First Sentier launches long short small-cap fund
First Sentier Investors has launched the Australian Small Companies Long Short Opportunities fund.
The fund aimed to implement a strategy that would deliver consistent, absolute return through all types of investment cycle and had been running for institutional clients since October 2008.
Capital preservation was a key part of the fund’s philosophy which lent itself to identifying short opportunities in the market.
Having this ability to short sell stocks meant the fund had the potential to generate positive returns from companies that were expected to decrease in value.
Dawn Kanelleas, head of Australian small and mid-cap companies, said: “As small companies flourish, revenue and earnings growth have the potential to expand at their fastest rate in the company’s lifecycle – growth that larger, more mature companies can find difficult to replicate from a higher base.
“Just as some companies will become large, successful businesses, other companies will flounder, or fall victim to unfavourable market conditions or poor management decisions. Our Long Short strategy has the flexibility to take short positions in those companies for the benefit of the portfolio,” Kanelleas said.
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