Investment objectives and influences

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bullet Investment objective
bullet Investor time horizon
bullet Asset allocation ranges
bullet How investments will be held
bullet Asset allocation process
bullet Other investment considerations 



Investment objective

The objective of the Third Link Growth Fund is to provide a diversified growth-oriented investment with a bias at most times to Australian listed shares. We aim to outperform the returns of the All Ordinaries Accumulation Index after fees over rolling 5 year periods.

In order to achieve this objective, we have considerable flexibility in the type of investments the Fund may hold outside of Australian listed shares.

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Investor time horizon

Because of the normal volatility of growth assets, we are of the view that an investment in the Fund is not suitable for investors with a time horizon of less than five years.

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Asset allocation ranges

The broad investment ranges are:

50% - 100%

Growth-oriented investments

0% - 50%

Fixed interest securities & cash







The growth-oriented investments may include:
bullet Australian listed securities/securities (0% - 100%)
bullet International listed shares/securities (0% - 40%)
bullet Unlisted investments, whether domestic and/or international, including property and private equity (0% - 20%)

The fixed interest and cash portion of the portfolio may include domestic and/or international:
bullet Government and semi-government bonds
bullet Bank and other corporate debt securities (including bills of exchange, promissory notes, negotiable
  certificates of deposit, term deposits, debentures and/or mortgages)

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How investments will be held

It is expected that the majority of the Fund's assets will be invested in other managed investment funds run by third party investment managers (limited to a maximum of 25 per cent of the overall Fund value invested in any one managed investment fund). The process of choosing each investment manager is based on their investment style and process, the expertise of the investment team, past performance (through different market cycles), correlation issues and a range of other factors. This process is based on Chris Cuffe's extensive industry knowledge, considerable contacts and many years of experience in the investment management industry.

To help with the selection process of fund managers, Chris will also consult appropriate advisors. In the absence of changes in key personnel, management methodology or asset allocation, the Fund is likely to remain invested with a particular manager/fund for the medium to long term. Please click here for information on the various managers/funds that Third Link Growth Fund is invested with.

To better understand the type of share-based managed investment funds that the Fund will invest in, following is a list of different styles, and the Fund's investment preference.

Preference

A portion of the Fund may also be invested directly rather than through other managed investment funds. Such investments may include:

bullet materially undervalued listed investment companies (though liquidity will be a relevant consideration)
bullet securities which complement the portfolio but which are not available through an acceptable managed investment fund structure
bullet securities that are judged to be better held directly to minimise fees, without compromising expected risk/return outcomes
bullet individual securities that appear materially undervalued and are judged to have sustainable, robust profits and cash flows (limited to 2 percent each and 7.5 per cent in aggregate of the overall Fund value at the time of purchase)
bullet cash and fixed interest investments that are judged to be better held directly for administrative or other reasons.

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Asset allocation process

Chris Cuffe and his advisors will meet twice per year (or more often as the need arises) to discuss/debate the domestic and international economic and investment environment, taking a view on the likely direction of various markets and asset sectors.

Chris will then set and adjust as necessary the broad asset allocation of the Fund, with the key decisions being:

bullet the split between growth-oriented investments and fixed interest/cash
bullet the split of growth-oriented investments between various asset sectors and sub-sectors
bullet the selection of managers and weightings to each

Under normal circumstances adjustments to the asset allocation of the fund are likely to be 'measured' rather than 'instantaneous'.

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Other investment considerations

Within the above framework, the investment strategy will be implemented having regard to the following:

bullet the desire for the majority of investments to provide a consistent and robust income stream
bullet Third Link's belief that some investment markets are not perfectly efficient and that skilled 'active' investment management can exploit such inefficiencies
bullet Derivatives may be used by the Fund to more efficiently gain or reduce exposure to a market or security (compared to holding physical securities) or to protect the Fund investments from possible adverse events. Derivatives will not be used speculatively
bullet the Fund will not borrow (either via bank loans or derivatives-based leverage in the Fund) except for short term arrangements for settling purchases of assets or meeting withdrawals

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