31%
Inception Date01 August 2018
FUM (millions)AU$4
Fund OverviewThe Fund utilises a long term investment approach focused on capital preservation and absolute wealth accumulation.

Our investment objectives are:

1) To minimise the risk of permanent capital loss
2) Generate a net return of 10% through the economic cycle

An unconstrained, concentrated approach focused on superior risk-adjusted returns.

The investment strategy:

- targets long-term capital growth in a prudent manner, with an emphasis on capital preservation and low volatility in returns
- aims to outperform in markets where equities are down
- diversifies investments across asset classes and duration to reduce risk while maintaining relatively concentrated exposure to attractive investment opportunities
- is an application of the Manager's investment process, that has no institutional constraints and is completely benchmark unaware
Manager CommentsThe Datt Capital Absolute Return Fund rose +12.00% in April, outperforming the ASX200 Accumulation Index by +3.22% and taking annualised performance since inception in August 2018 to +3.31% versus the Index's -2.97%. The Fund has outperformed the Index by +11.54% over the past 12 months. The Fund's down-capture ratio for performance since inception of 52.9% indicates that, on average, the Fund has fallen approximately half as much as the market during the market's negative months.

Datt Capital noted that, while our social and economic environments have been greatly hamstrung by overzealous government curfews, they are positive that we have seen the worst of it. Datt Capital continue to find opportunities in the market and added that they will remain agile and disciplined in their asset allocation.

The Fund's CRE debt portfolio continues to perform in line with Datt Capital's expectations. The Fund continues to benefit from the manager's focus on short duration, low LVR and double-digit yielding deals restricted to the core Australian cities.

The Fund's equity portfolio also performed well in April. The Fund recently added Self Wealth to the portfolio, as well as some other new growth opportunities via placements. Datt Capital expect the portfolio to remain fluid in terms of exposures and individual positions going forward.
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