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UBS Cash Fund

About this Fund

Fund Detail

PDS https://informedinvestor.com.au/view/pds/100386-2024-05-01-02:50.pdf
FUND MANAGER UBS Asset Management (Australia)
ASX Code
APIR SBC0811AU
ASSET CLASS FIXED INTEREST
INVESTMENT STYLE

The Fund is an actively managed portfolio predominantly comprising Australian cash and cash equivalent investments. The Fund may also invest in investment grade corporate bonds and asset backed securities, and longer term Australian Federal and State government bonds.

INVESTMENT PROFILE

The Fund aims to provide investors with a total return (before management fees and costs) equivalent to the ‘Benchmark’ over rolling 12 month periods.

CURRENCY MANAGEMENT Unhedged
INCEPTION DATE 11-05-1989
BENCHMARK Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index
FUND SIZE Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index
DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY Monthly
NO. OF HOLDINGS
FEES 0.20% p.a.
STRUCTURE

Benefits

Benefits

Benefits of investing in the UBS Cash Fund

The significant benefits and features of investing in the Fund are:

  • Investment return: The Fund seeks to provide an income- focused return, by investing in short term call deposits and cash equivalent securities.
  • Research resources: UBS has a large, experienced fixed income team managing over $321 billion (as at 30 June 2018) globally, specialised in managing global fixed income portfolios. Our global research & trading teams are located in offices in Sydney, New York, Chicago, Tokyo, London, Zurich, Hong
  • Kong and Singapore and provide a comprehensive world view through their in-depth analysis of global and local market trends and regulatory conditions.
  • Defensive: As a core defensive fixed income strategy, the Fund offers risk and return diversification benefits against equity markets.
  • Processes & systems: We have access to proprietary investment and risk management systems and processes which ordinary investors would not usually have, allowing us deeper insights at the security and portfolio level and an opportunity to maximise returns.
  • Distributions: The potential to receive monthly distributions.
  • Institutional access: Retail investors gain access to institutional bond markets that would otherwise not be available.

Risk level

Low

Investor suitability

The Fund is best suited to investors who seek an investment that provides stable income and preservation of capital through investment in short dated securities that provide a high level of liquidity and security.

RISK LEVEL Low Risk
INVESTOR SUITABILITY

The Fund is intended to be suitable for investors with at least a 12 month investment timeframe and with a low risk and return profile. More specifically, the Fund is intended to be suitable for investors who are seeking exposure to a portfolio predominantly comprising Australian cash and cash equivalent investments.

Risks

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Key Features

About the Fund

The Fund is an actively managed $A portfolio of high quality short term call deposits, cash equivalent securities such as treasury notes, bank bills of exchange, semigovernment, corporate and asset backed promissory notes, and interest rate investment contracts (or equivalent).

The Fund aims to provide investors with a total return (before management costs) equivalent to the Benchmark over rolling 12 month periods.



Mandate

How we invest your money

Investment strategy

The strategy is managed employing both top-down research and bottom-up security-specific analysis to build a portfolio of cash and cash equivalent securities.

Investment guidelines

The Fund may invest up to 100% in cash and cash equivalents.