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Australia’s Corporations Law defines a ‘retail investments’ as a financial product aimed at an investor in need of regulatory protection, whereas a ‘wholesale investment’ is intended for those seeking to access wholesale markets which tend to offer more complex financial products.
Retail investors are sometimes referred to as non-professional investors.
A ‘retail investment’ is covered by consumer protection provisions. A ‘wholesale investment’ is for professional investors or institutions who are considered to be better informed and better able to assess the risks involved, and do not need the same level of consumer protection as retail clients.
Retail investments include managed funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs), securities and bonds. Retail investments typically have lower minimum investment requirements and higher fees than wholesale investments.
Wholesale investments may also include managed funds, but can also provide access to more complex investments such as venture capital, unlisted trusts and private equity. Wholesale investments typically have higher minimum investment requirements, and lower fees than retail investments.
Retail and wholesale investment products are not mutually exclusive, and an investor can potentially hold both types in their portfolio. It should be noted that wholesale opportunities are only available to individuals who meet ASIC’s requirements to be classified as either a sophisticated investor or professional investor.
Sophisticated investors are typically high net worth investors with a verified gross income of $250,000 or more in each of the two previous financial years, or having net assets of at least $2.5 million.
A professional investor either holds a financial services licence, or owns or controls assets of at least $10 million.
Providing sophisticated investors monthly income distributions by investing in asset backed securities. (For Wholesale Investors Only)
HVST aims to provide franked income that exceeds the net income yield of the broad Australian sharemarket on an annual basis, along with exposure to a diversified portfolio of Australian shares.
Underwood Capital Limited (ASX: UWC) is an Australian-listed specialist investment company which concentrates on producing capital growth for shareholders over the medium term from investments in listed and unlisted equities and debt securities.
The Premium Income Fund offers retail and wholesale investors the opportunity to invest in a pool of mortgage secured commercial loans made out to small and medium size Australian businesses.
Invest in bonds that potentially pay higher income.
The Fund aims to generate high positive annualised returns of between 10% and 20% over the medium to long term regardless of equity market movements and without excess risk. (For Wholesale Investors Only)
CD Private Equity Fund I (ASX.CD1) was listed in August 2012 and is fully committed, having raised a total of US$60 million.
The fund aims to provide investors with the performance of the S&P Europe 350TM Index, before fees and expenses. The index is designed to measure the performance of large capitalisation equities and covers 16 major developed European markets.
UMAX aims to generate attractive quarterly income and reduce the volatility of portfolio returns by implementing an equity income investment strategy over a portfolio of stocks comprising the S&P 500 Index. UMAX does not aim to track an index.
Argo Infrastructure’s actively-managed portfolio is diversified across 50-70 global listed infrastructure securities across various subsectors and geographies, including both emerging and developed economies.
Through Invesco’s proprietary investment model, the Fund seeks to unlock persistent long-term excess returns by investing in smaller companies listed on the Australian share market, predominantly outside the S&P/ASX 100 Index.
The NextGen Resources Fund provides investors with exposure to a range of commodities such as lithium, the rare earth elements, graphite, nickel, gold, copper, oil, coking coal and gas. (For Wholesale Investors Only)
JNDQ aims to track the performance of the Nasdaq Next Generation 100 Index® (before fees and expenses). The Index provides exposure to the 100 largest Nasdaq-listed non-financial companies by market capitalisation outside of the Nasdaq-100 Index®.
Designed to provide current income while maintaining prospects for capital appreciation.
The Fund aims to outperform the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index over a rolling three-year basis (before fees). It aims to provide regular monthly distributions with some potential for growth. The Fund provides exposure to a diversified portfolio of subordinated bonds, which may offer higher levels of yield than cash or other investment grade bonds.
