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30 Jun 2020 - Performance Report: Insync Global Quality Equity Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date30 June 2020
ManagerInsync Fund Managers
Fund NameInsync Global Quality Equity Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateMay 2020
Latest Return7.39%
Latest 6 Months6.85%
Latest 12 Months24.51%
Latest 24 Months (pa)18.44%
Annualised Since Inception13.91%
Inception Date01 July 2018
FUM (millions)AU$23.8234
Fund OverviewInsync's investment strategy is driven by fundamentals combined with active risk management with the aim of investing in high quality, large cap global companies at attractive prices. Insync looks for companies that can consistently pay rising dividends and earn high returns on invested capital. Insync aims to provide investors with long-term capital growth and some income.

Insync employs four simple screens to narrow the universe of over 40,000 listed companies globally to a focus group of high-quality companies that it believes have the potential to consistently grow their profits and dividends. These screens are: size of the company, balance sheet performance, valuation and dividend quality. Companies that pass this due diligence process are then valued using dividend discount models, free cash flow yield and proprietary implied growth and expected return models. The end result is a high conviction portfolio typically of 15-30 stocks.

The principal investments will be in shares of companies listed on international stock exchanges (including the US, Europe and Asia). The Fund may also hold cash, derivatives (for example futures, options and swaps), currency contracts, American Depository Receipts and Global Depository Receipts. The Fund may also invest in various types of international pooled investment vehicles.
Manager CommentsThe Insync Global Quality Equity Fund rose +7.39% in May, outperforming AFM's Global Equity Index by +5.29% and taking annualised performance since inception in October 2009 to +13.91% versus the Index's +10.70%. The Fund has returned +24.51% against the Index's +9.83% over the past 12 months. The Fund's capacity to protect investor capital in falling markets is highlighted by its Sortino ratio for performance since inception of 1.96 and down-capture ratio of 65%.

Insync noted they continue to hold companies exposed to Megatrends which they believe will deliver sustainable profitable growth in a post-pandemic environment. Their view is that COVID-19 simply brought forward the demise of many businesses that were already in structural decline.

The top three Megatrends in the portfolio by weighting as at the end of May were the 'Age Related Health Solutions' megatrend (15%), the 'Digitisation' megatrend (13%), and the 'Cashless Society' megatrend (10%). The Fund's top 5 holdings at month-end were PayPal, Adobe, JD Sports Fashion, S&P Global and Dominos.
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