Leading investment research house Morningstar has upgraded the DNR Capital Australian Emerging Companies Fund1 as on 10/09/2022, citing its consistent application of the “proven DNR process” of identifying improving, sustainable or de-rated quality companies.
In its latest Australian Equity Sector Wrap, Morningstar upgraded the DNR Capital Australian Emerging Companies Fund to ‘Silver’.
The Fund was launched in August 2018 and since then it has produced a return of 12.41% a year. Its excess return over the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Total Return Index over the period has been 10.46% a year2.
3Morningstar says Portfolio Managers Sam Twidale and Mark Sedawie have “meaningful experience through a number of market cycles”. Their equity ownership in DNR Capital and co-investment in the Fund gives them significant skin in the game, providing meaningful alignment with investors.
One of the distinctive features of the Fund is Twidale and Sedawie’s willingness to spend time identifying quality opportunities in the energy, resources and materials sectors.
“Many small cap peers simply shy away from these businesses because of the complexities of forecasting their risks and rewards.” Morningstar says.
Twidale says a big part of DNR Capital’s investment thinking, which has contributed to the strong performance of the Fund, has been to avoid the excesses of the “growth bubble”.
“In an environment of low inflation and low interest rates, it was clearly the more growth-oriented sectors that thrived at the expense of value. While there are likely to be opportunities emerging from the rubble of the growth bubble bursting, we are conscious that the next decade could look very different,” Twidale says.
“Buying the dip in the previous winners may not be the most profitable strategy. We believe the more attractive investment opportunities could now be in the tangible side of the economy that has seen significant underinvestment.
“Industries set to drive earnings growth over the next decade could include trends like higher energy capital expenditure, the transition to electric vehicles, renewable energy investment and growth in liquefied natural gas demand.”
1DNR Capital Australian Emerging Companies Fund, PIM4357AU
2Performance as at 31 December 2022. Past performance is not an indication of future performance. No allowance has been made for taxation and fees are not taken into account.
3 Source: Morningstar Global Fund Report, 10/09/2022
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