Service Providers
Thanks to the extraordinary and generous support of a number of investment and service professionals who have agreed to waive some or all of the fees that would otherwise be due to them for services rendered, Third Link Investment Managers Pty Limited can divert the majority of investment management fees to the non-profit sector.
Treasury Group Investment Serviceswww.treasury-group.com
Treasury Group Investment Services Limited (TIS) is the responsible entity for the Fund and issuer of this PDS. As responsible entity it issues the units in the Fund. TIS holds an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL 227326) which includes an authorisation to operate managed investment schemes.
TIS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Treasury Group Limited (TRG), the holding company of an Australian financial services group that invests in and supports the operations of small to medium-sized funds management companies. TRG is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Further information about TRG is available on its website at www.treasury-group.com
TIS was formed in 2003 to provide administrative and operational services to funds management companies in which TRG has an interest.
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RBC Dexia Investor Services Trust
www.rbcdexia-is.com
RBC Dexia Investor Services Trust (RBC Dexia) is the custodian and administrator for the Fund.
RBC Dexia is an international joint venture equally owned by Royal Bank of Canada and Dexia. It provides global custody, fund and pension administration, securities lending, shareholder services, analytics and other related services. With USD 2.8 trillion in client assets under administration, RBC Dexia ranks among the world's top 10 global custodians. Headquartered in London, RBC Dexia has over 5,200 employees who serve clients from offices in 16 countries.
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Minter Ellison
www.minterellison.com
Minter Ellison is an international law firm with a strong Asia-Pacific focus. Established in 1827, we are one of Australia's top tier firms and rank amongst the largest full service law firms in the world.
Through an integrated network of offices in Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the UK, our lawyers support both domestic and international corporations and government clients.
Importantly, our focus is multi-disciplinary and industry facing – because the best legal advice comes from a deep understanding of the client's business and industry. With lawyers who work across industry sectors, specialist legal areas and offices, we tailor our service to meet individual and specific needs.
Minter Ellison's Financial Services team provides a full range of services to the financial services industry, from fund formation, offering and asset acquisition, to regulatory and compliance advice. Our Financial Services team is one of the largest legal teams in Australia with 12 partners and over 40 lawyers.
Minter Ellison's strengths are cross-border seamless service, technical excellence and commercial, practical, results-oriented advice delivered across seven global practice divisions and six industry portfolios.
Our commitment to clients is to add value and help them achieve successful business outcomes. Teamwork and collaboration underpin this – they drive the way our people relate to one another and how we work with clients.
Our corporate social responsibility
At Minter Ellison we embrace responsibilities that extend beyond our client work. Through our Community Investment Programme, which brings together under the banner of ‘Breaking Cycles of Disadvantage’ our pro bono legal services, community directorships, donations and volunteering efforts, all our people have an opportunity to develop strong links with the communities in which we work.
Minter Ellison is a foundation participant of the Corporate Responsibility Index in Australia and is the only law firm to have attained a Gold Ranking in the Index (in 2008).
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BlueChip Communication Group
www.bluechipcommunication.com.au
BlueChip Communication is Australia's leading financial services communication firm. We are proud to provide ongoing pro bono support to Social Ventures Australia.
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Ernst & Young
www.ey.com/au
Ernst & Young is recognised as a leading provider of professional services to the Australian financial services sector. Financial services is one of the largest of Ernst & Young’s industry groups, with around 500 industry-focused professionals specialising in the key areas of banking, finance and capital markets, insurance, asset management and superannuation. Our financial services practice encompasses practitioners from all disciplines, including accounting, auditing and related advisory services, tax, transaction advisory and human capital. Our professionals work together to ensure a well-rounded understanding of business issues and challenges and the seamless provision of integrated services to our clients.
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Deloitte
www.deloitte.com.au
Deloitte, one of Australia’s leading professional services firms with 12 offices and over 4,500 people, provides audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services to public and private clients across the country. Known as an employer of choice for innovative human resources programs, we are dedicated to helping our clients and our people excel. Deloitte's professionals are dedicated to strengthening corporate responsibility, building public trust, and making a positive impact in their communities.
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Nexia Court & Co
www.nexiacourt.com.au
Nexia Court & Co (Nexia Court) has affiliated firms throughout Australia. Nexia Court is a member of Nexia International, an international association of independent accountancy firms. Nexia Court provides a comprehensive range of services and is large enough to have professionals who will bring specialist expertise to your work but small enough to provide the personal services you require.
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CompliSpace Pty Limited
www.complispace.com.au
CompliSpace Pty Limited provides Third Link with corporate governance programs and services in the areas of risk management and compliance.
CompliSpace provides corporate governance programs and services to small and medium organisations across a range of industry groups. Combining specialist advice with practical, technology-enabled solutions, CompliSpace helps clients to manage their requirements in an increasing complex regulatory environment, providing them with a platform for sustainable growth.
CompliSpace delivers industry specific web-based policies, programs and procedures that can be quickly tailored to an organisation's needs and are kept up-to-date with legal and regulatory changes by a team of lawyers and industry experts. CompliSpace's consulting services include outsourced compliance management, risk management training, workshops & facilitations, and independent system reviews.
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Gallagher Broking Services
www.ajg.com.au
Gallagher Broking Services (Gallagher) is an insurance broker, which has operated in Australia since 1985. Gallagher offer advice and placement services on the full range of property and casualty insurance products for major corporates and for SMEs. Gallagher also provide risk management advice and have specialist expertise in arranging cover for finance industry clients.
Gallagher is a subsidiary of Arthur J Gallagher & Co which has operated from Chicago since 1927. The group has more than 9,000 employees worldwide and a non-owned network of leading independent brokers in more than 100 countries.
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DUAL Australia
www.dualaustralia.com.au
DUAL Australia (DUAL) is an underwriting agency providing professional liability insurance. Since DUAL began in Sydney in 2004, they have grown to open in Melbourne, Perth and Hong Kong - always proudly considering to support non-profit organisations when they can.
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Morningstar
www.morningstar.com.au
Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offers an extensive line of Internet, software, and print-based products and services for individuals, financial advisers, and institutions. Morningstar provides data on more than 325,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than four million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. The company has operations in 20 countries and minority ownership positions in companies based in two other countries.
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Link Market Services
www.linkmarketservices.com.au
Link Market Services Limited (Link) is a leading provider of company, employee and shareholder financial services and technology to listed and unlisted companies in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Papua New Guinea. With some ten million holder records under management, Link maintains registers to over 1000 securities and provides a diverse and comprehensive range of services including:
• Registry management services such as dividend payments, transactions processing, reporting, and shareholder enquiry management
• Capital markets activities, raisings and other corporate actions such as buy-backs, share sale facilities, rights issues and takeover offers
• Employee share and option plan services
• Managed funds registry services
• Meetings services through Link Convene
• Inbound and outbound call centre services through Link Insight
• Fixed Interest registry services
• Quantitative analysis services including TSR and VWAP calculations and analysis
• Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing services
• Legal services, secretarial services and corporate communication solutions through an incorporated legal practice, Company Matters
• Market leading investor analysis through Orient Capital
• Communications services and analysis through Corporate File
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BT Financial Group
www.bt.com.au
BT Financial Group (BT) has been helping Australians create and manage wealth since 1969. BT’s core business is providing investment, superannuation and retirement income products, financial advice and insurance options.
In both Australia and New Zealand, BT provides a diverse range of investment choices, including funds managed by BT’s own team and through alliances with global investment managers.
BT is the wealth management arm of the Westpac Group. Westpac has been delivering banking and other financial services to Australians since 1817.
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Mercer
www.mercer.com
Mercer is a leading global provider of investment consulting services, and offers customised guidance at every stage of the investment decision, risk management and investment monitoring process. We have been dedicated to meeting the needs of clients for more than 35 years, and we work with the fiduciaries of pension funds, foundations, endowments and other investors in some 40 countries. We assist with every aspect of institutional investing (and retail portfolios in some geographies), from strategy, structure and implementation to ongoing portfolio management. We create value through our commitment to thought leadership; world-class, independent research; and top-notch consultants with local expertise.
Mercer recognises the importance of corporate citizenship globally and in the local communities in which it operates. Mercer demonstrates this commitment through policies and programs of charitable giving as well as through support for the volunteering efforts of its employees. Mercer is contributing to a healthy and sustainable world through policies and measures to reduce the company's impact on the environment while influencing others to strive for the same goal.
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Lonsec
www.lonsec.com.au
Lonsec has been working in partnership with financial advisers for more than 20 years and has developed a range of quality stockbroking, portfolio, research and investment consulting services tailored to provide investment solutions to the intermediary market.
Lonsec's experienced research team provides timely insights and in-depth reports into a range of investments, spanning traditional managed funds, property and infrastructure investments, through to multi-manager funds and alternative investments such as hedge funds, long/short funds and structured products. It is the depth and breadth of our service offering that sets us apart—whatever your research, stockbroking or consulting needs, Lonsec has a solution.
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Treasury Group Investment Services Limited (ABN 38 099 932 920 AFSL 227326) is the responsible entity of the Fund and does not guarantee the performance of the Fund, repayment of capital or any particular rate of capital or income return. Investors should obtain independent investment and/or tax advice from a licenced adviser as to the suitability of the Fund to their investment needs. Please click here for further information.
