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Polaris Global Equity Fund

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Proven value investors

One of the longest standing value strategies in the market

Clear and disciplined approach

A strong focus on sustainable free cash flows

Genuinely differentiated portfolio

Built from an all-cap, all-country approach

Investment approach

Polaris searches the globe to uncover some of the world’s most undervalued companies, regardless of country, industry, or company size. The companies that typically enter the portfolio generate strong, sustainable free cash flows, have conservative balance sheets, and meet stringent valuation metrics. Polaris believes cashflow is the key indicator of a company’s value, and assesses companies based on conservative estimates of their ability to generate excess cash on a sustainable basis into the future. The research team regularly screens up to 45,000 companies to determine those that appear to be the most undervalued. These valuation screens provide a starting point to Polaris’ fundamental, research driven approach, which includes researching suppliers, customers, and competitors, as well as visiting company management.

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Polaris Global Equity Fund

Flagship, no performance fee

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Fund facts  
Investment objective The Fund aims to achieve a long-term total return (before fees and expenses) that exceeds the MSCI World ex Australia Index, in $A unhedged with net dividends reinvested
Benchmark MSCI World ex Australia Index, in $A unhedged with net dividends reinvested
Portfolio managers
Bernard Horn, Sumanta Biswas, Bin Xiao, Jason Crawshaw
Inception date 10 October 2014
Fund size $A278.7m (current as at 31 July 2024)
Management fee 1.28% pa of the net asset value of the Fund
Minimum investment $A5,000
Distribution frequency Generally semi-annually
APIR code MAQ0838AU
Target Market Determination The Target Market Determination (TMD), available at macquarie.com/mam/TMD, includes a description of the class of consumers for whom the Fund is likely to be consistent with their objectives, financial situation and needs.

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The Fund is designed for consumers who: 

  • are seeking capital growth and income distribution 
  • are intending to use the Fund as a core component, minor allocation or satellite allocation within a portfolio 
  • have a minimum investment timeframe of seven years
  • have a high or very high risk/return profile for that portion of their investment portfolio, and 
  • require the ability to have access to capital within one week of request.
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Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. Total returns are calculated based on changes in net asset values and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

The performance information shown above may differ to the information in the performance report due to rounding.

* Inception date is 10 October 2014

** Total net returns are quoted after the deduction of all fees and expenses. Due to individual investor circumstances, your net returns may differ from the net returns quoted above.

*** The Benchmark is the MSCI World ex Australia Index, in $A unhedged with net dividends reinvested.

Polaris Global Equity Fund (Hedged)

Hedged, no performance fee

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Fund facts  
Investment objective The Fund aims to achieve a long-term total return (before fees and expenses) that exceeds the MSCI World ex Australia Index, in $A hedged with net dividends reinvested
Benchmark MSCI World ex Australia Index, in $A hedged with net dividends reinvested
Portfolio managers
Bernard Horn, Sumanta Biswas, Bin Xiao, Jason Crawshaw
Inception date 28 December 2018
Fund size $A1.9m (current as at 31 July 2024)
Management fee 1.28% pa of the net asset value of the Fund
Minimum investment $A5,000
Distribution frequency Generally semi-annually
APIR code MAQ2806AU
Target Market Determination The Target Market Determination (TMD), available at macquarie.com/mam/TMD, includes a description of the class of consumers for whom the Fund is likely to be consistent with their objectives, financial situation and needs.

View TMD

The Fund is designed for consumers who: 

  • are seeking capital growth and income distribution 
  • are intending to use the Fund as a core component, minor allocation or satellite allocation within a portfolio 
  • have a minimum investment timeframe of seven years
  • have a high or very high risk/return profile for that portion of their investment portfolio, and 
  • require the ability to have access to capital within one week of request.

Performance

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Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. Total returns are calculated based on changes in net asset values and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

The performance information shown above may differ to the information in the performance report due to rounding.

* Inception date is 28 December 2018

** Total net returns are quoted after the deduction of all fees and expenses. Due to individual investor circumstances, your net returns may differ from the net returns quoted above.

*** The Benchmark is the MSCI World ex Australia Index, in $A hedged with net dividends reinvested.

Risks

All investments carry risk. Different investments carry different levels of risk, depending on the investment strategy and the underlying investments. Generally, the higher the potential return of an investment, the greater the risk (including the potential for loss and unit price variability over the short or long term). The risks of investing in this Fund include:

Investment risk: The Fund has exposure to share markets. The risk of an investment in the Fund is higher than an investment in a typical bank account or fixed income investment. Amounts distributed to unitholders may fluctuate, as may the Fund’s unit price, by material amounts over short periods.

Market risk: The investments that the Fund has exposure to are likely to have a broad correlation with share markets in general. Share markets can be volatile and have the potential to fall by large amounts over short periods of time. Poor performance or losses in domestic and/or global share markets are likely to negatively impact the overall performance of the Fund.

International and emerging market risk: The Fund has exposure to a range of international economies, including emerging economies. Global and country specific macroeconomic factors may impact the investments that the Fund has exposure to. Governments may intervene in markets, industries, and companies; may alter tax and legal regimes; and may act to prevent or limit the repatriation of foreign capital. Emerging markets may experience lower liquidity (including as a result of securities or bond markets being closed for extended periods), potential for political unrest leading to recession or war, greater potential for sanctions to be imposed on the country or its citizens, companies or institutions, increased likelihood of sovereign intervention (including default and currency intervention), currency volatility, and increased legal risk.

More information on the risks of investing in the Fund is contained in the Product Disclosure Statement, which should be considered before deciding to invest in the Fund.

Before you can proceed, please answer some questions to help determine if you are likely to be within the target market for any of the Funds based on your responses. The Funds available will be based on the attributes you select.

Email

Macquarie Asset Management
Client Service
mam.clientservice@macquarie.com

Mail

PO Box R1723
Royal Exchange,
NSW 1225, Australia

For enquiries call

Toll free: 1800 814 523
Local: +61 2 8245 4900
Monday – Friday 8:30am to 5:30pm (Sydney time)

Performance report (Polaris Global Equity Fund)

Performance report (Polaris Global Equity Fund (Hedged))

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Target Market Determination (Polaris Global Equity Fund)

Target Market Determination (Polaris Global Equity Fund (Hedged))

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