The AIM Global High Conviction Fund has a track record of 4 years and 9 months and therefore comparison over all market conditions and against its peers is limited. However, the fund has outperformed the All Countries World (AUD) benchmark since inception in July 2019, providing investors with an annualised return of 13.29% compared with the benchmark's return of 12.43% over the same period.
On a calendar year basis, the fund has only experienced a negative annual return once in the 4 years and 9 months since its inception. Over the past 12 months, the fund's largest drawdown was -3.1% vs the index's -6.22%, and since inception in July 2019 the fund's largest drawdown was -20.98% vs the index's maximum drawdown over the same period of -16.02%. The fund's maximum drawdown began in January 2022 and lasted 1 year and 7 months, reaching its lowest point during June 2022. The fund had completely recovered its losses by August 2023.
The Manager has delivered these returns with 1.17% more volatility than the benchmark, contributing to a Sharpe ratio which has fallen below 1 two times over the past four years and which currently sits at 0.96 since inception. The fund has provided positive monthly returns 89% of the time in rising markets and 5% of the time during periods of market decline, contributing to an up-capture ratio since inception of 105% and a down-capture ratio of 100%.
The performance of the AIM Global High Conviction Fund ranked it in the first or second quintile for all KPIs except Volatility and Largest Drawdown over 3 years, while over 1 year the fund ranked in the first quintile for all KPIs except Total Return.