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About this Fund

Fund Detail

PDS https://informedinvestor.com.au/view/pds/101491-2022-03-09-17:18.pdf
FUND MANAGER GAM International Management
ASX Code
APIR ETL1352AU
ASSET CLASS ALTERNATIVES
INVESTMENT STYLE The Fund uses primarily financial derivative instruments to gain exposure to the four basic asset classes in accordance with the Investment Manager's risk premia strategies.
INVESTMENT PROFILE The Fund seeks to achieve a return of at least 5% net p.a. in excess of the Australian cash rate over a rolling 5-year period, as measured by the Benchmark.
CURRENCY MANAGEMENT Active management
INCEPTION DATE 31-05-2017
BENCHMARK Australian 3 Month Bank Bill Swap Rate
FUND SIZE Australian 3 Month Bank Bill Swap Rate
DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY Yearly
NO. OF HOLDINGS 10-15 premia strategies
FEES 0.75% p.a. of the NAV (including GST less RITCs)
STRUCTURE

Benefits

Benefits

How the investment strategy will produce investment returns

The Investment Manager uses an active, systematic approach to invest in diverse range of alternative risk premia across global markets.

In order to determine the asset allocation, the Investment Manager evaluates publicly available economic information and conducts proprietary research to identify valid risk premia strategies, determine their key market drivers and ultimately the expected risk and return. As part of this research, implementation of the risk premia strategies is considered based on quality, liquidity, cost, operational efficiency and capacity.

The portfolio is expected to reflect a diversified allocation to risk premia strategies over the longer term. The allocation will be determined by consideration of the performance and investment objectives of the Fund, and the Investment Manager's views on the expected risk and return for each strategy.

In determining the weighting to be allocated to each asset class in accordance with each risk premia strategy, the Investment Manager use various portfolio modelling techniques and consider, among other things, the expected return and risks of every asset class and the risk interdependence across the different investment opportunities.

The Investment Manager draws on proprietary portfolio construction and risk management tools to ensure appropriate diversification across and within the asset classes.

The Investment Manager continuously monitors the exposure to the strategies to ensure that it continues to reflect the investment views and outlook of the Investment Manager and therefore the investment objectives of the Fund.

Investor suitability

The Fund may be suitable for:

  • a medium term investor seeking to invest in a fund with an Absolute Return investment strategy and a medium level of risk; and
  • an investor who is seeking to achieve Absolute Returns.

RISK LEVEL
INVESTOR SUITABILITY

Risks

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Key Features

About the Fund

The Fund seeks to achieve the investment objective using primarily financial derivative instruments to gain exposure to the four basic asset classes in accordance with the Investment Manager's risk premia strategies, i.e. equities, fixed income, currencies and commodities.

The performance objective for the Fund is to achieve a return of at least 5% net p.a. in excess of the Australian cash rate over a rolling 5-year period, as measured by the Australian 3 Month Bank Bill Swap Rate (BBSW3M Index). The Fund's annual volatility measured over the same 5-year rolling period is expected to be 6 - 8% p.a.

About GAM International Management

GAM International Management Limited is a limited liability company incorporated in England on 26 March 1984. It is part of a group of companies under GAM Group AG with offices in Bermuda, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America (the GAM Group'). GAM Group AG is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GAM Holding AG, which is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.

As at 31 December 2017, GAM Holding AG managed around CHF 158.7 billion (USD 162.9 billion) in assets with investment strategies across equity, fixed income, absolute return, alternative investments solutions, multi-asset, real estate, discretionary portfolio management, private label funds, commodities and discretionary and advisory portfolios.

Mandate

How we invest your money

The Investment Manager implements a diversified approach, investing in alternative risk premia across the breadth of asset classes and trading styles globally, with the purpose of fully exploiting the inefficiencies that arise due to relative differences in risk premia.

The Fund invests its assets mainly in:

  • Fixed income securities issued or guaranteed by sovereigns, states, provincials, regional governments, supranational organisations or agencies;
  • Money market instruments (securities maturing in less than one year);
  • Cash (bank bills, term deposits, certificates of deposit, cash with the custodian and "at-call accounts);
  • Catastrophe bonds (CB)

Derivatives, such as:

  • Exchange-traded futures: bond, equity index, commodities, commodity index, currency (FX),volatility index,
  • Exchange-traded options: bond, equity index, volatility index, currencies (FX)
  • Swaps: single name credit default swaps, credit default swap indices, total return swaps, variance swaps, interest rate swaps
  • FX spot and forward instruments
  • Contracts for difference (CFD)

For more information, see pages 10-11 of the product PDS.