Meet the manager

Auscap Asset Management (Auscap) is a value based equities manager founded in 2012. Auscap manages the Auscap Long Short Australian Equities Fund and the Auscap Ex-20 Australian Equities Fund. The investment team has over 50 years of combined experience in the financial services industry from leading investment managers and global investment banks. The investment team are significantly co-invested in the Auscap funds.

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An Alternative Notion of Margin of Safety

October Newsletter | Investing in stocks with a sufficient "margin of safety" between the price a security trades for in the market and what one might consider a conservative estimate of the intrinsic value of the entire company is a key principle ... Read more

Risk And Reward: The Case For Size & Liquidity

September Newsletter | At Auscap we prefer to invest in large and mid cap companies, favouring characteristics that include familiarity, a proven competitive advantage, a strong track record of return on equity, recurring cash flow and stock ... Read more

A Numbers Game

August Newsletter | In this edition we discuss the importance of relevant and timely data and how independent data analysis assists us in evaluating circumstances objectively. We demonstrate how data can be a predictor of both company performance and ... Read more

Expensive Defensives: Do They Deserve The Tag

July Newsletter | There has been considerable debate surrounding the so called "expensive defensives", companies with resilient earnings and a modest growth outlook, many of whom are trading at multiples that would, historically, be considered high. ... Read more

Auscap Sydney University Finance Competition Results – Sem 1, 2013

Auscap Asset Management is pleased to announce that Leah Zinonos is the winner of the Auscap Sydney University - Investments and Portfolio Management Competition. Students within the Investments and Portfolio Management Course were asked to ... Read more

Great Expectations: Making Cents Of Forecast Dollar Earnings

June Newsletter | A study of earnings expectations across the ASX200 highlights a few sectors that we think are unlikely to match the expectations set by analyst forecasts for the 2014 financial year. ... Read more

Has Gold Lost Its Shine?

May Newsletter | The merits of gold as an investment is a contentious subject at all times. We explain our recent thinking and approach to gold equities. ... Read more

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