Performance to 30 September 2014
In the face of a poor market during the September 2014 quarter, both Montgomery products recorded very pleasing results. The Montgomery Fund (TMF) was up 4.9 per cent, while The Montgomery [Private] Fund (MPF) was up 4.2 per cent.
I have detailed the returns below for both products, since their inception to 30 September 2014, as well as their outperformance compared with their benchmark, and the compound annual outperformance. (This data is on an after expense, pre-tax basis, and assumes reinvestment of all distributions).
PERFORMANCE to 30 September 2014
Chief Executive Officer of Montgomery Investment Management, David Buckland has over 30 years of industry experience. David is a deeply knowledgeable and highly experienced financial services executive. Prior to joining Montgomery in 2012, David was CEO and Executive Director of Hunter Hall for 11 years, as well as a Director at JP Morgan in Sydney and London for eight years.
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Geoff C
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No, but I did wonder if that was the reason. Perhaps the fund’s performance would be better presented as “value of $1000 invested with distributions re-invested” (presumably $1478) than as simply the unit price?
Roger Montgomery
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Will keep it in mind. Thanks Geoff.
Geoff C
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I don’t quite see how 1.35 from a starting point of 1.00 is an increase of 47%.
Excel calculates your IRR as 15.2%p.a. and the index as 14.4%, an outperformance of 0.8% p.a. (using the XIRR function for those dates and values.
Roger Montgomery
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Hi Geoff, Have you included the distributions and their reinvestment? When distributions are paid, the unit price is reduced by the amount of the distribution…