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Investment approach

Vertium's investment process seeks to identify high-quality listed companies that are  attractively priced

Investment Philosophy

Vertium believes that over the long term a company’s share price will reflect its fundamentals. In other words, markets are roughly efficient. However, in the short-term share prices and fundamentals can disconnect to create inefficiencies and mispriced opportunities. Specifically, over shorter time frames stock prices can overreact or underreact to changing fundamentals. 

Investment Process

Vertium’s investment process is designed to identify companies where there is a disconnect between perceived quality and their value in the future. Essentially, the active investment approach is designed to:

Avoid high risk mispriced stocks:
•    value traps (market underreaction to negative fundamentals), and
•    expensive stocks (market overreaction to positive fundamentals)
 

Search for low risk mispriced stocks:
•    bathwater babies (market overreaction to negative fundamentals)
•    neglected orphans (market underreaction to positive fundamentals).

Vertium’s investment process also incorporates a conservative option strategy that generates additional income for the portfolio. 

The combination of identifying mispriced companies with a highly focused income strategy results in a portfolio of 20-40 stocks. 

Portfolio Construction

Vertium’s portfolio construction process has a strong focus on ensuring the right blend of stocks and option income to deliver its objectives across multiple dimensions (high yield, low volatility, and reasonable capital growth over time). 

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The blend of dimensions is important as too much emphasis on in high yield stocks may increase portfolio volatility, while over-exposure to low volatile stocks that act like cash will likely dampen returns.

Outcomes

Vertium’s distinctive approach delivers superior risk-adjusted returns relative to other high-income funds.

Which companies does the Fund invest in?​

A 5-step hurdle process is applied to assess whether companies are legitimately providing environmental solutions, and whether they qualify for potential inclusion in the Fund: ​

Are they making a significant contribution to solving environmental problems​

That they do not operate in harmful value chains​

- unless that value chain is inevitable and the company’s product or service is mitigating its impact 

- and the company’s product or service isn’t preventing the emergence of a better alternative​

They do not have significant negative environmental externalities or Social & Governance shortcomings​

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This website and its contents are general in nature and do not constitute or convey personal financial advice. It has been prepared without consideration of anyone’s financial situation, needs, or financial objectives. Before acting on the areas discussed and contained herein, you should consider whether it is appropriate for you and whether you need to seek professional advice. Investment in securities and other financial products involves risk. An investment in a financial product may have the potential for capital growth and income but may also carry the risk that the total return on the investment may be less than the amount contributed directly by the investor. Investors risk losing some or all of their capital invested. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. The material contained in this website is for information purposes only and is not an offer, solicitation or recommendation with respect to the subscription for, purchase or sale of securities or financial products and neither or anything in it shall form the basis of any contract or commitment. The Company, its related parties and its respective officers may have an interest in the securities or derivatives of any entities referred to in this website. The analyst(s) hereby certify that all the views expressed in this report accurately reflect their personal views about the subject investment theme and/or company securities. Except for any liability which cannot be excluded, the authors of this website accept no liability for any loss or damage suffered by any person as a result of that person, or any other person, placing any reliance on the contents of this website.

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Vertium Asset Management Pty Ltd (ABN 25 615 639 659), is a Corporate Authorised Representative (Corporate Authorised Representative Number 001258758) of Clime Asset Management Pty Ltd (ABN 72 098 420 770), AFSL 221146.

The rating issued October 2021 APIR OPS1827AU is published by Lonsec Research Pty Ltd ABN 11 151 658 561 AFSL 421 445 (Lonsec). Ratings are general advice only, and have been prepared without taking account of your objectives, financial situation or needs. Consider your personal circumstances, read the product disclosure statement and seek independent financial advice before investing. The rating is not a recommendation to purchase, sell or hold any product. Past performance information is not indicative of future performance. Ratings are subject to change without notice and Lonsec assumes no obligation to update. Lonsec uses objective criteria and receives a fee from the Fund Manager. Visit lonsec.com.au for ratings information and to access the full report. © 2022 Lonsec. All rights reserved.

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