AQ Active Equity Strategy invests in Global Equities on a Long/Short basis to deliver attractive risk adjusted returns with a medium to long term horizon. The strategy is country and sector agnostic, providing the flexibility to generate ideas with no bias towards a specific industry, region or theme.
The investment process uses a systematic approach to narrow down the investment universe and then uses fundamental analysis to identify the best ideas with asymmetric payoff. The strategy uses robust risk management tools to manage position sizes, lower correlation to the market and to optimize portfolio mix.
The strategy aims to target mid-teen returns with lower volatility and drawdown as compared to the benchmark, Vanguard Total World Stock Index (VT). The strategy is reviewed and rebalanced periodically to make sure that diversification of risk exposures is maintained, with the best ideas being awarded the highest capital allocation.

The Kristal Founders fund generates returns through model driven investments as well as tactical trades across rates, credit, equity, volatility, and crypto markets. The portfolio is following an asset allocation approach to achieve stability and consistency of returns. This Fund endeavours to take risk in market selloffs and is using option strategies to maintain hedges against tailrisk events. The fund is diversifying by geographies, complimenting investments in US markets with investments in Europe and emerging and developed economies in Asia.

Overview: The Future Vision Equity pooled strategy invests in single name equities that are aligned with themes in disruptive industries which are likely to play a more important role in the next decade ahead.
The core themes that have been identified are:

Biotechnology and Genome research: Medical advances with the help of AI and reduced cost for genetic editing have the potential to disrupt the healthcare industry in years to come. We are looking specifically for companies in the sector of life sciences, genetic solutions for cancer treatment, Human-Machine-Interface technologies, etc.
Water & Food: We may run out of clean water, and while we might not run out of food in the foreseeable future, there is certainly, a need to become more efficient and sustainable in the way how we feed a growing world population. The investments will be predominantly in companies in the Agricultural/Food Tech space, Water companies (Technology or utility) or environmental management companies.
Cybersecurity: The cost of cybersecurity at an average level has increased by over 72% in the past 5 years, and 13% alone from 2017 to 2018. An Accenture Study about the cost of cybercrime states that the Value at Risk from Cybercrime in the global economy is rising, and so is the cost of prevention.
Renewable Energy/Electrification: We do not think that global warming is a hoax, therefore investment in the renewable energy space will continue to grow and transform the way how we produce and consume energy in decades to come. Investments can for example take place in companies which are either Renewable Energy generators or provide technology that reduces carbon emissions, but also companies at the heart of the trend towards further electrification, specifically energy transmission and battery technology.
Selection of Companies: Through thorough fundamental research of the companies from an initial shortlist, we identify the ones with a technological and commercial advantage over others

Fund Strategy

The ASK India Opportunities Fund 1 aims to generate long-term returns by investing in well managed, entrepreneurially driven, high quality Indian companies with the ability to generate compounded earnings growth over long periods of time. The Fund uses a disciplined, bottom-up, rules-based investment approach to identify such companies that are trading at reasonable prices compared to their intrinsic value. The Fund aims to preserve capital and grow it over a period of time.

PruLev Global Macro Fund is a Global Quantitative Macro Hedge Fund in Singapore. It tracks 100 derivative instruments across major liquid markets and usually has positions in 60-75. Its strategy capitalizes on major events, economic trends and other systemic factors. It targets 30-36% IRR with equivalent volatility and a Sharpe ratio of 1 to 1.2. Maximum monthly drawdown has been over 35%. Redemption Fees are imposed to ensure investors recognise the implicit monthly volatility in the fund

Polen Capital Focus U.S. Growth Fund is a segregated Irish authorised UCIT that invests in a focused portfolio of approx. 20 high-quality Growth large cap (>USD4b) US listed companies. Its actively managed with low portfolio turnover and seeks to outperform the Russell 1000 Growth. It uses fundamental analysis to identify companies with a sustainable competitive advantage. It is more suitable for investors with a long-term investment horizon willing to accept a moderate volatility.

PIOF is a USD denominated Long Only absolute return India equities fund with a differentiated strategy, focused on the most secular part of Indias story the rise of consumer spending. The Funds objective is to offer sustainable alpha over the long term. PIOF is managed by Progress Asia Capital Advisors Pte Ltd which is incorporated in Singapore and regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (as a Registered Fund Management Company).

Consistent Compounder is an actively managed long only & unleveraged equity strategy structured as a Kristal Fund (supported by sub-advisors). The portfolio comprises 10 -15 diversified global publicly listed equities (10-20% allocation each) with a strong technology bias. Selection depends on a strong competitive advantage and healthy earnings growth as well as resilience to regulatory issues, commodity cycles & inflation. Holding period is medium term

GH Global Macro Discretionary Fund is a Caymans registered Quantitative Macro Hedge Fund. It uses a world class research environment and proprietary statistical methods & machine learning to analyse large volumes of data and fine tune its strategies. The Fund invests across multiple highly liquid assets with dynamically adjusted leverage. Some strategies employed are Momentum & Drawdown mitigation. It targets returns of 30% per annum with volatility also in the 25-30% per annum range.

FengHe Asia Fund is a Cayman Islands incorporated long/short equity fund investing in listed equities of Asian companies. It invests in 50-70 names with total gross exposure between 70-140%. Short positions are for alpha generation. Core themes are China, Technology and Southeast Asia. It uses a fundamental bottom-up position building approach. It has low correlation to market indices (MCSI AXJ) and has delivered outperformance in all down months through a disciplined stop-loss process.

SG REITs Kristal is an open-ended pooled account strategy ideal for investors looking for high liquidity and diversification to their overall portfolio by investing in REITs that provide stable returns in the form of high dividend income and long term capital appreciation

GNP G 2 Fund is a Cayman Registered Fund with targeted annual absolute return >15%. It has only had one negative year since inception and is uncorrelated with other asset classes. It's a discretionary macro hedge fund trading in global exchange traded instruments. It has founder money and implements strict risk management to limit volatility to <10% and monthly drawdowns to <5%. The CIO has over 35yrs of money management experience in global macro markets

USD Leveraged Bond is an actively managed long only leveraged fixed income strategy structured as a Kristal Fund. The portfolio invests in USD denominated medium tenor (5-7 years) corporate bonds & ETFs. The strategy uses limited leverage (100-150%) to enhance returns. Instruments are selected based on relative value and diversified across sectors, industries & ratings (> BB+/Ba1/BB+). This will suit investors looking for stable returns (4-5%) and a medium-term investment horizon

BlackOak is a UK Alternative Investment Fund seeking long term capital growth through acquisition & trading of life insurance policies (“Life Settlements”) issued by highly rated life insurers. It targets 10-15% IRR with low volatility. It has a diversified portfolio across carrier concentration (Max 15%), life expectancy (<7yrs) and age (>80yrs). It is run by a highly experienced Fund Manager. Meant for medium term investors on account of reduced liquidity of underlying assets.

Why this Kristal?
The Kristal Core Strategy Fund has the objective to achieve optimum absolute returns on a risk adjusted basis. A dynamic allocation across all major asset classes is determined by the proprietary advisory algorithm with oversight by the investment committee. The strategy aims to achieve a consistent return through most phases of the economic cycle.

Kristal Core Strategy Fund follows the tried and tested philosophy of an All-Weather Portfolio. The asset allocation across Equity, Fixed Income, Commodities, Volatility and FX is dynamic and adjusted depending on the stage of the growth cycle we are in. Our experienced Investment Committee provides consistent oversight on the strategy and ensures dynamic shifts in allocation to ensure the return objectives are achieved.

Recommended for: The investment is suitable for investors with medium to high risk appetite (Kristal risk level: Medium).

Geographic Focus: Global

Market Tier Exposure: Developed Markets, Emerging Markets

Asset Class: Multi-asset

When to buy?
The Kristal provides consistent performance through most market conditions, being able to build the core of any investment portfolio. Due to the growth component of equities, the Kristal is also placed well for regular periodic investments.

How is this Kristal Managed?
The Kristal is quarterly rebalanced.
The permitted allocation bands for each asset class are as follows:

• Equity: 0-50%
• Fixed Income: 0-75%
• Commodities (Gold, and/or broad commodity tracking ETF): 0-25%
• Volatility ETNs: 0-10%
• Other ETFs: 0-10%