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Re-opening of EQT SGH Wholesale Small Companies Fund

09/11/2009

Following interest from existing and potential investors, Equity Trustees as Responsible Entity and SG Hiscock as Investment Manager are pleased to announce the re-opening of the EQT SGH Wholesale Small Companies Fund (‘the Fund’) to investors.  

After a period of underperformance, the Fund has had a very strong year, returning 68.79% (after fees) for the year ended 31 October 2009 and outperforming the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index by 29.14%. Since its inception in October 2001, the Investment Manager’s core philosophy for the Fund has been that equity markets are inefficient when pricing small companies, and that a disciplined investment process will exploit these inefficiencies. This has borne fruit with the Fund returning 15.23% p.a. after fees since inception to 31 October 2009, outperforming the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index by 4.84% p.a.   

Driving the re-opening is the Fund’s portfolio manager, Adrian Di Mattina. Adrian is one of the founding principals of SG Hiscock & Company and has over 20 years investment experience. A new Product Disclosure Statement for EQT SGH Wholesale Small Companies Fund was issued on 23 October 2009. A minimum initial investment amount of $50,000 will apply and the Management Cost charged to unit holders will be 1.179% p.a.  As part of Equity Trustees’ distribution strategy, the Fund will be available on selected IDPS platforms.  

SG Hiscock & Company (‘SGH’) is a respected Melbourne-based boutique investment manager. SGH was established in August 2001 by highly experienced principals formerly employed by National Asset Management (‘NAM’), a $17 billion subsidiary of National Australia Bank, and is 100% owned by its staff. The team has worked together for 14 years and use their trademarked investment style (ValueActive™). 

SGH and Equity Trustees have a long and trusted partnership, with each party focusing on what it does best - SGH manages the investments while Equity Trustees assists them in all other aspects of getting their funds to market.