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9 Jul 2020 - Performance Report: Surrey Australian Equities Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date09 July 2020
ManagerSurrey Asset Management Pty Ltd
Fund NameSurrey Australian Equities Fund
StrategyEquity Long
Latest Return DateJune 2020
Latest Return0.40%
Latest 6 Months0.28%
Latest 12 Months4.04%
Latest 24 Months (pa)2.80%
Annualised Since Inception3.12%
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 returned +0.4% in June, taking 12-month performance to +4.04% against the ASX200 Accumulation Index's -7.68%. Since inception in June 2018, the Fund has returned +3.12% on an annualised basis. Surrey noted the Fund has attempted to navigate the choppy waters of the second half of FY20 by focussing on facts rather than hypotheticals.

The Fund ended the Financial Year with 9% of the portfolio in cash and a diversified portfolio of 28 individual stock positions. The Fund was most heavily weighted towards the IT and Industrials sectors. Top holdings at month-end included Appen (APX), Imrcor (IMR), Omni Bridgeway (OBL), Opticom (OPC), Xero Limited (XRO). Top contributors to performance over the Financial Year included Appen, Xero, Pointsbet and Imricor.

Looking forward, Surrey expect the day-to-day share price movements to continue but remain confident in the long-term outlook for the globe as we recover from the impact of COVID-19. As can be seen by the Fund's top shareholdings mentioned above, the Fund is positioned in industries with strong structural growth tailwinds and where Surrey believe the economic exposure to COVID-19 is somewhat limited.
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