The Fund provides exposure to a diversified portfolio of global infrastructure securities which are listed, or expected to be listed, and are issued by entities that have as their primary focus (in terms of income and/or assets) the management, ownership and/or operation of infrastructure and utilities assets. 

The Fund aims to outperform the S&P Global Infrastructure Index (Net Total Return in $A) (Benchmark) over the medium to long term (before fees). It aims to provide a return comprising both income and capital growth.

Benefits of investing in the Macquarie International Infrastructure Securities Fund (Unhedged)

Significant features
• Provides access to a global portfolio of listed infrastructure securities diversified across developed and emerging market countries and across a wide range of infrastructure sectors.
• Provides exposure to an actively managed strategy using intensive fundamental research by a large specialist listed infrastructure team which has access to Macquarie Group’s infrastructure expertise. Macquarie Group is recognised as a global leader in infrastructure finance and investment with over 20 years experience in the sector.

Significant benefits
• Potential for regular income distributions and capital growth.
• Potential to reduce risk by diversifying across geographic regions, infrastructure sectors, regulatory regimes and securities.
• Ability to provide diversification in an investor’s portfolio
• Access to the investment management expertise of Macquarie Asset Management Public Investments

The Fund may be suitable for investors who are looking for an investment with the objective of the Fund listed above and are prepared to accept the risks of the Fund set out in Section 4 of the PDS.

About the Fund

The Fund provides exposure to a diversified portfolio of global infrastructure securities which are listed, or expected to be listed, and are issued by entities that have as their primary focus (in terms of income and/ or assets) the management, ownership and/or operation of infrastructure and utilities assets.

The Investment Manager believes that a systematic fundamentals-based approach to identifying long- term potential value in infrastructure companies will outperform the Benchmark over the medium to long term. The specialist investment team analyses infrastructure companies in depth to determine the quality, reliability and growth potential of the cashflows generated from their infrastructure assets.

Significant features

• Provides access to a global portfolio of listed infrastructure securities diversified across developed and emerging market countries and across a wide range of infrastructure sectors.

• Provides exposure to an actively managed strategy using intensive fundamental research by a large specialist listed infrastructure team which has access to Macquarie Group's infrastructure expertise. Macquarie Group is recognised as a global leader in infrastructure finance and investment with over 20 years' experience in the sector.

How we invest your money

The Fund provides exposure to a diversified portfolio of global infrastructure securities which are listed, or expected to be listed, and are issued by entities that have as their primary focus (in terms of income and/ or assets) the management, ownership and/or operation of infrastructure and utilities assets.

The Investment Manager believes that a systematic fundamentals-based approach to identifying long- term potential value in infrastructure companies will outperform the Benchmark over the medium to long term. The specialist investment team analyses infrastructure companies in depth to determine the quality, reliability and growth potential of the cashflows generated from their infrastructure assets.

Exposure to securities issued by vehicles controlled or managed by the Macquarie Group is limited to 5% of the net asset value of the Fund at the time of investment.

Asset allocation

• Infrastructure securities: 90-100%

• Cash: 0-10%