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CREATINGWEALTHWITH GENUINE,TIME-TESTEDVALUES
June 2017
From BCI Income Plus to Cautious.
Proceed less Cautiously
Consistently mixing good ingredients together
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Introduction to Fairtree Capital
Income Plus…… the base has been set
From Income Plus to Cautious
CONTENTS
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Leading multi strategy investment manager
FAIRTREE CAPITAL OVERVIEW
HIGHLIGHTS2007/2008 - Strong performance 2010 - Launched Multi Strategy funds
- Fixed Income & Commodity joins2011 - Long only equity and
directional bias fund launched2013 - Awarded NBIM mandate
- Volatility Arbitrage, Credit & InternationalEquity join
2015 - Launch of Private equity funds2016 - Launch of Protea long short equity funds
2003STARTED
TYPELong Only (R26 bn) ~ 80%; Alternatives (R6 bn) ~ 20%
INDUSTRY9% of SA Hedge Fund industry *
INVESTORSForeign ~ 58%Domestic ~ 42%
~R32BNFIRM AUM
Specialist teams across major asset classes
Small independent teams across 3 offices
World classinstitutional infrastructure
Large investment team with diverse skill set
15STRATEGY TEAMS
Portfolio managersAnalysts Trading Investment support
45+INVESTMENTPROFESSIONALS
* Assets under management as at March 2017. Industry assets from Novare Hedge Fund survey June 2016
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Introduction to Fairtree Capital
Income Plus…… the base has been set
From Income Plus to Cautious
CONTENTS
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Inception 1 January 2007
INCOME PLUS MANDATES: MORE THAN 10 YEARS OF RELATIVE PERFORMANCE
Source: Morningstar, Bloomberg, Jan 2007: Dec 2016
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Inception 1 January 2007
INCOME PLUS MANDATES: 10 YEARS OF RELATIVE PERFORMANCE
Source: Morningstar, Bloomberg
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Inception 1 January 2007
INCOME PLUS MANDATES: 10 YEARS OF CORRELATION
Source: Morningstar, Bloomberg
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Annual data from 2007 to 2016
TOP40 and Income Plus dominates……..
Source: Bloomberg, Morningstar
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Introduction to Fairtree Capital
Income Plus…… the base has been set
From Income Plus to Cautious
CONTENTS
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• Local Equity Performance Since Beginning Of “Bull Market” (March 2009 – April 2017)
• Highly Dispersed
South Africa…..Equity Returns A Great Potential For Stock Picking
Source: Bloomberg
ALBI = 93,6%
STeFi = 65,4%
FIPF = 101.0%
Rank Code TR
1 CPI 2922%
2 MNP 1939%
3 MND 1548%
4 NPN 1554%
5 BAT 956%
6 WHL 805%
7 SNR 768%
8 CFR 754%
9 MRP 748%
10 BVT 641%
Rank Code TR
30 SBK 162%
31 BGA 139%
32 SOL 104%
33 ITU 100%
34 MTN 81%
35 BIL 58%
36 AGL 43%
37 GFI -46%
38 ANG -54%
39 IMP -70%
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Outperformance of 4.5% pa since 2002 net of all fees
FAIRTREE EQUITY FUND MANAGER TRACK RECORD
Relative Performance (Jan ’02 – Apr ‘17)
Note: Returns for retail asset class and are net of all fees; for the 10 months from Jan-Oct 2011 ALSI returns used as proxy for manager performanceSource: Bloomberg, Morningstar, MetCI and Prescient
CAGR 14.82%
CAGR 19.35%
R 823
R 1,484
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Top long term performers attract assets
Multi Asset: Low Equity Category has shown great growth over time
As of 30 April 2017
Source: April 2017; Morningstar
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Short term numbers : random
Multi Asset: Low Equity Category has attracted more managers to the trough !!!!
As of 30 April 2017
Source: April 2017; Morningstar
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Over the long run, everyone gets something different !
Marked difference in longer term performances!!!!!
As of 30 April 2017
Source: April 2017; Morningstar
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Becomes more difficult to pick winners !!!!
Volatility of outcomes approaches linearity in time
As of 30 April 2017
Source: April 2017; Morningstar
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So just how can we select a manager…… inference, confidence or perhaps just a great story !!!!!
Sometimes a bit of caution is warranted
Theoretical Portfolio Standard Deviation = 0.2887
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Choose your risk tolerance…….
Fairtree Equity and Income Plus……..
Source: Bloomberg, Morningstar
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35% Equity, 65% Income Plus…. A low volatility solution, quite cautious !
Back tested simulated returns on real data
As of 30 April 2017
Source: April 2017; Morningstar
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35% Equity, 65% Income Plus…. A low volatility solution, quite cautious !
Back tested simulated returns on real data
As of 30 April 2017
Source: April 2017; Morningstar
Period Rank Number of Funds
1 Year 13 135
2 Year 5 117
3 Year 3 95
5 Year 1 80
7 Year 1 65
10 Year 1 43
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You can never win with only one tool at your disposal
Sometimes it’s about the opportunity set !!!!!!
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Thank you
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Fairtree Capital (Pty) Ltd is registered as a financial services provider with the Financial Services Board ofSouth Africa, with registration number 2004/033269/07 and FSP number 25917.
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