The Fund provides investors with exposure to a portfolio of securities issued by emerging companies listed, or expected to be listed, on the Australian Securities Exchange or on other Australian securities exchanges. 

The Fund aims to outperform the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index (Index) over the medium to long term (before fees). It aims to provide capital growth and some income.

Benefits of investing in the Macquarie Australian Emerging Companies Fund

Significant features 
• Provides exposure to a portfolio of Australianemerging companies.
• Provides exposure to an actively managed strategy using a quantitative screening process to select stocks and build a portfolio of Australian emerging companies.

Significant benefits
• Potential for capital growth and some income.
• 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.

About the Fund

The Fund provides investors with exposure to a portfolio of securities issued by emerging companies listed, or expected to be listed, on the Australian Securities Exchange or on other Australian securities exchanges.

Some key features of the Fund include:

• Provides exposure to a portfolio of Australian emerging companies.

• Provides exposure to an actively managed strategy using a quantitative screening process to select stocks and build a portfolio of Australian emerging companies.

How we invest your money

The Fund provides investors with exposure to a portfolio of securities issued by emerging companies listed, or expected to be listed, on the Australian Securities Exchange or on other Australian securities exchanges. The Fund may also invest in unlisted Australian companies. Where the Fund invests in unlisted Australian companies, it will be limited to 20% of the net assets of the Fund. The Fund may also invest up to 10% of its assets in companies listed on exchanges outside Australia. The market capitalisation of investments of the Fund will be less than $500 million at the time of first investment in the securities.

The Fund may also hold derivatives for risk management purposes (including options, futures, warrants and forwards) and cash.

The Investment Manager aims to build a portfolio that provides exposure to some of the fastest growing companies primarily listed on Australian securities exchanges.

The process seeks to identify companies which:

1. rank highly on the Investment Manager's quantitative screens, and
2. may exceed market expectations over the long term.

Asset allocation

• Australian shares: 70-100%

• International shares: 0-10%

• Cash: 0-20%