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12 Jun 2020 - Performance Report: PURE Income and Growth Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date12 June 2020
ManagerPURE Asset Management
Fund NamePURE Income and Growth Fund
StrategyCredit
Latest Return DateMay 2020
Latest Return5.72%
Latest 6 Months10.10%
Latest 12 Months16.14%
Latest 24 Months (pa)
Annualised Since Inception13.14%
Inception Date01 December 2018
FUM (millions)AU$41
Fund OverviewThe PURE Income & Growth Fund is a specialist hybrid credit fund with an absolute return focus, providing growth capital to Australian emerging companies. The aim is to offer smaller Australian companies ($20-200m market cap) a less dilutive source of capital than equity, while partnering with them to achieve their potential.

For fund investors, The Income and Growth Fund offers a unique risk/return profile. This form of investing includes a high yield, yet retains equity exposure to successful growth stories. Furthermore, the Fund's superior position in the investee Company's capital structure insulates investors from capital loss.

PURE targets a return of 15% per annum through a mixture of Income (8-9%) and capital growth. While most investments involve ASX listed companies, the fund mandate retains modest flexibility to capitalise on attractive pre-IPO opportunities.
Manager CommentsThe PURE Income and Growth Fund returned +5.7% in May. The Fund has now fully recovered the COVID-19 drawdown and is +6.1% CYTD. Since inception in December 2018, the Fund has returned +20.3% on a cumulative basis. The Fund's Sharpe and Sortino ratios for performance since inception, 1.41 and 2.66 respectively, highlight its capacity to achieve superior risk-adjusted returns whilst avoiding the market's downside volatility over the long-term.

PURE is now actively engaged in deal origination as the Australian economy begins to unfreeze. They noted that, while COVID-19 has been a difficult period for most, there are still good businesses out there with meaningful growth opportunities. The investment team is assessing business models that have experienced minimal disruption from the lockdown.

The team is pleased with how the portfolio has performed throughout a very difficult 2020 year-to-date and are excited by the quality of opportunities under review.
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