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Equus Point Capital - Market Neutral Strategy PERFORMANCE UPDATE March 2018 Strategy Objective: to provide investors with superior risk adjusted returns through a market neutral strategy focused on capital appreciation and preservation. The strategy seeks to take advantage of inherent behavioural biases in the market to achieve returns that are uncorrelated to Australian equities. Contact: Rob Stewart (+61 439 997 612) Toby Masters (+61 408 684 820) Website: www.equuspointcapital.com [email protected] [email protected] Returns 1m 3m 6m 12m 2yr 3yr 4yr 5yr 10yr Inception Long 2.15% 5.28% 11.65% 23.81% 9.29% 11.13% 12.15% 13.78% 9.83% 15.07% Short -2.46% -2.79% -6.44% -8.80% -5.21% -3.64% -1.00% 1.32% 2.95% 2.78% Futures -1.07% -1.18% 0.53% 0.09% -0.09% -1.30% -0.30% 0.13% 1.62% 2.10% Cash 0.07% 0.12% 0.14% 0.13% 0.21% 0.11% 0.07% 0.00% 0.61% 0.54% Gross Return -1.31% 1.44% 5.89% 15.24% 4.64% 6.62% 11.02% 15.15% 15.25% 21.38% Brokerage & Borrow Costs -0.16% -0.48% -1.00% -2.06% -1.53% -1.48% -1.61% -1.68% -1.40% -1.60% Net Return* -1.47% 0.96% 4.88% 13.18% 3.11% 5.14% 9.41% 13.47% 13.86% 19.78% Cash 0.13% 0.37% 0.75% 1.51% 1.56% 1.72% 1.91% 2.06% 3.23% 4.25% Excess v Cash -1.59% 0.59% 4.13% 11.67% 1.55% 3.42% 7.49% 11.41% 10.63% 15.53% Top 10 Contributions Name Sector Position Code Weight Return Alpha Lynas Corporation Materials Long LYC AU 1.73% 15.49% 0.33% Alumina Limited Materials Long AWC AU 2.50% 5.83% 0.27% Mantra Group Ltd Consumer Discretionary Long MTR AU 4.00% 1.81% 0.23% Saracen Mineral Materials Long SAR AU 2.12% 9.57% 0.22% Reliance Worldwide Industrials Long RWC AU 2.92% 3.91% 0.20% Regis Resources Materials Long RRL AU 2.09% 7.72% 0.19% Whitehaven Coal Materials Long WHC AU 2.44% 1.83% 0.17% REA Group Consumer Discretionary Long REA AU 1.69% 3.52% 0.12% Nine Entertainment Consumer Discretionary Long NEC AU 1.67% 1.74% 0.12% Evolution Mining Ltd Materials Long EVN AU 1.54% 5.94% 0.10% Bottom 10 Contributions Name Sector Position Code Weight Return Alpha Aveo Group Financials Short AOG AU -3.47% 0.00% -0.13% Sims Metal Mgmt Ltd Materials Long SGM AU 1.51% -16.06% -0.15% Nufarm Limited Materials Short NUF AU -3.41% 2.05% -0.19% Domino Pizza Enterpr Consumer Discretionary Short DMP AU -2.52% 5.94% -0.19% Healthscope Limited Health Care Short HSO AU -2.63% 4.14% -0.21% Trade Me Group Consumer Discretionary Short TME AU -4.00% 3.38% -0.25% Orocobre Limited Materials Long ORE AU 1.82% -18.04% -0.25% APN Outdoor Grp Consumer Discretionary Short APO AU -2.34% 11.02% -0.37% GrainCorp Limited Consumer Staples Short GNC AU -3.62% 6.27% -0.37% Technology One Information Technology Short TNE AU -3.25% 8.13% -0.38% Sector Weights Long Short Long & Short Stock Weight Sector Net Weight Weight Weight 35% Energy 6.15% 0.00% 6.15% Long Weight Short Weight Materials 28.82% -10.63% 18.19% 30% Industrials 17.48% -3.42% 14.06% 25% Consumer Discretionary 13.61% -13.79% -0.17% 20% Consumer Staples 10.81% -7.34% 3.47% Health Care 9.08% -6.41% 2.66% 15% Financials 6.97% -4.20% 2.77% 10% Information Technology 6.09% -5.41% 0.68% 5% Telecomm Services 4.36% -3.27% 1.10% 0% Utilities 0.00% -2.65% -2.65% Real Estate 1.10% -7.97% -6.87% -5% Sub Total 104.48% -65.08% 39.39% -10% Futures -21.10% -15% Cash 60.61% -20% Total 100.00% * Performance after expenses (brokerage, funding and borrow costs) and before any management and performance fees. Past performance is not an indicator of future performance. .
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