Founded in 2012, Paragon Funds Management (Paragon) is an Australian long-short fund manager passionate about investing. The Paragon Australian Long Short Fund (the Paragon Fund) is thematic-led and fundamentally driven. We apply a disciplined investment approach where we have an edge – equities within the industrials and resources sectors. Paragon’s primary focus is to generate strong absolute risk-adjusted returns regardless of the market environment. Paragon has exceeded the Fund’s investment objective since inception, delivering annualised double-digit returns. Paragon is wholly owned by John Deniz and his team, who are also significantly invested in the Fund, providing strong alignment with investors.