Accelerate Absolute Return Fund

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The Accelerate Absolute Return Fund (TSX:HDGE, HDGE.U) is a quantitative long-short equity hedge fund that seeks to achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns with low correlation to the broad equity markets.

About the Fund

The Accelerate Absolute Return Fund (TSX: HDGE, HDGE.U) is a quantitative long-short equity hedge fund that seeks to achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns with low correlation to the broad equity markets.

Investment Objectives

  • Target 10-15% annualized returns
  • Generate positive returns irrespective of market direction
  • Hedge downside risk
  • Manage volatility
  • Provide uncorrelated returns

Accelerate Absolute Return Fund Explained:

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Type:
Long-short equity

Structure:
Alternative ETF

Date Started:
May 10, 2019

Management Fee:
0.00%

Performance Fee:
20% of outperformance over high water mark

Investment Manager:
Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc.

Distribution:
$0.10 per quarter

Exchange:
TSX

Currency:
CAD/USD

Risk Rating:
Medium

Track Record

Investment Process

HDGE utilizes a systematic, proprietary multi-factor model to sort and rank all liquid North American stocks based on five principal factors:
  1. Value
  2. Quality
  3. Price Momentum
  4. Operating Momentum
  5. Trend

The Fund is long a portfolio of stocks chosen from those having the highest expected return according to our data-driven multi-factor model. At the same time, the Fund is short a portfolio of of stocks chosen from those having the lowest expected return. The portfolio is rebalanced on a monthly basis to achieve the highest expected risk-adjusted return for investors.

Performance as of 2025-Nov-30

1 Month3 MonthsYTD1 Year3 Years5 YearsSince Inception
HDGE4.6%6.2%5.0%0.7%9.2%15.2%7.2%

Fund Characteristics as of 2025-Nov-30

Long Short
Number of Securities5341
Average Market Cap ($mm)$68,732$3,726
Median Market Cap ($mm)$12,132$1,406
Beta 0.9 1.1
EBITDA/EV10.1%5.2%
FCF/EV5.6%-3.1%
Trailing Return39.5%-2.4%
Pct of 52 Week High90.9%53.9%
Return on Capital23.1%-7.2%
Gross Profits/Assets7.8%3.1%
50 DMA to 200 DMA113.7%95.0%
EPS Revision3.6%-0.8%
Change In Shares-2.0%4.7%
Earnings Abnormal Return1.4%-5.1%

Sector Weightings as of 2025-Nov-30

Long Short
Communication Services10.4%-2.2%
Consumer Discretionary12.4%-3.4%
Consumer Staples14.5%-1.1%
Energy10.4%-5.6%
Financials14.5%-4.5%
Health Care10.4%-5.6%
Industrials12.4%-7.9%
Information Technology10.4%-4.5%
Materials12.5%-9.0%
Real Estate2.1%-2.2%
Utilities0.0%0.0%

Top Holdings as of 2025-Nov-30

Long Security NameWeight
Ferguson Enterprises Inc2.1%
Expedia Group Inc2.1%
Jabil Inc2.1%
Adtalem Global Education Inc2.1%
United Airlines Holdings Inc2.1%
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners2.1%
Anglogold Ashanti Plc2.1%
Celestica Inc2.1%
George Weston Ltd2.1%
Endeavour Mining PLC2.1%
DPM Metals Inc2.1%
Andrew Peller Ltd2.1%
Loblaw Cos Ltd2.1%
Royal Bank of Canada2.1%
Bank of Montreal2.1%
Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd2.1%
Finning International Inc2.1%
Imperial Oil Ltd2.1%
Trican Well Service Ltd2.1%
OceanaGold Corp2.1%
Surge Energy Inc2.1%
Miami International Holdings Inc2.1%
Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc2.1%
US Foods Holding Corp2.1%
TechnipFMC PLC2.1%
Match Group Inc2.1%
BRP Inc2.1%
Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp2.1%
Marcus & Millichap Inc2.1%
McKesson Corp2.1%
Pegasystems Inc2.1%
Kinross Gold Corp2.1%
Cardinal Health Inc2.1%
Aveanna Healthcare Holdings In2.1%
Avidbank Holdings Inc2.1%
Smithfield Foods Inc2.1%
Cargurus Inc2.1%
Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd2.1%
Genpact Ltd2.1%
Fox Corp2.1%
Electromed Inc2.1%
Griffon Corp2.1%
Open Text Corp2.1%
Synchrony Financial2.1%
Bancorp Inc/The2.1%
Altria Group Inc2.1%
Tenet Healthcare Corp2.1%
Valmont Industries Inc2.1%
Autodesk Inc2.1%
Meta Platforms Inc2.1%
Booking Holdings Inc2.1%
Ulta Beauty Inc2.1%
Netflix Inc2.1%

 

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