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The Affluence Investment Fund increased by 0.6% in September, slightly ahead of the ASX 200 Accumulation Index and our inflation plus 5% target. Performance for the past 12 months was 11.8%, and annualised performance since inception 11.0%.
Of the Fund’s 25 unlisted fund investments, 16 provided positive returns. The Affluence LIC Fund was the biggest positive contributor to performance, with other strong results from the Cromwell Direct Property Fund, the Microequities Deep Value Microcap Fund, and the Smallco Broadcap Fund. The largest detractors this month were the Totus Capital Alpha Fund and the Auscap Long Short Australian Equities Fund.
In September we made investments into two new funds, the KIS Capital Asia Long Short Fund and the Heathley Direct Medical Fund No. 1. We also made an additional investment into the Affluence LIC Fund. The KIS Capital Asia Long Short Fund has a wide investment mandate in terms of geographic region, assets traded and strategies employed. The fund seeks to generate absolute returns of 10-15% per annum after all fees without noticeable correlation to any particular asset class or market. To date the fund has been biased towards Australia, and net exposure (long positions less short positions) have been very low. This has resulted in the fund having good returns, low volatility and a very low correlation with the ASX 200. The Heathley Direct Medical Fund No. 1 is a property fund that holds medical related assets (medical centres and private hospitals). We acquired a small position at NTA from an investor who wished to exit their investment. The fund pays quarterly distributions of 7.5-8.0%.
At the end of September, the Affluence Investment Fund held investments in 24 unlisted funds representing 60% of the total portfolio. The Affluence LIC Fund accounted for 19% of the total portfolio, and provided exposure to 23 LIC’s. We held investments in 5 other listed entities which represented 5% of the total portfolio, with the remaining 16% held in cash.
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