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30 Jul 2020 - Performance Report: Quay Global Real Estate Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date30 July 2020
ManagerQuay Global Investors
Fund NameQuay Global Real Estate Fund
StrategyReal Estate
Latest Return DateJune 2020
Latest Return-0.61%
Latest 6 Months-14.82%
Latest 12 Months-9.81%
Latest 24 Months (pa)2.11%
Annualised Since Inception5.52%
Inception Date31 July 2014
FUM (millions)AU$164.6
Fund OverviewQuay is a boutique investment management business established in 2013 with a focus on preserving and creating wealth for investors through investments in real estate securities. Quay uses a dual manager approach to the investment and portfolio management decision making process. This involves both Principals collaborating to determine significant portfolio investments and positions.

The Fund will invest in a number of global listed real estate companies, groups or funds. The investment strategy is to make investments in real estate securities at a price that will deliver a real, after inflation, total return of 5% per annum (before costs and fees), inclusive of distributions over a longer-term period.

The Investment Strategy is indifferent to the constraints of any index benchmarks and is relatively concentrated in its number of investments. The Fund is expected to own between 20 and 40 securities, and from time to time up to 20% of the portfolio maybe invested in cash. The Fund is $A un-hedged.
Manager CommentsThe Quay Global Real Estate Fund returned -0.6% in June, with the underlying stocks returning +2.7% overall before the impact of currency (-3.3%). Over the quarter the portfolio returned +8.1% in local currency terms, however this wasn't enough to offset the significant -11% impact from the rising $A. Since inception in January 2016, the Fund has returned +5.52% p.a. with an annualised return of +12.12%.

Quay emphasise that short-term currency movements can act as either a tailwind or a headwind to performance. However, over time these currency movements become less relevant than the underlying operational performance of the investees.

For the quarter, top contributors included STAG (US Industrial), Ventas (US Health) and Shurgard (European Storage). The largest detractors included Hysan (Hong Kong Diversified), Cubesmart (US Storage) and US cash.

As at the end of June, the portfolio had relatively low cash (4%) and was invested across 27 companies. Quay noted the cash level is around the lowest in the Fund's history and the number of investees the equal highest. This reflects Quay's view of the attractive valuations currently on offer across their investment universe.
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