CC Sage Capital Absolute Return Fund

APIR: CHN5843AU

Manager Summary

Sage Capital is a Sydney based boutique asset manager which is wholly owned by its employees. Newly formed in June 2019, Sage Capital brings together significant expertise in the management of Australian equity portfolios and seeks to add value to investors by exploiting a wide range of market inefficiencies. By employing an extensive and rigorously tested quantitative model that is supported by fundamental analysis, Sage Capital is able to identify companies to invest in with superior risk/return characteristics.

Strategy Summary

This is an Australian absolute return strategy with the main asset class held by the Fund being Australian listed shares, as well as cash and cash equivalent instruments, other equity like securities and exchange traded derivatives.

The Fund may have between 0% and 200% of its NAV invested in long positions with this exposure offset by 0% to 200% of its NAV invested in short positions. On balance, the Fund maintains an exposure to the Australian equity market of between -15% and 15%.

Key Terms

Status: Open Inception Date: Aug 2019
Strategy: Equity Long/Short Style: Value
Geography: Australia Domicile: Australia
Investors: Wholesale & Retail Min. Investment: AU$ 100,000
Distributions: 6 Monthly Applications: Daily
Fund Size: AU$ 663.14m Management Fee: 1.29%
Manager FUM: AU$ 1,163.7m Performance Fee: 20.50%

Key Statistics

Fund Index* Fund Index*
Mar 2024: 2.85% 3.27% Sharpe1: 1.02 0.43
1 Year: 2.54% 14.45% Sortino1: 1.64 0.45
3 Years1,2: 6.87% 9.62% Best Month1: 6.17% 10.21%
5 Years1,2: N/A N/A Worst Month1: -4.15% -20.65%
Inception1,2: 8.18% 7.38% Volatility1,2: 6.38% 16.75%
Up-Capture1: 6% N/A Down-Capture1: -49% N/A
*ASX 200 Total Return,   1Since Aug 2019,   2Annualised

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Quintile Ranking vs. Equity Alternative - Australia Peer Group (124 funds) as at March 2024

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Quintile Rankings display Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) against the fund's Peer Group. Each green square ranks the fund in one quintile (or 20%) of its peer group - five green squares indicate the fund is in the best quintile for each KPI. The performance of the peer group's underlying index is shown by a red dot.