Investing in Small Caps & the AWSM Fund 2018
Number of individual companies Increasing long-term growth rate What are small caps? Small market capitalisation ( small cap ) companies are the smaller (and faster growing) companies listed on stock markets Size: Small, but not as small as you think Global Rule-of-Thumb: Smaller than $1bn to $2bn market caps. Up to c.r10bn to R20bn in size. Top 40 Number: Plentiful and diverse c.400 companies listed on the JSE. Only 40 companies reside in the FTSE/JSE Top 40 Index (being the 40 largest companies). Therefore, the rest of the JSE is small (and mid) cap companies. Examples: Unique, well-run & quality businesses ADvTech Ltd: Schooling & tertiary business. Calgro M3 Holdings Ltd: Provider of integrated housing solutions. Datatec Ltd: Global ICT group. Santova Logistics Ltd: Non-asset-based supply chain manager. Mid Caps Small Caps 2
Entire JSE Units (Base = 100) Why invest in small caps? In the long-term, small caps add both significant returns and diversification to a portfolio Figure 1: Small Caps versus Large Caps Outperformance: Small caps outperform In the long-term, small caps generate a higher return than larger, slower growing large caps. See Figure 1. 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 Outperformance gap in small caps Diversification: Diversify your Top 40 holdings The Top 40 makes up 73% market cap of the JSE AllShare Index, but it only makes up 10% of all listed businesses in South Africa. Thus, if you ignore small and mid caps in South Africa, you are ignoring 90% of all listed companies in South Africa. Therefore, small and mid caps offer ability to diversify your equity investments. See Figure 2. 200-02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Small Caps Years Market Caps of Companies Large Caps Figure 2: Size of Companies Listed vs. Number Listed 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Untapped opportunity Number of Listed Companies Small & Mid Caps 27% 90% Top 40 73% 10% Sources: Bloomberg, AlphaWealth workings 3
AlphaWealth Prime Small & Mid Cap Fund ( AWSM Fund ) AWSM Fund is a Unit Trust offering a unique, liquid exposure to small and mid caps in South Africa Quality: AWSM Fund s portfolio is a concentrated collection of high conviction small and mid caps. We aim to buy good businesses at good prices that have as little in common as possible. Uniqueness: AWSM Fund is one of only eight other small cap funds in South Africa* Given liquidity constraints, ETFs and other index-trackers do not exist in the small cap space in South Africa (no passive options exist as you need active management in this space). Accessibility: AWSM Fund is accessibility to AlphaWealth clients, direct clients, and off external and internal platforms. Liquidity: AWSM Fund is daily-priced and 24-hour redeemable (i.e. normal Unit Trust rules). This means that AWSM Fund is a liquid entry-point into illiquid underlying small cap investments. Contact us for more information on the AWSM Fund. * Per Morningstar report (December 2017) 4
Investing in Small Caps & AWSM Fund Date of Publishing: 16 January 2018
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