Fact Sheet
As at March 2024
As at March 2024
Bentham Syndicated Loan Fund
APIR: CSA0046AU
Manager Summary
Bentham Asset Management is a specialist global credit investment manager. Their investment philosophy is based on a strong credit culture and systematic investment process. Through diversified exposure to the global credit market and active management, their approach seeks to provide more investment opportunities when compared with managers that focus only on domestic fixed income markets.
Strategy Summary
The Fund is actively managed and aims to provide exposure to high yielding investments primarily through the US syndicated loan market (non-investment grade securities) with limited exposure to US corporate debt securities that are rated below investment grade (high yield bonds) and collateralised debt obligations. The Fund seeks to add value through loan selection and industry rotation, while maintain a highly diversified portfolio.
Key Terms
| Status: | Open | Inception Date: | Aug 2004 |
| Strategy: | Private Debt/Mortgage | Style: | N/A |
| Geography: | USA | Domicile: | Australia |
| Investors: | Wholesale | Min. Investment: | AU$ 10,000 |
| Distributions: | Monthly | Applications: | Daily |
| Fund Size: | AU$ 2,060.68m | Management Fee: | 0.77% |
| Manager FUM: | AU$ 5,731.71m | Performance Fee: | 0.00% |
Key Statistics
| Fund | Index* | Fund | Index* | ||
| Mar 2024: | 0.65% | 1.12% | Sharpe1: | 0.49 | 0.35 |
| 1 Year: | 11.57% | 1.47% | Sortino1: | 0.56 | 0.49 |
| 3 Years1,2: | 4.47% | -1.29% | Best Month1: | 8.46% | 3.36% |
| 5 Years1,2: | 3.76% | 0.17% | Worst Month1: | -14.68% | -3.75% |
| Inception1,2: | 6.59% | 4.40% | Volatility1,2: | 7.17% | 3.69% |
| Up-Capture1: | 42% | N/A | Down-Capture1: | -116% | N/A |
Cumulative Returns Fund Index
Bentham Syndicated Loan Fund - Cumulative Performance vs Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0+ Yr Index
Drawdowns Fund Index
Drawdown%
Fund Index
Quintile Ranking vs. Fixed Income - Debt Peer Group (48 funds) as at March 2024
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Bentham Syndicated Loan Fund
RBA Cash Rate + 5%
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.