Accelerate Enhanced Canadian Benchmark Alternative Fund

About the Fund

The Accelerate Enhanced Canadian Benchmark Alternative Fund (TSX: ATSX) combines exposure to the S&P/TSX 60 plus a long-short Canadian equity overlay designed to add incremental performance above the broad Canadian equity index.

Investment Objectives

  • Outperform the broad Canadian equity index
  • Provide volatility in-line with the broad Canadian equity index
ATSX TRADING DATA
NAV:
Date:
MEDIA
QUICK FACTS

Type:
Alpha + beta

Structure:
Alternative ETF

Date Started:
May 10, 2019

Management Fee:
0.00%

Performance Fee:
1/2 of outperformance above S&P/ TSX 60 Total Return

Investment Manager:
Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc.

Distribution:
$0.42 per quarter

Exchange:
TSX

Currency:
CAD

Risk Rating:
Medium

Track Record

Investment Process

In addition to providing exposure to the broad Canadian equity index, either through derivatives, ETFs or the underlying equities, ATSX holds a diversified, long-short equity overlay portfolio of Canadian equities.
To select the long-short overlay portfolio, ATSX utilizes a systematic, proprietary multi-factor model to sort and rank all liquid Canadian stocks based on 5 principle factors:
  1. Value
  2. Quality
  3. Price Momentum
  4. Operating Momentum
  5. Trend

The Fund goes long a portfolio of the highest expected return stocks selected from the top decile ranking from the multi-factor model while going short a portfolio of the lowest expected return stocks selected from the bottom decile ranking. The portfolio is balanced on a monthly basis. The long portfolio is up to 50% of NAV and the short portfolio is up to -50% of NAV.

Performance as of 2023-Feb-28

1 Month3 MonthsYTD1 Year3 YearsSince Inception
ATSX-0.2%-2.4%4.0%-2.0%9.5%7.6%

Overlay Fund Characteristics as of 2023-Feb-28

Long Short
Number of Securities4546
Average Market Cap ($mm)$21,052$8,881
Beta1.01.2
EBITDA/EV19.1%4.7%
FCF/EV9.0%-4.2%
Trailing Return14.3%-21.8%
Pct of 52 Week High90.4%69.3%
Return on Capital20.7%0.7%
Gross Profits/Assets6.7%2.3%
50 DMA to 200 DMA108%96.0%
EPS Revision-2.5%2.2%
Change In Shares-1.3%1.9%
Earnings Abnormal Return0.8%-1.1%

Sector Weightings as of 2023-Feb-28

Long Short
Communication Services1.1%-1.0%
Consumer Discretionary8.7%-1.9%
Consumer Staples6.8%-2.0%
Energy10.1%-4.0%
Financials4.4%-2.9%
Health Care0.0%-1.0%
Industrials6.6%-6.9%
Information Technology2.2%-5.7%
Materials9.7%-9.5%
Real Estate0.0%-6.9%
Utilities0.0%-3.0%
Overlay Equity Exposure49.6%-44.8%
S&P/TSX60 Index Exposure97.7%0.0%
TOTAL PORTFOLIO EXPOSURE147.3%-44.8%

Fund Holdings as of 2023-Feb-28

Long Security NameWeight
S&P / TSX 60 Index Futures92.5%
IShares S&P TSX 60 Index ETF5.2%
Russel Metals Inc1.2%
Intact Financial Corp1.2%
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc1.1%
International Petroleum Corp1.1%
ARC Resources Ltd1.1%
North West Co Inc/The1.1%
Metro Inc/CN1.1%
Imperial Oil Ltd1.1%
TFI International Inc1.1%
Parex Resources Inc1.1%
George Weston Ltd1.1%
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd1.1%
Canadian National Railway Co1.1%
NuVista Energy Ltd1.1%
Empire Co Ltd1.1%
Uni-Select Inc1.1%
Canadian Tire Corp Ltd1.1%
Finning International Inc1.1%
Celestica Inc1.1%
iA Financial Corp Inc1.1%
Dollarama Inc1.1%
Quebecor Inc1.1%
Loblaw Cos Ltd1.1%
Restaurant Brands Internationa1.1%
CGI Inc1.1%
Linamar Corp1.1%
Mullen Group Ltd1.1%
Stelco Holdings Inc1.1%
Birchcliff Energy Ltd1.1%
Baytex Energy Corp1.1%
Stella-Jones Inc1.1%
BRP Inc1.1%
Enerplus Corp1.1%
Royal Bank of Canada1.1%
West Fraser Timber Co Ltd1.1%
CCL Industries Inc1.1%
Teck Resources Ltd1.1%
Element Fleet Management Corp1.1%
Nutrien Ltd1.1%
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fun1.1%
Martinrea International Inc1.1%
Aritzia Inc1.0%
Torex Gold Resources Inc1.0%
Lundin Gold Inc1.0%
Bombardier Inc1.0%

 

Short Security NameWeight
Tricon Residential Inc-1.0%
Algonquin Power & Utilities Co-1.0%
Premium Brands Holdings Corp-1.0%
Dream Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust-1.0%
Aecon Group Inc-1.0%
CAE Inc-1.0%
Cargojet Inc-1.0%
TC Energy Corp-1.0%
WSP Global Inc-1.0%
Maple Leaf Foods Inc-1.0%
Superior Plus Corp-1.0%
Chartwell Retirement Residence-1.0%
Energy Fuels Inc/Canada-1.0%
Tucows Inc-1.0%
Westshore Terminals Investment-1.0%
Canadian Apartment Properties-1.0%
Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd-1.0%
Canadian Western Bank-1.0%
Park Lawn Corp-1.0%
NorthWest Healthcare Propertie-1.0%
Killam Apartment Real Estate I-1.0%
NexGen Energy Ltd-1.0%
Brookfield Corp-1.0%
SilverCrest Metals Inc-1.0%
Parkland Corp-1.0%
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc-1.0%
Allied Properties Real Estate-1.0%
Ceridian HCM Holding Inc-1.0%
Ballard Power Systems Inc-1.0%
Osisko Mining Inc-1.0%
AltaGas Ltd-1.0%
InterRent Real Estate Investme-1.0%
Novagold Resources Inc-1.0%
Shopify Inc-1.0%
TELUS Corp-1.0%
MAG Silver Corp-0.9%
Pan American Silver Corp-0.9%
BlackBerry Ltd-0.9%
Endeavour Silver Corp-0.9%
Eldorado Gold Corp-0.9%
ECN Capital Corp-0.9%
Seabridge Gold Inc-0.9%
Spin Master Corp-0.9%
Nuvei Corp-0.9%
Lightspeed Commerce Inc-0.9%
Equinox Gold Corp-0.9%
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