Nanuk Asset Management June 2014 Report

Hello,

The Fund reported a gain of 1.2% in June which has resulted in a 1-year rolling return of 14.8% and a 2-year rolling return of 14.5% p.a.

As mentioned in past investor letters, despite the broad underperformance across solar and LED stocks in recent months we have retained a high level of conviction given the strong fundamentals that we believe they displayed. However, during June the Fund benefited significantly via its long positions across these sectors, with a holding in SolarCity (who’s Chairman, Elon Musk, is also CEO of Tesla) being a particularly strong contributor to the Fund.

For some further insights into why we remain confident in the long-term outlook for solar and as well other forms of clean energy, please find a very useful summary of the 2030 Market Outlook here published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, which outlines how they believe the world’s power mix will evolve from the present to 2030.

Despite further positive catalysts emerging across clean energy and energy efficiency technologies we do see a correction across broader equity markets as a distinct possibility in the second half of the year. As a result, the Fund’s net exposure remains low, even relative to the long-term average of approximately 15% net long.

For some additional thoughts on recent IPOs of renewable energy owning ‘YieldCos’ as well as details on a multi gigawatt scale manufacturing plant set to be built in the US, please read our Monthly Report – June 2014, which is attached. A final piece of reading that may be of interest is ‘The Coming Climate Crash Lessons for Climate Change in the 2008 Recession’ written by the ex-Goldman Sachs Chairman and Republican Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, which can be found here

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Regards,

Andrew
Andrew Kleinig
Head of Sales and Investor Relations
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