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-Apr-30

1 Month3 MonthsYTD1 Year3 YearsSince Inception
ATSX4.9%1.9%6.2%-1.5%12.1%7.8%

Overlay Fund Characteristics as of 2023-Apr-30

Long Short
Number of Securities4545
Average Market Cap ($mm)$19,799$8,640
Beta1.1 1.2
EBITDA/EV19.0%4.9%
FCF/EV7.5%-3.8%
Trailing Return10.2%-27.5%
Pct of 52 Week High91.4%72.4%
Return on Capital20.5%-1.4%
Gross Profits/Assets7.3%2.1%
50 DMA to 200 DMA110%98.3%
EPS Revision-4.2%-0.4%
Change In Shares-1.0%3.1%
Earnings Abnormal Return0.7%-3.4%

Sector Weightings as of 2023-Apr-30

Long Short
Communication Services1.1%-1.0%
Consumer Discretionary6.7%-1.0%
Consumer Staples5.4%-2.0%
Energy10.1%-4.1%
Financials3.4%-3.1%
Health Care0.0%-1.0%
Industrials10.1%-6.1%
Information Technology2.2%-5.1%
Materials11.1%-11.4%
Real Estate0.0%-7.2%
Utilities0.0%-4.1%
Overlay Equity Exposure50.0%-46.1%
S&P/TSX60 Index Exposure99.5%0.0%
TOTAL PORTFOLIO EXPOSURE149.5%-46.1%

Fund Holdings as of 2023-Apr-30

Long Security NameWeight
S&P / TSX 60 Index Futures94.6%
IShares S&P TSX 60 Index ETF4.9%
Frontera Energy Corp1.2%
Element Fleet Management Corp1.2%
Ag Growth International Inc1.1%
Martinrea International Inc1.1%
Canadian National Railway Co1.1%
Dollarama Inc1.1%
Finning International Inc1.1%
NuVista Energy Ltd1.1%
Silvercorp Metals Inc1.1%
Parex Resources Inc1.1%
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd1.1%
Teck Resources Ltd1.1%
Stantec Inc1.1%
Russel Metals Inc1.1%
Torex Gold Resources Inc1.1%
Linamar Corp1.1%
CGI Inc1.1%
BRP Inc1.1%
Dundee Precious Metals Inc1.1%
Imperial Oil Ltd1.1%
Lundin Gold Inc1.1%
Restaurant Brands International1.1%
MEG Energy Corp1.1%
Royal Bank of Canada1.1%
Bombardier Inc1.1%
Stelco Holdings Inc1.1%
Baytex Energy Corp1.1%
iA Financial Corp Inc1.1%
TFI International Inc1.1%
Celestica Inc1.1%
Mullen Group Ltd1.1%
CCL Industries Inc1.1%
Stella-Jones Inc1.1%
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund1.1%
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc1.1%
Boyd Group Services Inc1.1%
Canadian Tire Corp Ltd1.1%
Quebecor Inc1.1%
North West Co Inc/The1.1%
Loblaw Cos Ltd1.1%
ARC Resources Ltd1.1%
Pason Systems Inc1.1%
Nutrien Ltd1.1%
George Weston Ltd1.1%
Empire Co Ltd1.1%

 

Short Security NameWeight
Osisko Mining Inc-1.1%
Endeavour Silver Corp-1.1%
Novagold Resources Inc-1.1%
Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd-1.0%
ECN Capital Corp-1.0%
MAG Silver Corp-1.0%
TC Energy Corp-1.0%
First Majestic Silver Corp-1.0%
Nexus Industrial REIT-1.0%
Aecon Group Inc-1.0%
Seabridge Gold Inc-1.0%
Lightspeed Commerce Inc-1.0%
Pan American Silver Corp-1.0%
Brookfield Corp-1.0%
Shopify Inc-1.0%
True North Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust-1.0%
Innergex Renewable Energy Inc-1.0%
Killam Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust-1.0%
Chartwell Retirement Residence-1.0%
TELUS Corp-1.0%
InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust-1.0%
Energy Fuels Inc/Canada-1.0%
NexGen Energy Ltd-1.0%
Equinox Gold Corp-1.0%
Air Canada-1.0%
AltaGas Ltd-1.0%
Canadian Western Bank-1.0%
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc-1.0%
Algonquin Power & Utilities Co-1.0%
Cargojet Inc-1.0%
Fortuna Silver Mines Inc-1.0%
Westshore Terminals Investment Corp-1.0%
Sandstorm Gold Ltd-1.0%
Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust-1.0%
Kinaxis Inc-1.0%
Tricon Residential Inc-1.0%
TransAlta Renewables Inc-1.0%
Maple Leaf Foods Inc-1.0%
NorthWest Healthcare Properties-1.0%
BlackBerry Ltd-1.0%
Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd-1.0%
Premium Brands Holdings Corp-1.0%
Ballard Power Systems Inc-1.0%
Ceridian HCM Holding Inc-1.0%
Spin Master Corp-1.0%
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