Daintree Core Income Trust aims to provide a steady stream of income and capital stability over the medium term, by investing in a diversified portfolio of credit fixed income securities and cash, and to provide a total return (after fees) that exceeds the Benchmark measured throughout a market cycle. Daintree applies a pragmatic and risk averse approach to managing a portfolio of global fixed income securities. The Trust targets an absolute return (greater than cash) over time, by investing in a diversified portfolio of predominantly global investment grade credit securities which meets Daintree’s investment standards. In managing the portfolio, Daintree applies a range of strategies that include duration and yield curve management, (actively managing the maturity profile of the portfolio), sector rotation and individual security selection. All securities must carry a Standard & Poor’s rating (or equivalent) of BB- or higher at the time of purchase. The Trust invests in non-Australian denominated securities which may be fully or partially hedged back to the Australian Dollar.
The Core Income Trust returned 0.49% for the month net of fees. The Fund’s performance was supported by coupon income and credit spreads. Duration exposure was kept low which reduced volatility, but the quantum of yield moves still created some drag on performance as yield curves steepened considerably. Overlay was a slight positive contributor for the month.
Credit markets remained resilient amidst the uncertainty created by rising interest rates. Based on recent spread performance, credit investors remain sanguine about the medium-term outlook.
The Fund participated in selected new issuance, identifying opportunities from toll road operators and a range of securitised sectors.
What is Daintree Core Income Trust Daintree Core Income Trust is an Managed Funds investment product that is benchmarked against Global Aggregate Hdg Index and sits inside the Fixed Income - Multi-Strat Income Index. Think of a benchmark as a standard where investment performance can be measured. Typically, market indices like the ASX200 and market-segment stock indexes are used for this purpose. The Daintree Core Income Trust has Assets Under Management of 391.89 M with a management fee of 0.5%, a performance fee of 0.00% and a buy/sell spread fee of 0.1%.
How has the investment product performed recently? The recent investment performance of the investment product shows that the Daintree Core Income Trust has returned 0.65% in the last month. The previous three years have returned 3.56% annualised and 1.45% each year since inception, which is when the Daintree Core Income Trust first started.
How is risk measured in this investment product? There are many ways that the risk of an investment product can be measured, and each measurement provides a different insight into the risk present. They can be used on their own or together to perform a risk assessment before investing, but when comparing investments, it is common to compare like for like risk measurements to determine which investment holds the most risk. Since Daintree Core Income Trust first started, the Sharpe ratio is NA with an annualised volatility of 1.45%. The maximum drawdown of the investment product in the last 12 months is 0% and -3.54% since inception. The maximum drawdown is defined as the high-to-low decline of an investment during a particular time period.
What is the relative performance of the investment product? Relative performance is what an asset achieves over a period of time compared to similar investments or its peers. Relative return is a measure of the asset's performance compared to the return to the other investment. The Daintree Core Income Trust has a 12-month excess return when compared to the Fixed Income - Multi-Strat Income Index of -1.22% and 0.42% since inception.
Does the investment product produce Alpha over its Peers? Alpha is an investing term used to measure an investment's outperformance relative to a market benchmark or peer investment. Alpha describes the excess return generated when compared to peer investment. Daintree Core Income Trust has produced Alpha over the Fixed Income - Multi-Strat Income Index of NA% in the last 12 months and NA% since inception.
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What level of diversification will Daintree Core Income Trust provide? Daintree Core Income Trust has a correlation coefficient of 0.64 and a beta of 0.05 when compared to the Fixed Income - Multi-Strat Income Index. Correlation measures how similarly two investments move in relation to one another. This establishes a 'correlation coefficient', which has a value between -1.0 and +1.0. A 100% correlation between two investments means that the correlation coefficient is +1. Beta in investments measures how much the price moves relative to the broader market over a period of time. If the investment moves more than the broader market, it has a beta above 1.0. If it moves less than the broader market, then the beta is less than 1.0. Investments with a high beta tend to carry more risk but have the potential to deliver higher returns.
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Performance Commentary - August 31, 2023 The Core Income Trust returned 0.83% for the month net of fees.
Overlay was slightly positive for the month, but high coupon receipts combined with a narrowing of credit spreads were the main drivers of returns as credit markets continued their positive year. Economic conditions have exceeded expectations, and this has seen credit spreads tighten. Credit investors, based on recent spread performance, remain sanguine about the short-to-medium term outlook.
The Fund participated in selected new issuance, identifying opportunities from Lloyds Group and a range of securitised sectors.
Performance Commentary - July 31, 2023 The Core Income Trust returned 0.70% for the month, net of fees. The fund’s performance was supported by coupon income and credit spreads.
Credit markets continued their positive year, with economic conditions exceeding expectations and pushing credit spreads tighter.
Credit investors, based on recent spread performance, remain sanguine about the short-to-medium term outlook.
Interest rates were volatile, with the shorter end of the curve rallying as the market debates whether the RBA tightening cycle has now concluded. We believe it is too early to make this determination and keep our duration positioning close to zero.
The Fund did not participate in any new primary issuance in July, having taken significant steps during the first half of the year to reposition toward optimal coupon income generation.
Performance Commentary - June 30, 2023 The Core Income Trust returned 0.56% for the month net of fees. The fund’s performance was supported by coupon income and credit spreads. Duration created a modest drag as did overlay and hedging.
Credit markets continued their positive year, with volatility in March quickly absorbed by the larger tightening trend. Spread performance suggests credit investors are sanguine about the short-to-medium term outlook.
Interest rates rose over the month, as rate hikes continue and expectations for further tightening remain priced for the remainder of this year. Having reduced duration toward the beginning of May, the impact on fund performance was minimal.
The Fund continues to prudently add risk, which includes selective participation in primary issuance across corporate and securitised transactions.
Performance Commentary - May 31, 2023 The Core Income Trust returned 0.34% for the month, net of fees. The fund’s performance was supported by coupon income and credit spreads. Duration created a modest drag as did overlay and hedging. Credit markets were resilient with spreads holding firm or modestly tightening. A paucity of significant data allowed recent trends to continue, with higher yields enticing a broader investor base.
Interest rates rose over the month, but having reduced duration toward the beginning of May, the impact on performance was minimal. The Fund continues to prudently add risk, which includes selective participation in primary issuance across financial, corporate and securitised transactions.
Performance Commentary - April 30, 2023 The Core Income Trust returned 0.39% for the month net of fees. The fund’s performance was supported by coupon income and credit spreads. Duration created a modest drag while overlay and hedging contributions were positive. Volatility in rates markets subsided in April but remained higher than in recent years.
Incoming economic data remains mixed, but at the margin results are underwhelming market expectations. Yield curves remain inverted but there is growing dispersion between 2yr/10yr and 3m/10yr curves, implying the market is expecting interest rates to be cut as early as this year. We are sceptical that such a scenario will play out during 2023, but we cannot rule out the possibility that short-term interest rate markets are handicapping the possibility of a severe stress event that requires substantial rate cuts.
Difficulties remain among US regional banks, one of the possible sources of a severe stress event. However, even as issues with First Republic Bank play out, recent results have revealed a decidedly mixed picture that, nonetheless, is a little better than feared. We expect the situation to remain fluid in the months ahead. Following our change in risk appetite in January, we continued in April to prudently shift portfolios away from cash and short-dated assets, selectively participating in primary issuance, predominantly in securitised assets where relative value remains attractive.
Performance Commentary - February 28, 2023 The Core Income Trust returned 0.32% for the month net of fees. The fund’s performance was driven by coupon income and narrower credit spreads. Continued stronger than expected economic data has encouraged investors to contemplate a scenario where growth remains resilient in the face of higher interest rates, scuttling any possibility of a pivot later this year, described as a “no landing”. This was supportive of risk assets that have also benefitted from a short-term liquidity injection on a global basis even as the US Federal Reserve quantitative tightening programme continues.
Sovereign yields at the short- and long-ends rose in response, while yield curves generally inverted further, in some cases to record levels. The improvement in the growth backdrop is supported by various drivers such as the re-opening of China, strength in US consumption that is likely to continue for longer than expected, and the absence of the fiscal drag in the US that featured in 2022.
In Australia too, the reopening of China should support growth. We acknowledge that the RBA may remain hawkish for longer as a result. Following our change in risk appetite in January, we continued to prudently shift portfolios away from cash and short-dated assets, selectively participating in primary issuance in the senior unsecured banking sector where the market technical was supportive, and in securitised assets where relative value remains attractive.
Performance Commentary - December 31, 2022 The Core Income Trust returned 0.75% for the month net of fees. The fund’s performance was positively impacted by coupon income, narrower credit spreads and overlay strategies. The weaker-than-expected US CPI report supported markets, although this was offset by the ECB and Bank of England raising rates and indicating further hikes to come. The Bank of Japan adjustment to its yield curve control program was also a shock to markets amidst illiquid end-of year trading conditions, but the net result was a strong performance for financial issuers, particularly in subordinated paper.
The Australian 10-year bond yield rose by more than 50bp in December, with early January price action moving to reverse this sell off. Our core duration position is zero, and our view remains that inflation momentum will be more difficult to lower than what the markets currently assumes. Given our defensive positioning and continuing modestly bearish outlook for spreads over the medium term, we avoided new issues during the month. We continue to carry larger than normal cash and short-term securities weightings in the fund.
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