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The overall market continued its soft run into the end of the calendar year with renewed fears of inflation stoking market unrest across all sectors of the market. Read more

The market seems to be trading sideways now albeit with a slight downward trend back towards the 30 Day Moving Average level on the XJO (ASX 200) of 7358 points. Read more here.

Andrew Chapman presented a session for Reach Markets series, The Insider- Meet the Fund Manager.  These sessions are about getting an overview from a leading manager to of their approach, discuss the market, the trends and sectors they are interested in, and their favourite stocks. The session was recorded on the 19th November, 2021.  You […]

In this episode Chris Judd heads to Perth to catch up with the Managing Director of the Merchant Group Andrew Chapman. With almost 20 years of experience in the industry, Andrew walks us through his experiences in investing in biotech stocks, medical marijuana and other micro caps.  Published 19 June 2019. Click the image below […]

In this week’s episode of  Chris Judd Invest Channel’s Talk Ya Book Andrew Chapman from Merchant Group will talk about an Australian medical diagnostics company and a very exciting small cap potash play.  Recorded 2nd March 2021    

On this edition of Talk Ya Book from the Chris Judd Invest Channel, Andrew Chapman from Merchant Funds Management talks through an ASX listed bio-tech that he feels has a lot of potential. $ASX $RAC- recorded 18th July 2020  

The Merchant Opportunities Fund (MOF) was a little choppy during the month of September. Read more here.

The Merchant Opportunities Fund (MOF or Fund) has started the Financial Year quietly. Read more here.

The Merchant Opportunities Fund (MOF) finished the 2021 Financial Year up 46.71%. Read more here.    

The month of May was relatively soft for the broader Merchant Opportunities Fund (MOF). Read more here.

How Urbnsurf avoided a pandemic wipeout. Read more here.

The Merchant Opportunities Fund slipped slightly from its all-time high in March. Read more here.

Closes 31 May 2021. Further details here Redemption Offer – May 2021

The Merchant Opportunities Fund (MOF) performed well in March ending a stellar third quarter. Read more here.

The Merchant Opportunities Fund continues to perform above market. Read more here.

Closes 26 February 2021. Further details here Redemption Offer – February 2021

The Merchant Leaders Fund is performing in line with expectations so far this Financial Year. Read more here.

Driven mainly by the raging Iron Ore sector, the ASX 100 put on almost 8% in the month of November. Read more here.

The Merchant Opportunities Fund (MOF) had a strong month in October. Read more here.

Closes 30 November 2020. Further details here Redemption Offer – November 2020

The Merchant Leaders Fund (MLF) has continued to perform above the ASX 100 (XTO) with the Fund up 3.70% to the end of September. Read more here.

The Merchant Leaders Fund experienced positive contributions to the portfolio from the big miners as the Iron Ore price continued its upward trajectory. Read more here.

Whilst we remain overly cautious on the current market recovery, we began selectively adding back some positions and reducing the cash holdings. Read more here.

Closes 31 August 2020. Further details here Redemption Offer – August 2020

Whilst down from the highs of February this year, overall the Merchant Opportunities Fund (MOF) finished strongly. Read more here.

The Merchant Leaders Fund remained relatively stable for the month. Read more here.

The month of April saw a substantial rebound in the ASX. Read more here.

Closes 29 May 2020. Further details here Redemption Offer – May 2020

Whilst we are going through some short-term pain the longer-term prospects for the market remain sound. Read more here.

Wow what a month February was! Read more here.

As at the end of January the Merchant Leaders Fund (MLF) is up a healthy 10.85%. Read more here.

Closes 28 February 2020. Further details here Redemption Offer – February 2020

The Merchant Leaders Fund inched up over the course of November. Read more here.

The Merchant Leaders Fund performed in-line with the ASX 100. Read more here.

Closes 29 November 2019. Further details here Redemption Offer – November 2019

Another month, another interest rate cut. Read more here.

The Merchant Leaders Fund performed to plan through the month of August. Read more here.

Continuing the positive momentum from last financial year, the Merchant Leaders Fund was up 3.21%. Read more here.

Closes 30 August 2019. Further details here  Redemption Offer – August 2019

The Merchant Leaders Fund (MLF) closed up 11.42% (net after fees and distribution) for our first full financial year. Read more here.

The Merchant Leaders Fund continues to outperform the ASX 100. Read more here.

The Merchant Leaders Fund continues to perform to expectation with total returns for the financial year net of all fees up 6.55% vs the ASX 100 which is up 2.32% for the same period.  Read more here.

Closes 31 May 2019. Further details here Redemption Offer – May 2019.

Another pleasing month for the Merchant Leaders Fund. Read more here.

The Merchant Leaders Fund is performing in line with our expectations. Read more here.

What a finish to 2018.  Read more here.

Closes 28 February 2019. Further details here Redemption Offer – February 2019

Another month, another 4% drop in value across the Australian share market.  Read more here.

Another horrible month for the ASX, with the ASX100 Index (XTO) dropping a further 5.57% for the month of October alone.  Read more here.

Closes 30 November 2018.  Further details here Redemption Offer – November 2018