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7 May 2021 - Managers Insights | Delft Partners on Taiwan
Australian Fund Monitors' CEO, Chris Gosselin, speaks with Robert Swift from Delft Partners about the Delft Partners Global High Conviction Strategy. Robert shares his thoughts regarding the tension around the South China Sea. Since inception in August 2011, the Strategy has risen +16.21% p.a. with an annualised volatility of 12%. Over that period, the Strategy has achieved Sharpe and Sortino ratios of 1.16 and 2.18 respectively, highlighting its capacity to achieve good risk-adjusted returns while avoiding the market's downside volatility. Funds operated by manager: Delft Partners Global High Conviction Strategy, Delft Partners Asia Small Companies Strategy, Delft Partners Global Infrastructure Strategy |
30 Apr 2021 - Managers Insights | Vantage Asset Management
Chris Gosselin, CEO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Michael Tobin, Founder and Managing Director at Vantage Asset Management. Established in 2004, Vantage Asset Management Pty Limited is an independent investment management company with expertise in private equity, funds management, manager selection and operational management. Vantage Private Equity Growth 4 (VPEG4) is a closed-ended Private Equity fund which started on 30 September 2019 and which is due to close on 30 September 2021. The Fund continues the investment strategy of Vantage's previous two Private Equity Funds, VPEG3 and VPEG2. The Fund invests in Private Equity funds based in Australia, along with Permitted Co-investments, to create a well diversified portfolio of Private Equity investments.
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23 Apr 2021 - Manager Insights | Collins St
Damen Purcell, COO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Rob Hay, Head of Distribution & Investor Relations at Collins St Asset Management. The Collins St Value Fund is an index unaware fund which seeks to create strong investment returns over the medium and long term with capital preservation a priority. The fund has performed strong vs the ASX200 Total Return Index since inception, outperforming by 7.0% per annum.
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16 Apr 2021 - Managers Insights | Insync Fund Managers
Chris Gosselin, CEO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Monik Kotecha Chief Investment Officer at Insync Fund Managers. Insync Fund Managers operate two funds, the Insync Global Capital Aware Fund (hedged) and the Insync Global Quality Equity Fund (unhedged). The two funds have the same strategy, the only difference being that one is hedged and the other is unhedged. The Insync Global Capital Aware Fund was started in October 2009 and since then has returned +11.43% p.a. with an annualised volatility of 9.90%. Over the same period, the Insync Global Quality Equity Fund has returned +13.38% p.a. with an annualised volatility of 10.64%.
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9 Apr 2021 - Managers Insights | Equitable Investors Dragonfly Fund
Chris Gosselin, CEO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Martin Pretty, Director at Equitable Investors. The Equitable Investors Dragonfly Fund was started in September 2017 and has returned +3.06% p.a. since inception. Over the 12 months to February 2021, the Fund rose +59.82% against the ASX200 Accumulation Index's +6.48%.
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1 Apr 2021 - Managers Insights | Montgomery Investment Management
Damen Purcell, COO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Gary Rollo, Portfolio Manager of the Montgomery Small Companies Fund. The Montgomery Small Companies Fund was started in September 2019 and has come through a pretty volatile period, outperforming the ASX Small Ordinaries and broader ASX 200 Total Return Index by significant amounts. Since inception the fund has returned 20.39% with a standard deviation of just 2.74%.
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22 Mar 2021 - Manager Insights | Laureola Advisors
Damen Purcell, COO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Alex Lee, Director of Investor Relations at Laureola Advisors. Laureola are a specialist investment management firm offering conservative, risk mitigated exposure to life settlements. The firm was established in 2012 to take advantage of the opportunities in the Life Settlements asset class which produces attractive non-correlated long-term returns. Since inception the fund has returned 16.1% with a standard deviation of just 5.6%.
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19 Mar 2021 - Manager Insights | Laureola Advisors
Damen Purcell, COO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Alex Lee, Director of Investor Relations at Laureola Advisors. Laureola are a specialist investment management firm offering conservative, risk mitigated exposure to life settlements. The firm was established in 2012 to take advantage of the opportunities in the Life Settlements asset class which produces attractive non-correlated long-term returns. Since inception the fund has returned 16.1% with a standard deviation of just 5.6%.
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16 Mar 2021 - Manager Insights | Premium China Funds Management
Damen Purcell, COO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Jonathan Wu, Executive Director at Premium China Funds Management. Premium China was started their first fund in 2005 and have grown to offer 4 actively managed specialist Asian equity and fixed-income funds to both Australian and New Zealand investors. Their Premium Asia fund, which was started in 2009 has returned 12.97% per annum since inception outperforming the Asia Pacific Ex Japan benchmark by over 8% per annum.
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16 Mar 2021 - Manager Insights | AIM Investment Management
Australian Fund Monitors' CEO, Chris Gosselin, speaks with Charlie Aitken from AIM Investment Management about the AIM Global High Conviction Fund's recent and long-term performance. The AIM Global High Conviction Fund is a long-only fund that invests in a high conviction portfolio of global stocks. The Fund has achieved a down-capture ratio since inception in July 2015 of 81.83%, highlighting its capacity to outperform when market's fall. The Fund has outperformed the Index in 7 out of 10 of the Index's worst months since the Fund's inception, further emphasising its strength in negative markets.
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