Emanuel Datt

Boutique investment manager Datt Capital’s Absolute Return Fund has been ranked the top performing Equity Long Only Fund in Australia by US based alternative investment data and indices specialist BarclayHedge.

BarclayHedge monitors and measures all major investment funds in the alternative investment space for institutional clients globally and operates more than 30 indices across market sectors globally.

The Datt Capital Absolute Return Funds posted a return of 12% for calendar year 2022 and was ranked top performer for the year by BarclayHedge in the Equity Long Only Category.

Since the Fund’s inception in August 2018, it has achieved an average return of 15.65% a year.

Datt Capital chief investment officer and founder Emanuel Datt said it was pleasing to see the recognition for an outstanding performance but “the biggest reward was the satisfaction of delivering market leading returns for our clients.”

“We only invest long are not constrained by benchmarks and undertake much original research to identify opportunities and to test investment themes,” he said.

The Fund’s largest sector exposure has been energy. Its top holdings are coal mining, port handling and logistics company New Hope Corporation, and miners Whitehaven Coal and Yancoal.

One of the things that makes Datt Capital’s approach to equity investment different is that it does not use broker research and tends not to engage with management teams prior to investing, says Datt.

Datt Capital’s sources for generating ideas include academic research, especially in the scientific and medical fields, general media, industry and peer networks, and primary research.

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