Hereford Funds-IMVA Opportunity Fund
July 2014
July 2014 Investment Review
“If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, And treat those two impostors just the same”.
Rudyard Kipling
July was not quite a disaster, but the Fund continued to underperform, especially on the last day of what turned out to be the worst week of the year, so far. I have
confidence in our positions (and want to own them long-term for myself and family) but understand that I may be approaching the point where “all men doubt me”. It
wouldn’t be the first time this has happened, so I’ll try to “make allowance for (your) doubting too”. With that in mind, here is a short update of our top ten positions.
Luminex reported a good quarter and may be investing in their Project Aries more heavily than expected in response to strong customer interest. 3D Systems
reported a disappointing quarter and was quickly slapped with several analyst downgrades. I suspect those analysts have the story just wrong. DDD held off on
some deliveries in order to ensure product quality and was hit with several one-time items that reduced gross margin. I think these issues are transient and that we
will see organic revenue growth and substantial gross margin improvement in the second half of this year. Unlike much of Wall Street, I believe DDD is doing very
well and will show that over the next several quarters. Ocwen Financial and Altisource Portfolio Solutions are more problematic; the core operating business for each
appears to be fine, but the legal and regulatory issues with New York Financial Regulator appear to be getting worse. I continue to believe that the two parties will
eventually come to an agreement, but it may be a drawn out process. Meanwhile, both stocks are trading at very low multiples of earnings and cash flow and have
strong balance sheets. Stone Energy and Emerald Oil are each doing well and playing out according to our theses. Freeport-McMoRan recently signed a
memorandum of understanding with the government of Indonesia, so we are hopeful their production delays can be resolved. Intrepid Potash reported a good
quarter and should be producing strong free cash flow going forward. Anadarko Petroleum reported a very good quarter and has seen its price target raised around
the Street. Finally, Advanced Energy is going through some management changes, but they seem to be handling changes in the solar market reasonably well. The
stock is cheap relative to its history, and the company generates very strong free cash flow. Please call with questions.
Key Information
NAV A Shares (31/07/14): $92.69
Total Fund Size: $12.46 mil
Strategy Assets: $226.92 mil(a)
Fund Launch Date: 31-Jan-14(b)
Monthly Performance (%)
Jan-14 Feb-14 Mar-14 Apr-14 May-14 Jun-14 Jul-14
N/A
-0.8
-1.3
-2.1
-1.9
5.3
-6.4
N/A
4.6
0.8
0.4
2.2
2.3
-1.8
N/A
4.6
0.8
0.7
2.4
2.1
-1.4
Hereford Funds-IMVA Opportunity Fund
S&P 1500 Index(d)
S&P 500 Index(d)
YTD
-7.3
8.8
9.4
Period Performance (%)
IMVA Opportunity Portfolio
S&P 1500 Index(d)
(d)
S&P 500 Index
YTD
-11.9
5.1
5.7
(c)
1 yr
2.7
16.4
16.9
2 yr
20.3
21.1
20.9
3 yr
16.4
16.7
16.8
4 yr
21.6
17.6
17.5
5 yr
21.2
17.0
16.8
10 yr
13.8
8.3
8.0
Since Inception 31/03/99
Cumulative
Annualised
236.2
8.2
118.5
5.2
99.8
4.6
IMVA Opportunity Portfolio (c) vs. S&P 1500(d) & S&P 500(d)
Ten Years Ending 31/07/14
450
Start of Hereford Funds-IMVA Opportunity Fund
31-Jan-14
350
400
300
350
250
300
200
250
150
200
100
150
50
100
500
IMVA Opportunity Portfolio
Fund's TopTen Holdings
Luminex Corp.
Altisource Ptfl Solns Reg. Shs
3D Systems Corp.
Ocwen Financial Corp.
Emerald Oil
Stone Energy
Freeport-McMoran
Intrepid Potash
Anadarko Petroleum
Advanced Energy Industries
% NAV
7.48
6.73
6.39
5.88
5.57
4.72
4.65
3.99
3.98
3.97
S&P 1500
S&P 500
Fund's GICS Sectoral Breakdown
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Staples
Energy
Financials
Health Care
Industrials
Information Technology
Materials
Telecommunication Services
Utilities
[Cash]
Total
% of assets
--27.8
15.9
15.0
5.6
17.6
10.5
--7.6
100.0
Investment Objective
The investment objective of the Hereford Funds-IMVA Opportunity Fund is to provide capital appreciation over a multi-year investment horizon by investing primarily
in a diversified portfolio of publicly traded equity securities of US-based companies, which hold unique opportunities in the opinion of the Investment Manager.
Potential investments comprise small, mid, and large capitalization companies; growth and value companies; and special situations, including non US-based
companies, which are listed on a US exchange. The strategy is highly concentrated and appropriate only for risk-tolerant, long-term investors who can accept the
potential for materially greater volatility than the broad market indices.
The indicative benchmarks are the S&P 1500 and the S&P 500 Indices.
Risk Profile(e)
Fund Codes
Bloomberg:
ISIN:
Reuters:
Sedol:
Valoren:
WKN:
HFIMVOALX*
LU1022309220
N/A
BJ625V8
23467814
A1XCJ3
Since Inception (31/03/99) - 30/06/14
Volatility
Sharpe Ratio
Information Ratio
Tracking Error
Beta
Alpha
Reference Strategy
27.90
0.29
(listed below benchmark)
(listed below benchmark)
(listed below benchmark)
(listed below benchmark)
S&P 500
17.39
0.14
0.33
17.14
1.30
5.97
S&P 1500
17.58
0.17
0.29
16.98
1.29
5.14
* Share Class A
Fund Details
Investors
Dealing day
Dividends
Investment Manager
Management Company
Custodian
Legal Advisers
Auditor
Open to Non-U.S. investors only
Daily
None: income accumulated within the fund
Investment Management of Virginia, LLC, 919 E. Main Street, Suite 1600, Richmond, VA 23219, USA
VPB Finance S.A., 26 Avenue de la Liberté, L-1930 Luxembourg
VP Bank (Luxembourg) S.A., 26 Avenue de la Liberté, L-1930 Luxembourg
Elvinger, Hoss & Prussen, 2 Place Winston Churchill, L-1340 Luxembourg
Deloitte Audit S.à.r.l., 560 Rue de Neudorf, L-2220 Luxembourg
Annual Management Charge
Share Class A(f)
1.25%
Minimum Investment
Share Class A
$100,000 initial; $10,000 subsequent
Order Transmission / Information
Original Applications To:
VPB Finance S.A.
attn. Fund Operations / TA-HFF
P.O. Box 923
L-2019 Luxembourg
or, for transmissions via courier service,
26, avenue de la Liberté, L-1930 Luxembourg
Subsequent Applications Only Via Facsimile:
VPB Finance S.A.
attn. Fund Operations / TA-HFF
Fax :
(+352) 404 770 283
Tel:
(+352) 404 770 260
e-mail: [email protected]
(a) This figure refers to the approximate total assets invested in the reference strategy as of 31/07/14. The figure includes $12.46 million in assets (Hereford Funds-IMVA Opportunity Fund) and $191.86 million in assets
managed directly by Investment Management of Virginia, LLC ("IMVA" or "the Investment Manager") and $22.59 million in assets managed by other firms based upon models provided by the Investment Manager. The $191.86
million managed directly by IMVA comprise those accounts in the Opportunity Portfolio composite (see www.imva.net), as well as “Special” Opportunity Portfolio accounts, which are excluded from the composite for
reasons/variances, including but not limited to these: they have different weightings; client restrictions have been imposed; they are wrap accounts; they do not own all Opportunity Portfolio positions, or they own additional
positions. Model assets have been excluded from the definition of the firm for GIPS purposes.
(b) The Hereford Funds-IMVA Opportunity Fund was funded on 31/1/14. The first trades were executed on 3/2/14.
(c) Data and graph depict IMVA Opportunity Portfolio composite returns through January of 2014 and Hereford Funds-IMVA Opportunity Fund Class A thereafter (net basis). Historical net performance of the IMVA Opportunity
Portfolio composite (the Reference Strategy) reflects modeled fees and expenses typical of Hereford Funds-IMVA Opportunity Fund Class A (1.25% fee + 0.25% expense). Fund follows substantially the same parameters as
the Reference Strategy, although the Fund has a 10% constraint for individual positions and a 40% limit for the top five names (IMVA's Opportunity Portfolio has no such constraints). Performance presentation is incomplete
without accompanying footnotes as shown at www.imva.net.
(d) Total return including dividends.
(e) Source: eVestment Analytics – All numbers are presented gross of fees and expenses.
(f) Share Class A is tax transparent in Germany and has been granted Reporting Status by HMRC as of 31 January 2014.
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