Bond Investments

Designed to seek income and also capital appreciation by investing across debt markets.

We have a pure fixed income focus and construct bespoke portfolios/accounts that cater for each client’s individual fixed income investing objectives including liquidity, credit, duration, and diversification (Wholesale Investors Only).

The Fund is designed to be a core portfolio allocation for fixed income. It aims to track the performance of the Bloomberg Global-Aggregate Total Return Index Hedged AUD (before fees and expenses). The index is a flagship measure of fixed-rate global investment grade debt from global bond markets, hedged into Australian dollars. The Fund currently obtains its exposure via an underlying ETF (refer to the PDS for more information).

GBND aims to track the performance of an index (before fees and expenses) that comprises a portfolio of global green bonds (using the definition applied by the Climate Bonds Initiative), issued specifically to finance environmentally friendly projects, denominated in Euro or US dollars, that have been screened to avoid bond issuers with material exposure to activities deemed inconsistent with responsible investment considerations.

Vanguard Australian Government Bond Index ETF seeks to track the return of the Bloomberg AusBond Govt 0+ Yr Index before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.

BNDS invests in an actively managed, diversified portfolio of Australian bonds and aims to outperform the Bloomberg AusBond Composite Index over rolling three-year periods.

The Fund aims to outperform the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index over the medium term (before fees) by investing in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities, which are generally expected to be higher yielding than traditional fixed income investments. It aims to provide higher distributions than cash and traditional fixed income investments.

XGOV invests in a portfolio of Australian dollar denominated Australian Government Bonds with maturity dates between 10 and 20 years with the aim of providing investment returns (before fees and costs) that closely track the returns of the Index.

The Fund aims to provide investors with the performance of the Bloomberg MSCI Global Aggregate and Green Bond ESG SRI Index (Hedged to AUD), before fees and expenses. The index is designed to measure the AUD hedged performance of global investment grade ESG (environmental, social and governance) screened bonds.

Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF seeks to track the return of the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Corporate and Government-Related Scaled Index hedged into Australian dollars before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.

The fund aims to provide investors with the performance of the Bloomberg AusBond Inflation Government 0+ Yr IndexSM, before fees and expenses. The index is designed to measure the performance of a segment of the Australian bond market comprised of inflation-linked fixed income securities.

The Fund aims to provide investors with the performance of the ICE U.S. Treasury Core Bond AUD Hedged Index, before fees and expenses. The index is designed to measure the AUD hedged performance of the U.S. Treasury bond market.

PLUS invests in a diversified portfolio of Australian dollar denominated bonds. The corporate bonds which PLUS invests in are predominantly the highest yielding investment grade corporate bonds issued in Australia. This fund aims to provide investment returns, before fees and other costs, which track the performance of the Index.

28BB provides access to attractive returns from a diversified portfolio of high-yielding, investment-grade, Australian corporate bonds maturing in the 12 months leading up to May 2028. The fund targets fixed monthly income payments.

The funds aims to achieve a total return in excess of the Benchmark (Bloomberg Global Aggregate USD Sukuk Index) over a rolling 5 to 7-year timeframe through exposure to a diversified portfolio of Sharia Compliant Sukuk investments