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26 Jun 2020 - Performance Report: Surrey Australian Equities Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date26 June 2020
ManagerSurrey Asset Management Pty Ltd
Fund NameSurrey Australian Equities Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateMay 2020
Latest Return11.30%
Latest 6 Months-3.01%
Latest 12 Months5.39%
Latest 24 Months (pa)3.05%
Annualised Since Inception3.05%
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 rose +11.30% in May, outperforming the ASX200 Accumulation Index by +6.94% and taking annualised performance since inception in June 2018 to +3.05% versus the Index's +1.81%. The Fund has outperformed the Index by +12.09% over the past 12 months, and +12.58% CYTD. The Fund's capacity to significantly outperform in rising markets is highlighted by its up-capture ratio for performance since inception of 124.5%.

Given the large number of company meetings Surrey have had and the insights gained into how businesses are dealing with and recovering from the COVID-19 crisis, coupled with record low interest rates, Surrey maintain an outlook of cautious optimism.

In addition to management meetings, there were also a number of company announcements throughout the month. For companies such as Xero, Appen, Service Stream and Austal, these are discussed in Surrey's latest report.

The Fund's top holdings at month-end included Appen (APX), Omni Bridgeway (OBL), Opticom (OPC), Saracen Mineral (SAR) and Xero Limited (XRO). By sector, the Fund was most heavily weighted towards the Industrials and IT sectors.
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