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Commodity Fund G (non-UCITS)
Alternative asset class funds
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Fund facts
| Value (14-06-2013) | 0.71318 | | Assets under management (milj.) (13-06-2013) | 6,400,534.45 | | Launch | 22-03-2005 | | Base currency | EUR | | Minimum investment | 500 EUR or 30 EUR/month | | TER 2012 | 1,96 % | | Performance based management fee | No | | Fund management company | - | | Distribution of income | No | | ISIN | FI0008808555 | | Domicile | - | | Homepage | www.danskeinvest.fi | | Benchmark Index | GSCI Light Energy Excess Return Index (unofficial) | | Portfolio manager | 125 |
Benchmark index
GSCI Light Energy Excess Return Index (unofficial)
Portfolio manager
Danske Capital, Sampo Bank plc
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Morningstar Rating™ |
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Value |
1 y |
3 y |
5 y |
10 y |
Start p.a. |
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14.06 |
0.71318 |
-7.31 |
7.93 |
-56.15 |
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-4.02 |
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Investment policy
Danske Invest Commodity (non-UCITS) is intended for investors who are looking for an investment solution on the commodity market that is profitable, professionally managed and well-diversified. The fund is well-suited, for long-term investment, to experienced investors who can accept even substantial changes in the value of the fund from time to time. Due to its higher risk level than that of a normal mutual fund, the fund is recommended only as a small part of a diversified investment portfolio. The recommended investment horizon in the fund is more than five years.
The assets of Danske Invest Commodity (non-UCITS) are invested in a diversified manner mainly in the commodity markets, e.g. in industrial metals, precious metals, beef products and financial products, through derivatives. The fund's liquid assets are invested mainly in money market funds. The general performance of the commodity markets is reflected in the value of the fund. |
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Portfolio manager review
In April, the DJUBS Index lost 2.8%, dropping -5.5% in the first half of the month but managed to make back some of the losses. The sectors hit worst were precious metals (-9.6%), registering historical moves for gold and silver, industrial metals (-5.1%), and energy (-1.5%).
During the same period, the fund underperformed the index by 71 basis points, with 26 bps of underperformance coming from energy, 18 bps from industrial metals, 20 basis points from precious metals and 7 bps of underperformance from grains. The fund was positioned in line with the model portfolio and so was its performance for the month of April. In energy the model portfolio was long energy (long crude oil, heating oil and gasoline), and although we reduced this exposure to flat as soon as markets started correcting (Brent fell 13% between April 2 and April 18), we still booked a small loss. We stayed out of energy for the remainder of the month, missing out on the subsequent bounce back (7% for Brent).
At the same time as Energy fell, precious metals started a severe drop, with gold and silver registering historical moves. We anticipated the move down in gold and silver correctly and initially compensated for the loss in energy. However, the model portfolio stayed short gold and silver for the subsequent period, while gold and silver prices were supported by physical buying. We are still short gold and silver, consistent with our market views and the model portfolio and believe that over the longer term this trade will pay off. The liquidation in exchange traded products continues and gold has failed to breach the technically critical level of 1,585 USD. Silver has not yet experienced the ETP liquidation witnessed in gold. We expect silver to underperform gold on the downside. On the metals side, we are still bullish platinum and particularly palladium, but will re-enter these longs once the expected gold and silver down move has run its course.
The underperformance in industrial metals came mainly from a long copper position, but also from long positions in Aluminum and Tin. We are still of the view that industrial metals are undervalued and have reinitiated a long position in the meantime. At the beginning of the month however, we were long copper, and while we closed the position during the 11.5% drop, we took some damage on the way out.
At this point, we have a high conviction that the sell-off in commodities is driven by negative sentiment from part of the hedge fund community, but is no longer justifiable from a fundamental perspective. The price action, particularly in base metals, has run its course and at this point we see virtually no further downside as most metals are trading at or below production cost.
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Fund (%) |
Index (%) |
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| 2006 |
-3.06 |
6.63 |
| 2007 |
27.13 |
17.91 |
| 2008 |
-45.68 |
-40.40 |
| 2009 |
10.54 |
15.17 |
| 2010 |
17.87 |
16.94 |
| 2011 |
-7.91 |
-7.27 |
| 2012 |
-4.27 |
1.59 |
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Key figures 14-06-2013 | Volatility (%) | 10.956 | | Sharpe | -0.7 | | Tracking error | 4.487 | | IR | -4.883 | | Alpha | -10.783 | | Beta | 0.795 | | Duration | 0.24 |
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