Cyan C3G Fund
30 April 2026
Performance Review
The Cyan C3G Fund has a track record of 11 years and 9 months and has underperformed the ASX Small Ordinaries Total Return benchmark since inception in August 2014, providing investors with an annualised return of 2.72% compared with the benchmark's return of 6.77% over the same period.
The Manager has delivered these returns with 1.38% more volatility than the benchmark, contributing to a Sharpe ratio which has fallen below 1 five times over the past five years and which currently sits at 0.13 since inception. The fund has provided positive monthly returns 77% of the time in rising markets and 33% of the time during periods of market decline, contributing to an up-capture ratio since inception of 30% and a down-capture ratio of 88%.
The Cyan C3G Fund rose by +1.00% in April, a difference of -2.33% compared with the ASX Small Ordinaries Total Return benchmark which rose by +3.33%. Over the past 12 months, the fund's best monthly return was +10.41% compared with the benchmark's best return of +8.41%, and its worst monthly return was -12.84% vs the benchmark's worst return over the same period of -10.96%.
Fund rank in Peergroups
| Fund | 1 month | 3 months | 6 months | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 7 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyan C3G Fund | Performance: | 1.00% | -16.10% | -15.16% | 4.34% | -0.62% | -12.97% | -6.97% |
| Rank in Peer Group (out of 104): | 80 | 102 | 79 | 69 | 89 | 91 | 80 | |
| Peergroup - Equity Long - Small/Mid Cap - Australia | Performance: | 3.14% | -9.62% | -11.69% | 8.85% | 8.32% | 4.17% | 8.28% |
| Performance vs peergroup: | -2.14% | -6.48% | -3.48% | -4.51% | -8.94% | -17.14% | -15.25% | |
| Benchmark - ASX Small Ordinaries Total Return Index | Performance: | 2.03% | -6.13% | -4.70% | 11.24% | 10.64% | 4.02% | 5.95% |
| Performance vs benchmark (Alpha): | -1.03% | -9.97% | -10.46% | -6.90% | -11.26% | -16.99% | -12.92% | |
| Fund | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyan C3G Fund | Performance: | 33.71% | -13.63% | 19.54% | 7.93% | 8.94% | -43.30% | -27.20% | 12.67% | 20.61% | -15.71% |
| Rank in Peer Group (out of 104): | 5 | 64 | 63 | 74 | 84 | 96 | 104 | 63 | 44 | 87 | |
| Drawdown: | 0.00% | -14.72% | -8.78% | -30.33% | -3.71% | -44.03% | -28.48% | -5.77% | -8.00% | -16.93% | |
| Peergroup - Equity Long - Small/Mid Cap - Australia | Performance: | 19.55% | -6.65% | 27.06% | 17.83% | 22.13% | -17.47% | 9.18% | 14.00% | 17.72% | -9.76% |
| Performance vs peergroup: | +14.17% | -6.98% | -7.52% | -9.90% | -13.19% | -25.82% | -36.37% | -1.33% | +2.89% | -5.95% | |
| Benchmark - ASX Small Ordinaries Total Return Index | Performance: | 20.02% | -8.67% | 21.36% | 9.21% | 16.88% | -18.40% | 7.83% | 8.37% | 24.96% | -6.03% |
| Performance vs benchmark (Alpha): | +13.70% | -4.96% | -1.82% | -1.28% | -7.94% | -24.89% | -35.02% | +4.30% | -4.35% | -9.68% | |
Fund returns
| Year | Jan % | Feb % | Mar % | Apr % | May % | Jun % | Jul % | Aug % | Sep % | Oct % | Nov % | Dec % | YTD % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.46 | -4.69 | -12.84 | 1.00 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | -15.71 |
| 2025 | 1.22 | 0.44 | -6.25 | 2.22 | 7.67 | 10.41 | -3.37 | -4.79 | 6.49 | 5.60 | 0.09 | 0.56 | 20.61 |
| 2024 | -2.26 | -3.59 | 1.60 | 3.28 | -1.40 | 4.50 | 4.43 | -2.83 | 2.18 | -2.49 | 3.41 | 5.77 | 12.67 |
| 2023 | -0.73 | -7.73 | -5.38 | -1.98 | -3.51 | -8.07 | 7.15 | -3.39 | -3.28 | -3.75 | -1.51 | 1.79 | -27.20 |
| 2022 | -9.76 | -7.96 | 0.26 | -3.68 | -14.03 | -16.74 | 11.81 | -4.82 | -8.39 | 2.04 | -0.63 | -0.09 | -43.30 |
| 2021 | 1.48 | 2.59 | -3.07 | 2.22 | -2.82 | 1.40 | 1.83 | 0.78 | 3.38 | 3.14 | -2.23 | 0.18 | 8.94 |
| 2020 | -0.26 | -11.93 | -20.69 | 8.94 | 9.16 | 0.50 | 9.90 | 11.65 | -5.19 | -2.02 | 12.21 | 1.35 | 7.93 |
| 2019 | 4.02 | 0.61 | 3.18 | 2.07 | 2.81 | 1.12 | 5.18 | 0.10 | 8.62 | -1.64 | -3.20 | -4.19 | 19.54 |
| 2018 | -0.28 | 1.57 | -2.01 | -5.28 | 3.41 | 0.05 | 2.32 | 0.65 | -2.18 | -6.23 | -1.89 | -4.18 | -13.63 |
| 2017 | 1.90 | 0.10 | 1.20 | 1.90 | 0.20 | 2.40 | 2.30 | 3.60 | 3.20 | 6.12 | 2.40 | 4.24 | 33.71 |
| 2016 | -0.84 | -3.56 | 2.22 | 7.89 | 5.73 | -0.35 | 5.80 | 1.60 | 1.70 | -2.10 | -2.50 | -1.00 | 14.79 |
| 2015 | 1.90 | 6.26 | 4.57 | 1.76 | 0.66 | 0.33 | 5.07 | -2.30 | 11.39 | 4.15 | 2.27 | 4.50 | 48.10 |
| 2014 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2.40 | -0.20 | -0.29 | -0.59 | 3.75 | 5.10 |
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Annual Returns
Over the past 12 months, the fund has risen by +4.34% compared with the benchmark which has returned +15.31%, for a difference of -10.97%. Since inception in August 2014, the fund has returned +2.72% per annum, a difference of -4.05% relative to the benchmark which has returned +6.77% on an annualised basis over the same period.
Cumulative Returns
On a cumulative basis (assuming reinvestment of distributions), $100 invested since inception would have become $137. The same amount invested in the benchmark over the same period would have become $215.
Annual Returns %
Volatility and Risk
Annual Standard Deviation
The fund's returns over the past 12 months have been achieved with a volatility of 21.44% vs the index's 16.03%. The annualised volatility of the fund's returns since inception in August 2014 is 18.08% vs the index's 16.7%. Over all other periods, the fund's returns have been more volatile than the benchmark.
Sharpe Ratio
The fund's Sharpe ratio has ranged from a high of 0.28 for performance over the most recent 24 months to a low of -0.79 over the latest 60 months, and is 0.13 for performance since inception. By contrast, the ASX Small Ordinaries Total Return Index's Sharpe for performance since August 2014 is 0.36.
Annual Standard Deviation
Sharpe Ratio
Performance in Positive Markets
Since inception in August 2014 in the months where the market was positive, the fund has provided positive returns 77% of the time
Performance in Negative Markets
Since inception in August 2014 in the months where the market was negative, the fund has provided positive returns 33% of the time, contributing to a down-capture ratio for returns since inception of 88.21%. Over all other periods, the fund's down-capture ratio has ranged from a high of 115.97% over the most recent 12 months to a low of 68.25% over the latest 24 months. A down-capture ratio less than 100% indicates that, on average, the fund has outperformed in the market's negative months.
Average Return in +ve Market %
Average Return in -ve Market %
Sortino Ratio
The fund's Sortino ratio (which excludes volatility in positive months) has ranged from a high of 0.28 for performance over the most recent 24 months to a low of -1.03 over the latest 60 months, and is 0.05 for performance since inception. By contrast, the ASX Small Ordinaries Total Return Index's Sortino for performance since August 2014 is 0.38.
Drawdown
Over the past 12 months, the fund's largest drawdown was -16.93% vs the index's -13.25%, and since inception in August 2014 the fund's largest drawdown was -61.9% vs the index's maximum drawdown over the same period of -29.12%.
Sortino Ratio
Drawdown%
Quintile Ranking vs. Average Equity Long - Small/Mid Cap - Australia as of April 2026
The Cyan C3G Fund is not ranked in the first or second quintile for any KPI.
Over the past 12 months, the fund has risen by +4.34% compared with the peer group which has returned an average of +8.85%, for a difference of -4.51%.
The fund's returns over the past 12 months have been achieved with a volatility of 21.44% vs the peer group's average volatility of 14.33%. The annualised volatility of the fund's returns since inception in August 2014 is 18.08% vs the peer group's 14.45%. Over all other periods, the fund's returns have been more volatile than the peer group.