Prime SMA Performance Summary – April 2018
Portfolio Objective
To achieve capital growth with moderate tax-effective income via franked dividends through investment in listed Australian securities.
The Model Portfolio is managed by selecting primarily those securities with moderate growth potential but robust cash-generating capacity. These securities are expected to deliver an above-market average income yield, together with a relatively moderate level of capital growth. The portfolio benchmark is the S&P/ASX200 Accumulation Index.
Portfolio Commentary & Positioning
There was wide dispersion across global equity markets in April – the US was flat while European equity markets posted 6% gains.
US equities underperformed but posted marginal gains (+0.25%) as concerns around trade protectionism and continued volatility impacted the market. Strong economic data was offset by the potential for faster rate hikes as inflation increased to 1-year highs of 2.40%.
US bond yields rose again rounding out April at 2.95% having climbed through 3% intra-month as geopolitical tensions saw investors rotate capital out of equities and into bonds.
Domestically, the ASX200 Accumulation index was strong, recouping all of its prior month’s losses to post a 3.91% gain.
Much of this performance was on the strength of energy stocks (+10.7%) and miners (7.6%) as oil rallied 7% for the second consecutive month on production cutbacks. This suited PRIME’s Equity Growth SMA which is overweight the sector.
The ongoing Royal Commission into the misconduct of the Australian financial services sector brought the banks unstuck as unscrupulous lending practices and incentivised product upselling saw investors abandon the banks, which was unsurprisingly the worst performing sector (+0.14%.)
The AUD fell 2% to trade just above 75c, however this was a function of USD strength more than anything else with the USD rising against a basket of currencies.
The primary contributors to portfolios in April were Healthscope (HSO) +25% which received a takeover bid from BGH Capital at $2.36. We believe a deal will eventuate at $2.50 or more so remain patient in anticipation of this outcome. Oil Search (OSH) bounced 10% on account of the oil price strength despite falling revenues and cuts in production numbers following the earthquake in PNG. Downer (DOW) rose 7% as speculation that it is looking at selling its mining division emerged.
On the flip side IOOF (IFL) and Pendal Group (PDL) were both weak falling -12% and -9% respectively. Both stocks came under selling pressure as a result of the Royal Commission and the testimony from AMP that raised major concerns over vertical integration in financial services.
All portfolios were moderate underperformers during April with the exception of the Defensive SMA which was 0.22% ahead of its respective benchmark. Our portfolio performance however across all risk profiles remains well ahead of the benchmark on a one to five year view. We were active across three out of the four portfolios during the month buying new positions in Afterpay Touch (APT), MHOR Australian Small Cap Fund and the recently IPO’d L1 Capital (LSF) and we took profit in APN Outdoor (APO.) The Diversified Income SMA established a new position in APA Group (APA) and the Defensive Income SMA took up our Metrics rights (MXT) by way of the entitlement offer.
| RISK PROFILE PERFORMANCE FIGURES AS AT 30 APRIL 2018 PRE-FRANKING CREDITS | ||||||
| 1 Mth | 3 Mths | 6 Mths | 1 Yr | 2 Year (PA)* | 3 Year (PA)* | |
| High Growth | 2.33% | 0.92% | 3.81% | 9.13% | 10.84% | 7.48% |
| Growth | 1.82% | 0.76% | 3.18% | 7.86% | 9.34% | 6.66% |
| Balanced | 1.49% | 0.60% | 2.69% | 6.97% | 8.36% | 6.79% |
| Moderate | 0.91% | 0.33% | 1.87% | 5.43% | 6.60% | 5.04% |
| Conservative | 0.37% | 0.14% | 0.89% | 3.50% | 4.43% | 3.77% |
| *Annualised return. Portfolio inception date 03/07/2012 | ||||||
| SMA—MODEL PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE FIGURES AS AT 30 APRIL 2018 PRE-FRANKING CREDITS | |||||||
| 1 Mth | 3 Mths | 6 Mths | 1 Y | 2 Year (PA)* | 3 Year (PA)* | 5 Year (PA)* | |
| Prime Australian Equity Growth SMA | 3.44% | 1.09% | 3.57% | 7.15% | 9.26% | 4.45% | 8.48% |
| Prime Australian Defensive Income SMA * Annualised return. Portfolio inception date 03/07/2012 | 0.38% | 0.13% | 0.89% | 3.59% | 4.56% | 3.87% | 4.49% |
| Prime Diversified Income SMA | 0.26% | -2.66% | -1.31% | – | – | – | – |
| Prime International Growth SMA | 2.30% | 0.50% | 4.06% | 12.44% | 14.26% | – | – |
| *Annualised return. Portfolio inception date 18/02/2016 | |||||||
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