Tokai Tokyo-backed ADDX lists diversified deep-value equity fund
Global private market exchange ADDX has listed a deep-value equity fund, managed by Aggregate Asset Management (AAM), that uses machine learning to optimise investment strategy and returns.
The fund targets a compound annual growth rate of 8% and is open-ended. An ADDX-exclusive share class, which was launched and made available to investors at a minimum ticket size of S$10,000, does not charge any performance fees and has waived management fees until December 31, 2025. On the other hand, investors who subscribe directly via AAM typically have to invest a minimum of S$100,000 and be subject to varying management as well as performance fees.
AAM is chaired by renowned Singaporean diplomat and geopolitical analyst Kishore Mahbubani, who formerly served as Singapore’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and President of the United Nations Security Council. The fund management team taps Professor Mahbubani’s geopolitical expertise when evaluating investment opportunities.
Incepted in 2012, the Aggregate Value Fund’s strategy of acquiring stocks at a discounted price has delivered a compound annual growth rate of 6.1%. In 2021, the fund managers started to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to enhance its stock-picking methodology by evaluating 150 factors — 50 fundamental indicators, 50 technical indicators and 50 financial journal indicators — that influence the performance of company shares.
The fund is invested in over 1,300 stocks listed in 17 countries including Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, the United States and Germany.
The fund managers have a monthly column in regional business publication The Edge called Man VS Machine, on a year-long challenge that pit AAM’s AI-powered 15-stock portfolio, Deep Deep, against benchmarks such as Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway stock price, Dow Jones Industrial Index, MSCI All Country World Index (MSCI ACWI) and MSCI All Country Asia Pacific Index (MSCI AC APAC).
The Deep Deep portfolio was rebalanced once a month for 12 months, with the purchase price of each stock and the portfolio valuation published in the Man VS Machine column. The portfolio started with an investment of US$500,000 (S$710,510). The challenge ended in November 2023. Berkshire Hathaway won the battle with a return of 26.12%, while Deep Deep came in second with a return of 21.43%. Deep Deep beat all the indexes after factoring in relevant transaction costs and dividends.
ADDX is a global private market exchange headquartered in Singapore. The company is on a mission to make investing fairer by democratising private markets. Using blockchain and smart contract technology, ADDX reduces manual interventions in the issuance, custody and distribution of private market products.
The resulting efficiency from the use of digital securities allows the platform to fractionalise investments in a scalable and commercially viable manner, bringing minimum investment sizes down from US$1 million to as low as US$1,000 and thereby widening investor access to the private markets. To date, ADDX has listed more than 80 deals on its platform and worked with blue-chip names such as Hamilton Lane, Partners Group, Investcorp, Singtel, UOB, CGS-CIMB, as well as Temasek-owned entities Mapletree, Azalea, SeaTown and Fullerton Fund Management. Asset classes available on ADDX include private equity, hedge funds, venture capital, private credit, real estate, debt and structured products.
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