Vasco Emerging Companies Fund
The Fund aims to provide a total return (both income and capital growth), after fees and costs, that exceeds the S&P/ASX Emerging Companies Accumulation Index over the medium to long term (For Wholesale Investors Only).
Fund Summary
The Fund has been established to invest in ASX listed companies with a market capitalisation under A$300 million.
Fund objective
The Fund aims to provide a total return (both income and capital growth), after fees and costs, that exceeds the S&P/ASX Emerging Companies Accumulation Index over the medium to long term.
Portfolio structure
The Fund invests in ASX emerging companies through a multimanager approach.
The Fund invests in ASX emerging Companies through a multimanager approach.
Investment guidelines:
| Asset Classes | Asset Allocation Ranges |
| Emerging Companies | 80% - 95% |
| Cash | 5% - 20% |
Investing in the Fund provides investors with:
- a SIV-compliant emerging companies fund • access to a professionally managed portfolio of emerging companies
- potential for long-term capital growth and some income
- opportunity for diversification within their Australian equities portfolio
- clearly defined investment and risk management strategies
- Access to the investment expertise of a range of specialist emerging companies' investment managers.
- a minimum investment of $25,000
Investors should be aware that due to the concentrated nature of emerging companies, there is some additional risk involved in investing in the Fund, compared to an Australian equities fund which holds securities in larger listed companies.
Diversified portfolio: Exposure to microcap companies spanning Australia and New Zealand – a portfolio of diversified investment opportunities that individual investors usually cannot access on their own.
Proven investment professionals: NovaPort is an experienced, stable investment team with over 45 years of combined experience between the co-Portfolio Managers.
Propriety research: NovaPort conduct in-depth company analysis before considering these companies to form part of the NPM Fund’s investment universe. Capital growth: Potential for capital growth over the long term through exposure to a broad range of microcap companies. Active management: NovaPort acts on market opportunities with allocations across multiple industry sectors to take advantage of growth segments.
UBS Australian Small Companies SIV Fund (“UBS Fund”) is an actively managed fund investing in a portfolio of 30–90 Australian small company equity securities across a range of industry sectors, designed with the objective of meeting the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection's Significant Investor Visa ('SIV') requirements as a 'managed investment fund' investing in 'emerging companies investments'.
The UBS Fund’s overarching strategy is to identify those small company shares that are believed to be undervalued by the market. Normally the UBS Fund will hold between 30-90 stocks in companies with a market capitalisation of generally less than $500m (at the time of initial purchase), which are selected for inclusion in the portfolio after a rigorous investment process.
This publication details the features, benefits, risks and general information about the Vasco Emerging Companies Fund (Fund).
The trustee for the Fund is Vasco Custodians Pty Ltd ACN 644 232 539.
The Fund, at the date of this publication, is not required to be, and is not, registered as a managed investment scheme pursuant to section 601ED of the Corporations Act. This publication is not a product disclosure statement for the purposes of Part 7.9 of the Corporations Act.
The contents of this publication are not intended as financial product advice and have been prepared without taking into account your investment objectives, financial circumstances or particular needs. You should read the Information Memorandum (IM) for the Fund in full to consider whether an investment is appropriate for you. The IM for the Fund is available at www.vascofm.com.
Vasco Trustees only provides its services in respect of the Fund to wholesale investors, as defined in s761G of the Corporations Act.
Neither Vasco Trustees or any other party guarantees any income or capital return of the Fund. We strongly recommend that you seek your own professional financial and legal advice prior to any investment decisions.
Vasco is an investment management group that provides responsible entity, trustee, fund administration, and advisory services to Australian and international investment managers.
Craig is the founder of Vasco and has over 30 years experience in the investment management industry.
Founder of investment managers, Macarthur Cook Limited (ASX listed) and Australian Unity Funds Management Limited which both grew funds under management to in excess of $1.5 billion within their first five years.
He developed the Australian Unity Healthcare Property Trust, Macarthur Cook Industrial REIT (SGX listed) and RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund (AMEX listed).
Craig is a former Board Member of Asian Public Real Estate Association (APREA) and is currently chairman of Futurity Investment Group and a member of the Investment Committee, a non-executive director of Federated Investors Australia Services, and a non-executive director and Chair of the Investment Committee and People & Culture Committee of health insurer, Latrobe Health Services Limited.
Craig has a Bachelor of Laws, a Bachelor of Commerce, a Master of Business Administration, and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investments and is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute.
Alan has over 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry. Before joining Vasco, he served as a chief financial officer at ESSS Super, IOOF Funds Management, MLC Building Society and OAMPS Insurance Brokers.
Alan has also consulted into a variety of organisations of some size, including industry superannuation funds, large manufacturing clients and a multitude of other businesses.
Alan is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD) and is also a fellow of CPA Australia.
Relevant Documents
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