Lupus alpha Volatility Invest A

WKN: A0H HGG

ISIN: DE000A0HHGG2

Lupus alpha Volatility Invest opens up the risk premium of volatility³ to investors using a short volatility strategy. The return drivers of this strategy differ from those of traditional asset classes. Adding volatility strategies to existing portfolios thus enables positive diversification effects.

Fund data

Current fund data as of 12/12/2018

Currency	EUR
Issue price	111.23
Redemption price	106.95
Fund volume	62.47 Mio.
Launch date	15 October 2007
Distribution frequency ⁷	annually
Portfolio managers	Mark Ritter, Stephan Steiger
Performance fee ⁵	20% of Outperformance
Administration fee ⁴	currently p.a. 0.5 %
Hurdle Rate ⁶	3M-Euribor + 2% p.a.
Subscription fee ³	4 %
High-Watermark	yes
Unit price determined	daily
Unit redemption possible	daily
Fund price publication	www.fundinfo.com

Source: Lupus alpha; gross performance (BVI method): The gross performance considers all costs incurred at Fund level (e. g. management fee) and assumes reinvestment of any distributions. Costs incurred at customer level such as sales charge and securities account costs are not included. Unless otherwise specified, all indicated performance data show the gross performance. Please note: Past per-formance is not a reliable indicator for future performance.
Source: Lupus alpha; the net performance assumes a model calculation based on an invested amount of EUR 1,000, the maximum sales charge and a redemption charge (see master data). It does not include individual costs of the investor, such as a securities account fee. (To this effect, please refer to the price list of your securities account provider.) Please note: Past performance is not a reliable indicator for future performance.
The sales charge is the difference between the sales price and the unit value. The sales charge varies depending on the type of the Fund and the distribution channel and usually covers the advisory and distribution costs.
The management fee is the fee for managing the Fund and taken from the Fund's assets; it is paid to Lupus alpha for the management and administration of the Fund.
The performance fee is a performance-related remuneration depending on the performance or the achievement of specific objectives such as a better performance compared to a benchmark. The costs may also be levied if a pre-defined minimum performance has been achieved.
The hurdle rate means a specific minimum interest and/or profit threshold a Fund has to achieve in order to allow the investment company to participate in the Fund's profit.
Distributing Funds do not reinvest the generated income, they pay out the income to the investor.
The correlation measures the strength of the statistical relationship between two variables. A positive correlation means "the more ... the more", a negative correlation means "the more ... the less". The value of correlation is in the range between -1 (completely opposed) and +1 (completely equal). Correlations are some kind of no-tice on but no evidence for causalities which mean proven cause-effect relation-ships.

Performance chart

1 month 6 months 1 year 5 years overall

Performance since 01.07.2014: +1.75 %

As of: 31.07.2014

Performance

Performance (gross in EUR):¹

	2016	2017	2018
Jan	-2.10 %	0.43 %	0.20 %
Feb	-0.87 %	0.42 %	-1.63 %
Mar	1.78 %	0.53 %	-0.52 %
Apr	0.01 %	0.28 %	0.71 %
May	0.69 %	0.37 %	-0.39 %
Jun	0.11 %	-0.01 %	0.35 %
Jul	0.87 %	0.40 %	1.14 %
Aug	0.43 %	0.29 %	0.29 %
Sep	0.27 %	0.47 %	0.55 %
Oct	0.09 %	0.43 %	-2.14 %
Nov	0.76 %	0.26 %	0.83 %
Dec	1.00 %	0.17 %	n.a.
Year	3.03 %	4.12 %	n.a.

	from	to	Lupus alpha Volatility Invest A
1 month	31.10.2018	30.11.2018	0.83 %
90 days	31.08.2018	30.11.2018	-0.79 %
1 year	30.11.2017	30.11.2018	-0.49 %
3 years	30.11.2015	30.11.2018	6.25 %
5 years	29.11.2013	30.11.2018	9.30 %
this year	29.12.2017	30.11.2018	-0.65 %
since inception	15.10.2007	30.11.2018	26.40 %
since inception p.a.	15.10.2007	30.11.2018	2.13 %

12-month-timeframe (gross)	Lupus alpha Volatility Invest A
30.11.2017 - 30.11.2018	-0.49 %
30.11.2016 - 30.11.2017	4.99 %
30.11.2015 - 30.11.2016	1.69 %
30.11.2014 - 30.11.2015	1.16 %
30.11.2013 - 30.11.2014	1.66 %
30.11.2012 - 30.11.2013	-0.32 %
30.11.2011 - 30.11.2012	6.92 %
30.11.2010 - 30.11.2011	-4.21 %
30.11.2009 - 30.11.2010	3.18 %
30.11.2008 - 30.11.2009	4.64 %

Key Risk ratios (gross):³

	as of	Lupus alpha Volatility Invest A
Volatility p.a.	30.11.2018	4.87 %
Maximum Draw Down 90 Days	30.11.2018	-6.71 %
VaR 95 - 10	30.11.2018	-1.99 %
VaR 99 - 10	30.11.2018	-2.82 %
Sharpe Ratio	30.11.2018	0.32
Distribution	02.01.2018	0.11 €

Fund structure

Correlations? as of 30/11/2018

EURO STOXX® 50	0.39
S&P500 Total Return Index	0.37
iBoxx € Eurozone Sovereign OA TR	-0.01
REXP	-0.09

Asset Allocation as of 30/11/2018

Highlights

Opportunity to collect an alternative risk premium
The fund has little correlation with other asset classes, making it exceptionally well-suited to portfolio diversification
Investments made exclusively in liquid and listed instruments (no OTC risk)

Awards

Alternative Investment Awards 2018:

3rd place in the category "Volatitlität", one-year performance

Alternative Investment Awards 2016:

3rd place in the category "Volatitlität", five-year performance

Team expertise

With its short volatility strategy, Lupus alpha Volatility Invest generates a volatility risk premium and builds upon more than a decade of Lupus alpha's proven expertise in Alternative Solutions:

Large, experienced European portfolio management and research team for Alternative Solutions with more than 20 experts
Own quantitative analysis team
Proprietary databases
Critically scrutinised backtesting methods
Methodically sound, experienced risk management
Complete control over trading process

Investment concept

Volatility strategy – volatility risk premium as an alternative source of returns

Lupus alpha Volatility Invest uses a short volatility strategy with the objective of collecting the attractive risk premium 'Volatility' in the medium to long term and thus opening up an alternative source of returns for investors. To achieve this target the fund systematically sells short-dated listed equity index options ('strips of options') in order to receive the volatility risk premium.

The systematic sale of options enables the fund to dispose of the implied volatility, which corresponds to the volatility expected by the market (ex ante). The realised volatility is the actual fluctuation observed in the market during the term of the options (ex post). The lower the actual observed fluctuation compared to the previously sold volatility, the higher its contribution to the fund's performance. The average spread between implied and realised volatility - i.e. the volatility risk premium - for various equity indices is around 4 per cent. In general, the higher the implied volatility, the higher the option premium received. As implied volatilities with longer maturities generally trade above those with shorter terms, the upward term structure of this volatility is an additional value driver for the concept.

This strategy is implemented on several global equity indices, with the structure of the respective markets and a high degree of liquidity proving particularly crucial. The strategy is currently being used on the EURO STOXX 50 and S&P 500, where the difference in currencies is irrelevant, as the use of options means the actual currency exposure is extremely low.

The structure of Lupus alpha Volatility Invest means it has the following return drivers:

Spread between implied and realised volatility (volatility risk premium)
Term structure (term structure risk premium)

Lupus alpha Volatility Invest's short volatility strategy can exploit the attractive risk premium 'Volatility' to improve the risk-return profile of a portfolio and significantly reduce drawdowns.

The basic Lupus alpha Volatility Invest portfolio consists of short-dated Euro bonds with very high credit ratings. The actual core of the investment strategy uses derivatives to build on this bond portfolio.

Investment objective

The objective of the fund is to receive a volatility risk premium - i.e. the spread between implied and realised volatility - by systematically disposing of volatility and using this alternative value driver to achieve returns that are as independent from the market as possible.

Chances and Risks

The value of investments and the income from them can go down as well as up and you may get back less than the amount invested.

A full list of risks applicable to this fund can be found in the Prospectus.

Disclaimer

This fund information is provided for general information purposes. The fund is a mutual funds (“UCITS”) launched by Lupus alpha Investment GmbH in Germany or launched by Lupus alpha Investment S.A. in Luxembourg.

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Awards

Current publications

Portfolio Manager

Experienced fund managers

Stephan Steiger has more than 15 years of international experience managing share portfolios. He has been working at Lupus alpha as a Chartered Financial Analyst since 2007. Mark Ritter joined Lupus alpha in 2004. The Chartered Finanical Analyst has extensive experience in the field of portfolio management and implementation.