Digital Income Fund –
Digital Income Class

A market-neutral, income-generating strategy that captures volatility and arbitrage opportunities in Bitcoin and Ethereum futures markets. 

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Overview

Investment Strategy

The Digital Income Fund – Digital Income Class (the Fund) (for wholesale investors) aims to deliver returns by capturing volatility and arbitrage opportunities in digital asset currencies.

Rather than buying Bitcoin or Ethereum for upward price movement, the Fund seeks to profit from volatility and price inefficiencies in the Bitcoin and Ethereum futures markets. By leveraging advanced, high-frequency algorithmic trading technology developed by Digital Asset Funds Management (DAFM), the Fund seeks to profit from volatility and pricing inefficiencies across global digital asset exchanges.

This Fund focuses on arbitrage and carry trades, with no net long exposure to Bitcoin and Ethereum, aiming to deliver returns regardless of whether prices are rising or falling.

Why invest?

  • Access to a new asset class – Market-neutral strategy capturing Bitcoin and Ethereum futures arbitrage and volatility.
  • Diversification – Returns uncorrelated to equities, fixed income, property, and interest rates. Since inception, the Fund has delivered positive returns in every month when the S&P 500 Accumulation Index and the S&P/ASX 200 Total Return Index declined.
  • Strong performance track record – 22.52% p.a. since May 2021 to 31 October 2025; positive returns in 53 of 54 months.*
  • Expert team – DAFM has 30 professionals with decades of high-frequency trading and quantitative research experience.
  • Institutional-grade custody – Custody is provided by Fireblocks, a global leader in secure digital asset infrastructure.

*Past performance is not an indicator of future performance. 

Fund Profile

Style Market neutral
Benchmark RBA Cash rate

Investment Manager

Digital Asset Funds Management is the investment manager of the Fund. The DAFM team is a global group of 30 experienced financial market and technology professionals, including traders, researchers, and software engineers, located in Sydney, Bordeaux, Edinburgh, São Paulo, and Wellington.

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Introducing DAFM and the Digital Asset opportunity

Roger Montgomery joins DAFM Founder and Director Clint Maddock to introduce the Digital Income Fund – Digital Income Class, explaining its market-neutral approach to Bitcoin and Ethereum futures, consistent track record, and how it provides Australian investors access to a new, uncorrelated asset class.

 

The Digital Income Fund: Digital Income Class

Roger Montgomery and DAFM Founder and Director Clint Maddock discuss how the Fund uses high-frequency arbitrage and carry trades to generate income, manage risk, and provide portfolio diversification. The video also covers the Fund’s consistent performance, low correlation to traditional assets, and how the Fund offers investors access to digital assets without holding crypto directly.

Digital Income Class

Performance

Comparative Returns Since Inception (01/05/2021) to 31/10/2025 (After all fees)

PERFORMANCE CHART
FUND PERFORMANCE
MONTHLY PERFORMANCE
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* S&P 500 Total Return Index in AUD.

** S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index.

Past performance is not an indicator of future performance.

The information on this website has been prepared by Digital Asset Funds Management Pty Ltd ACN 645 472 813 (DAFM), authorised representative number CAR No. 001285765 of Quay Wholesale Fund Services Pty Ltd ACN 647 044 602 (Quay), holder of Australian financial services licence 528526. Quay is the Trustee of the Digital Income Fund. DAFM is the Digital Income Fund’s Investment Manager.

Any information or advice provided on this website is general in nature and has been prepared without taking into account your individual objectives, financial situation or needs. Before acting on any information or advice on this website, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and advice having regard to your particular circumstances.

This website is intended solely for “wholesale clients” as defined under the Corporations Act 2001(Cth). If you do not meet this definition, you should not rely on any information contained on this site.

Before acquiring any financial product referred to on this website, you should read the relevant offer document and any other disclosure documents in full. You should also seek independent financial advice prior to deciding to invest in, or continuing to hold, any financial product.

* All investments, including those managed by DAFM and Quay, involve risk which can lead to no or lower than expected returns, or a loss of part or all of your capital. Past performance of any product described on this site is not a reliable indication of future performance.
     

Most Recent Unit Price*

Fund performance

149.44%
Digital Income Fund – Digital Income Class
13.71%
RBA Cash Rate (Benchmark)
135.73%
Out/Under Performance
  Digital Income Fund – Digital Income Class RBA Cash Rate 
(Benchmark)
Out/Under Performance
1 month 2.72% 0.30% 2.42%
3 months 4.48% 0.90% 3.58%
6 months 6.49% 1.88% 4.61%
Year to date 14.00% 3.30% 10.70%
12 months 19.97% 4.05% 15.92%
3 years (p.a.) 24.41% 2.26% 22.15%
Annual return since inception 22.52% 2.89% 19.63%
Total return since inception 149.44% 13.71% 135.73%

Past performance is not an indicator of future performance.

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YTD
2021 - - - - 28.16% 0.83% 2.19% 2.62% 2.86% 1.85% 3.72% 4.36% 53.67%
2022 0.23% 0.38% 0.53% 0.28% 0.35% 1.03% 0.19% 0.15% 0.08% 0.35% -4.14% 1.10% 0.42%
2023 1.05% 0.54% 0.71% 0.90% 0.11% 0.23% 0.44% 1.42% 0.37% 0.97% 0.06% 1.16% 8.24%
2024 3.41% 0.89% 1.06% 9.38% 0.12% 1.69% 2.67% 2.57% 0.40% 0.26% 1.14% 4.05% 30.98%
2025 2.19% 2.86% 0.89% 0.95% 0.04% 0.22% 1.66% 1.21% 0.49% 2.72%     14.00%

Past performance is not an indicator of future performance.

Investment Team

Digital Asset Funds Management was founded in 2021 by Ark International Group, an established high-frequency trading firm that has experience in trading assets in traditional financial markets since 2012.

The co-founders, Clint Maddock and Mike Gilbert, are high-frequency trading experts, each with over two decades of experience in trading complex derivative products.

DAFM has an exceptional global team of around 30 professionals located in Sydney, Bordeaux, Edinburgh, São Paulo, and Wellington.

Meet our people

Clint Maddock

Founder and Director
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Mike Gilbert

Founder and Director
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HOW TO INVEST

After accessing and reading through the Information Memorandum for the Digital Income Fund – Digital Income Class:

1

Complete the online application form and ID verification online on the Olivia123 platform (approx. 10 minutes)

2

Submit the completed application form online to the Administrator

3

Transfer the funds and an investment confirmation will be issued directly by the Administrator

If you wish to make an additional investment (top-up) an existing investment in the Digital Income Fund – Digital Income Class, please see the instructions here.

Not ready to invest yet?

Download the fund information pack or if you would prefer to talk it over, call David Buckland or Rhodri Taylor on 02 8046 5000 to discuss the Digital Income Class in more detail.

Want to invest in your personal super instead?

Our partnership with industry-leading superannuation provider, netwealth, can help.

INSIGHTS Subscribe to insights

November 27, 2025

Digital Income Class – October 2025 Performance Update

By Roger Montgomery

  In this video, I provide an update on the October performance of Digital Asset Fund’s Management’s (DAFM) Digital Income Class. Despite significant volatility in Bitcoin – rising to record highs before sharply retracing – the fund continued to deliver steady results, returning 2. 72 per cent for the month.
October 2, 2025

The crypto treasury frenzy

By Roger Montgomery

This U. S. summer, a new investment frenzy – akin to the SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company) exuberance of 2020/21 – has gripped Wall Street as companies transform their balance sheets into crypto vaults. And as September unfolds, the corporate dash into cryptocurrencies shows no signs of slowing.
September 11, 2025

Ausbiz – Bitcoin gains ground in mainstream strategy

By Roger Montgomery

  I joined Ausbiz with Clint Maddock, Founder and Director at Digital Asset Funds Management – our newest partner, an Australian investment manager specialising in digital asset markets – to discuss the growing role of digital assets like Bitcoin in investment portfolios.
August 25, 2025

DAFM' Digital Income Class is a valuable portfolio diversifier

By David Buckland

In today’s volatile and uncertain market environment, many investors are looking beyond the traditional 60/40 portfolio of equities and fixed income to generate reliable returns. There is growing interest in alternative investment strategies that can offer consistent income, lower volatility, and diversification from traditional asset classes.

HAVE MORE QUESTIONS?

Frequently Asked Questions

  • 1. Is this Fund suitable for me?

    The Fund has a 3+ years recommended investment timeframe for wholesale clients.

    Investment in the Fund can only be made by persons who are wholesale clients as defined in Section 761G and Section 761GA of the Corporations Act. View wholesale client definition

    Before investing, you should consider your financial situation, investment objectives, risk tolerance and seek professional advice if necessary. The Fund is offered under an Information Memorandum and is a unit trust that is not registered with ASIC as a managed investment scheme.

  • 2. What is the Fund’s investment objective?

    The Fund aims to deliver returns by capturing volatility and arbitrage opportunities in digital asset currencies.

  • 3. What is the minimum initial investment?

    The minimum initial investment for wholesale investors is $100,000. The minimum additional investment for existing investors is $10,000.

    Additional investments are accepted every month and will be processed on the first business day of each month (provided an application and application monies are received by 4pm on the last business day of the preceding month.)

  • 4. How often is income paid?

    Discretionary income distributions are expected to be made quarterly as at 30 September, 31 December, 31 March and 30 June each year or otherwise determined by the Trustee.

  • 5. How can I see my unit balance and investment value online?

    The Fund’s administrator, Ascent Fund Services, has a portal that investors can access to see their balance and download all statements. Once invested, you will be given registration details.

    Access the Ascent Fund Services client log in here.

  • 6. How do I increase my holding?

    To increase your holding, existing investors can make additional investments starting from a minimum of $10,000.

    Please complete the online application form to proceed.

  • 7. How do I redeem my funds?

    Units can be redeemed by submitting a written request via email to the administrator, Ascent Fund Services at: DigitalAssetTA@ascentfunds.sg

    Redemptions are processed monthly. A minimum of 15 days’ written notice is required prior to the applicable redemption date. Redemption dates occur on the last business day of each month, and proceeds are typically paid within 10 to 15 business days of the following month.

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