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Antares Investment Summit30 October 2012
Does equity investing still make sense?
Andrew Peterson Head of Retail Business Development Antares Equities
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Today’s agenda
Agenda item Speaker
Overview of Antares Andrew Peterson
Searching for alpha Richard Dixon
Choosing the right dividend stocks Brett McNeill
Wrap up Andrew Peterson
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Business overview About Antares
Ownership structure
About Antares
• Aviva Investors NAB, Oct ’11 Antares Capital Partners, Mar ‘12
• Operates as part of MLC Investment Management
• Comes together with the Antares Fixed Income business
• Dedicated asset manager, $22bn in equities and fixed income*
• Retail and institutional market, with Australian equities focus
• Team remains strong and intact
• No changes to investment philosophy, portfolio construction
approach, product structure or fees* As at 30 September 2012
Antares investment team
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Equities investment team September 2012
Name Title Years with company
Years of experience Portfolio Responsibility
Glenn Hart Co Head of Equities 15 25 Australian Equities & Dividend Builder
Nick Pashias Co Head of Equities 14 14 Elite Opportunities
Richard Dixon Senior Investment Manager 12 17 High Growth Shares & Long/Short Equity
Stephen Croft Senior Investment Manager 16 27 Small Companies
Andrew Hamilton Investment Manager 12 15 Elite Opportunities & Sustainable Investment
Paul Dewar Investment Manager 18 19 Small Companies
John Guadagnuolo Investment Manager 5 12 Elite Opportunities & External Mandates
Stuart Wilson Investment Manager 7 12 Small Companies
Brett McNeill Investment Manager 6 10 Listed Property & Dividend Builder
Richard Colquhoun Investment Manager 4 19 External Mandates, High Growth Shares, Long/Short Equity, Listed Property
Vikrant Gupta Investment Analyst - 3
Jennifer Lam Investment Analyst - 8
Bruce Rose Head of Equity Dealing 12 21 Index & SMA Funds
Average years of experience 9 years 15 years
Richard Dixon Senior Investment Manager High Growth Shares Fund
Searching for alpha
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Searching for alpha
• How active extension strategies can provide greater opportunities for alpha – especially in Australia
• Strategies the Antares High Growth Shares Fund uses to search for alpha
• Looking forward – market overview and how the fund is positioned
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Long-only managers face a number of challenges
• Hard to profit from negative views on a wide range of stocks• High concentration in ASX 200 - makes problem worse• Portfolio risk - hard to hedge unwanted sector or style tilts
A move into active extension can deliver a lot of upside
• Relaxing short constraints increases a manager’s opportunity set• Greater flexibility in portfolio construction - greater diversification• More unique portfolios add diversification benefits in a multi-manager setting
Active extension strategies
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• 1.5x alpha opportunity given 50% more exposure to stock views and a richer opportunity set on the short-side
• The same level of net market exposure
• A more diversified portfolio - increases tracking error while maintaining or reducing volatility
Active extension strategy = greater alpha opportunity
Fund invests $100 long
Fund borrows $25
of stock, short sells it and receives
$25 cash
Fund uses $25 short
sale proceeds to
invest a further $25
long
Fully invested portfolio has $125
long / $25 short
1.5x alpha opportunity given 50% more exposure to stock views
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Source: Antares, GS&PA Investment Research
Relative to a long-only fund, active extension can achieve:
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Greater opportunities on the short side
Only 12 stocks for long-only managers to take a meaningful underweight view
i.e. >2%
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Source: GS & PA Investment Research
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Size of index weight – ASX 200
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• ASX 200 is 2-3x more concentrated than global equity benchmarks
• Long-only constraint is a far greater handicap for Australian managers
An even stronger case in Australia
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Active extension strategies can deliver higher returns with lower risk
Antares High Growth Shares v Australian share fundsReturn and standard deviation over 5 years as at 30/9/12
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Standard deviation (%pa)
Strategies the Antares High Growth Shares Fund uses to search for alpha
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Antares High Growth Shares Fund Process schematic
S&P/ASX 200 Analysis Stocks categorised Long Portfolio Overweight As + Bs
Large cap team cover approx 120 stocks
Small Cap team cover the balance
Valuation and Target Price
High expected return A and B
Low expected return C, D, E
Underweight OverweightA B C D E
Stock factors• Earnings growth• Return on capital• Cashflow generation• ESG• Industry structure• Management quality• Balance sheet analysis• Competitive advantage
Information gathering
• In house analysis• Company visits• Broker research• Third party research• Looking for anomalies
• Stocks valued, rated and recorded
Outcome• Understand the company and • Prepare a rigorous valuation and target
price
• Team of 13• 9 large cap• 3 small cap• 1 dealer• 200 years of
experience
UNIVERSE RESEARCH PORTFOLIO CONSTRUCTION
• Opportunistic trading• Adding/ reducing existing position • Pairs trading
• Liquidity and Diversification • Shorts are generally ASX 100• Short positions: absolute limit of 2.5%
Shorting Risk Management
Active Trading
• Strategic shorts: Mostly D’s + E’s • Tactical shorts: may be A’s to E’s
Short Portfolio
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Antares High Growth Shares Fund At a glance
> Long / Short Australian shares fund
• Bottom-up stock pickers, valuation focus, contrarian bias, style agnostic• Actively managed approach opens up investment opportunity set• Aims to significantly outperform benchmark over long-term using 3 key strategies
> Investment strategies• Short selling• Enhanced long positions• Active trading
> Broader opportunity set • Long / short positions limited to 125% / 25%• Net exposure to Australian share market 90 -100%
> Risk Management
• Diversified portfolio: typically 50 - 70 stocks (including shorts)• Stock limits: +/- 7% if index weight < 5%
+/- 10% if index weight > than 5%• No absolute short position to exceed 2.5%
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> Types of short positions
• The 3 F’s – fraud, flawed and funding shorts• Strategic and tactical• Stock specific and pairs trading• Identifiable catalysts for underperformance
> Risk management
• Liquidity / free float / register structure• M&A / takeover risk• Level of short interest / recall risk• Actively managing position size - stock limits / limit loss• Asymmetric risk - requires a disciplined approach
> Other considerations
• Borrow cost, lender domicile, dividends• Liquidity and diversification are key factors in determining short positions
Antares High Growth Shares Fund Short selling process
Investment strategies - stock stories
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Short selling - Arrium
Recovery in stock price in Q1 2012
April 2012• Very high levels of gearing - hedge
to other iron ore long positions• Short position taken
June and June 2012• Outlook for steel and iron ore
deteriorated. Hadn’t addressed gearing
• We reopened short position
1 Oct 2012• Arrium rejected consortium offer• Interest in company from buyers• We covered remaining short
position and went long
Short
Cover LongShort
Cover
Short
Source: IRESS, Antares Equities as at 30/09/12
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Enhanced long position - News Corp
Why we own the stock:• Global leader in cable network
programming and entertainment content production
• Core businesses have good earnings growth momentum
• Generates excess capital, with which it’s buying back shares
• Corporate Governance and phone hacking scandal drag on company but upcoming demerger and lessening Murdoch influence may rerate stock further
Source: IRESS, Antares Equities as at 30/09/12
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Active trading - Fortescue
Sell
Buy
Source: IRESS, Antares Equities as at 30/09/12
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Performance 30 September 2012
High Growth Shares Fund Gross return1
(%)Benchmark return2 (%)
Excess return3 (%)
Net return4
(%)
3 months 10.8 8.8 2.0 10.5
1 year 14.5 14.8 -0.3 13.3
3 years p.a. 3.3 1.8 1.5 2.2
5 years p.a. 0.8 -3.5 4.3 -0.5
7 years p.a. 7.0 3.7 3.3 5.8
10 years p.a. 12.2 8.6 3.6 10.8
Since inception p.a. (7/12/1999) 12.5 7.1 5.4 10.81. Calculated using net returns of Professional Selection Units and adding back the MER2. Benchmark is S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index3. Gross excess return4. Calculated based on exit to exit prices of Professional Selection units, are net of management fees and assume reinvestment of all distributionsPast performance is not a guide to future performance. Source: Antares Equities
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Antares High Growth Shares Fund vs Index Value of $100,000 invested since inception (net of fees)
$50,000
$100,000
$150,000
$200,000
$250,000
$300,000
$350,000
$400,000
Dec-99 Dec-00 Dec-01 Dec-02 Dec-03 Dec-04 Dec-05 Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-08 Dec-09 Dec-10 Dec-11
Antares High Growth Shares Fund
S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index
Fund $364,078 (net of fees) vs Index $237,178
Source: IRESS, Antares Equities as at 30/09/12
Looking forward Market overview and how we’re positioned
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• QE3 announced by Federal Reserve on 13 Sept – market impact is lessening
• Impressive recent US economic data – well predicted by lead indicators
• European issues shielded by ECB’s ‘whatever it takes’ approach
• China slowdown appears ‘orderly’ – 2008 style stimulus unlikely
• Australia• Commodity prices to remain volatile - resource stock selection is paramount• Significant capital projects have been cancelled – high AUD a key issue
A combination of central bank intervention, relaxation of risk and tentative signs of economic recovery lead us to position portfolio more aggressively
Market outlook
Still plenty of global uncertainty – strong case to continue to own some defensive yield stocks
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US QE and US equities
• QE has a correlation with equity performance if not the economy
• Equities now leading, not lagging, the Fed (less impact post announcement?)
Positive policy effect on equities is lessening
Source: UBS as at 30/09/12
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• QE3 announced by Federal Reserve on 13 Sept – market impact is lessening
• Impressive recent US economic data – well predicted by lead indicators
• European issues shielded by ECB’s ‘whatever it takes’ approach
• China slowdown appears ‘orderly’ – 2008 style stimulus unlikely
• Australia• Commodity prices to remain volatile - resource stock selection is paramount• Significant capital projects have been cancelled – high AUD a key issue
A combination of central bank intervention, relaxation of risk and tentative signs of economic recovery lead us to position portfolio more aggressively
Market outlook
Still plenty of global uncertainty – strong case to continue to own some defensive yield stocks
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Economic surprise index: a lead market indicator
Source: Bloomberg, 10/12/2010
1977.27
125.37
2010 2011 2012
CESIUSD Index
SPX Index
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• QE3 announced by Federal Reserve on 13 Sept – market impact is lessening
• Impressive recent US economic data – well predicted by lead indicators
• European issues shielded by ECB’s ‘whatever it takes’ approach
• China slowdown appears ‘orderly’ – 2008 style stimulus unlikely
• Australia• Commodity prices to remain volatile - resource stock selection is paramount• Significant capital projects have been cancelled – high AUD a key issue
A combination of central bank intervention, relaxation of risk and tentative signs of economic recovery lead us to position portfolio more aggressively
Market outlook
Still plenty of global uncertainty – strong case to continue to own some defensive yield stocks
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Typical AUD correlations have broken down
Source: Bloomberg
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3.25
1990-1994 1995-1999 2000-2004 2005-2009 2010-2014
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• QE3 announced by Federal Reserve on 13 Sept – market impact is lessening
• Impressive recent US economic data – well predicted by lead indicators
• European issues shielded by ECB’s ‘whatever it takes’ approach
• China slowdown appears ‘orderly’ – 2008 style stimulus unlikely
• Australia• Commodity prices to remain volatile - resource stock selection is paramount• Significant capital projects have been cancelled – high AUD a key issue
A combination of central bank intervention, relaxation of risk and tentative signs of economic recovery lead us to position portfolio more aggressively
Market outlook
Still plenty of global uncertainty – strong case to continue to own some defensive yield stocks
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Antares High Growth Shares Fund Recent portfolio activity - September quarter
New
Increased
Short covering
Exited
Reduced
Actively traded
BlueScope Steel, Caltex, QR National
Stockland, Boral, Mirvac
ASX, Atlas Iron, Alumina, Western Areas
Origin Energy, Wesfarmers, NAB, ANZ
Fortescue, Arrium, Woodside
BHP Billiton, AMP, IAG
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Antares High Growth Shares Fund Portfolio as at 30 September 2012
Overweight
Largest active positions
Exposures
Equity long 110.0% SPI Short -5.0%
Equity short -6.1% Net 98.9%
• Telstra• BHP Billiton • News Corp• IAG• AMP
• Woolworths• Westpac • QBE • Transurban• Westfield Retail
Underweight• Oil Search• CSL• Computershare• Incitec Pivot • Suncorp
• Orica • Macquarie Group• Brambles• Santos• Cochlear
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Summary
• Active extension strategies are well suited to produce alpha in concentrated markets like Australia
• Antares High Growth Shares Fund uses 3 key strategies which have delivered significant alpha, with less risk than peers and the market
• Portfolio positioned for ongoing market uncertainty, with a strong focus on companies that can deliver in these conditions
Brett McNeill Investment Manager Dividend Builder Fund
Choosing the right dividend stocks
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Agenda
1. What has happened to equities this year?
2. Are yield stocks still attractive?
3. What are the key factors to consider when investing in yield stocks?
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Why all the doom and gloom?
9 months to Sept 30 12 Months to Sept 30
ASX 200 Industrials Accumulation Index 19.0% 23.9%
Source: IRESS. Returns are to September 2012
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ASX 200 Industrials PE ratio – at March 2012
Source: Bloomberg
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ASX 200 Industrials PE ratio – at September 2012
Source: Bloomberg
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Dividend yield vs bond yield – at March 2012
Source: Bloomberg
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Dividend yield vs bond yield – at September 2012
Source: Bloomberg
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ASX 200 dividend yields vs term deposit rates
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Where are we in the cycle?
Source: Bloomberg
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Yields and expected returns for global equities
MSCI World DY & 10 year forward return
Source: Citi Research, Datastream
MSCI World Dividend Yield %
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Yields and expected returns for Australian equities
Dividend Yield & return implied by historical relationship
Citi Research, Factset, Data Since 1970
Current Dividend Yield %
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Australian banks: Dividend yields vs bond yields
Source: Bloomberg
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Australian REITs: Dividend yield vs bond yields
Source: Bloomberg
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Infrastructure: Far from boring
Source: Bloomberg
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Charter Hall Retail REIT – sustainable yield
• Core portfolio: 77 ‘neighbourhood’ shopping centres in Australia worth $1.56b, net yield = 8.2%
• Approx. half the net rental income comes from Coles and Woolworths supermarkets
• Forecast distribution yield = 7.8%
• Successfully moving back towards a simple, old fashioned property trust
Source: Charter Hall Retail REIT - Annual Report 2012, Data as at Sept 2012
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Charter Hall Retail REIT vs other Australian retail landlords
Source: Company reports
Australian retail landlords: specialty sales vs occupancy costs
Westfield retail trust
CFS retail property trust
GPT groupStockland
Centro retailCharter Hall retail REIT
$6,000
$6,500
$7,000
$7,500
$8,000
$8,500
$9,000
$9,500
$10,000
$10,500
0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10.0% 12.0% 14.0% 16.0% 18.0% 20.0%
Specialty Occupancy Cost
Spec
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Sqm
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Seven West Media – yield trap
Source: Bloomberg
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Key factors in choosing the right dividend stocks
• Cashflow generation• Dividend growth protects purchasing power• Balance sheet - a window into the true health of a company• Management quality• ESG = Early Signal Generators• Dividend payout ratio is critical• Be careful of false yields• Tax considerations
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Dividend Builder Fund Net Return1 (%)
ASX 200 Industrials Return (%)
ASX 200 Return (%)
Excess Return2 (%)
1 year 25.9 23.9 14.8 2.0
3 years p.a. 6.1 4.2 1.8 1.9
5 years p.a. 0.0 - 2.5 - 3.5 2.5
Since Inception p.a.(06/09/2005)
5.0 4.0 4.3 1.0
1. Calculated based on exit to exit prices of Professional Selection units, are net of management fees and assume reinvestment of all distributions2. Net excess return over ASX 200 Industrials Accumulation IndexPast performance is not a guide to future performance
Performance History Dividend Builder Fund as at 30 September 2012
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Income management Historical running yield
Antares Dividend Builder: Dividend yields equal the sum of Mthly Total Dist / Start of Mth Unit PriceS&P/ASX 200 Indicies: Dividend yields equal the sum of Mthly Dividend / Start of Mth Mkt Value
Historical Dividend YieldsAntares Dividend Builder v. Index
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
8%
9%
10%
2009 2010 2011 2012
Antares Dividend BuilderS&P/ASX 200 Industrials Accumulation IndexS&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index
Historical Dividend YieldsAntares Dividend Builder v. Index
2009 2010 2011 2012
10%
9%
8%
7%
6%
5%
4%
3%
2%
1%
0%
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Summary
• We expect the search for growing yield will continue globally and domestically.
• Historical relativities show equity yields remain attractive compared to cash and bonds.
• A successful dividend investing strategy requires more than just a focus on high headline yields.
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Andrew Peterson Head of Retail Business Development Antares Equities
Business overview
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Business overview
> Australian Equities
> Concentrated
> High Yield
> Small Companies
> Long / Short
> REITs
Australian Equities Fund
Elite Opportunities
Dividend Builder
Small Companies Fund
High Growth Shares Fund
Australian Listed Property Fund
Antares is a leading specialist in active management of Australian Equities
> Separately Managed Accounts (SMA) Direct SMA
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LONSEC MORNINGSTAR VAN EYK ZENITH SQM RESEARCH
Australian Equities Fund Recommended Silver A Not rated N/A
Dividend Builder Highly Recommended Not rated A Not rated N/A
Elite Opportunities Fund Highly Recommended Silver A Recommended N/A
Small Companies Fund Highly Recommended Bronze BB Not rated N/A
High Growth Shares Fund Recommended Bronze BB Recommended N/A
Listed Property Fund Highly Recommended Silver Not rated Not rated 4.25 Stars
Premier Fixed Income Fund Investment Grade Not rated Not rated Not rated N/A
SMA Core Opportunities Highly Recommended BB
SMA Dividend Builder Highly Recommended
SMA Administration System Approved
Research House Product Ratings 30 September 2012
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Business overview Net returns as at 30 September 2012
Fund 1 year (%)
2 years (% pa)
3 years (% pa)
4 years (% pa)
5 years (% pa)
Australian Equities (Core) 16.0 3.0 2.5 4.6 -1.7
Dividend Builder 25.9 8.9 6.1 7.2 0.0
Elite Opportunities 10.6 2.0 1.6 5.1 -0.5
High Growth Shares 13.3 3.0 2.2 5.9 -0.5
Listed Property 28.8 10.7 6.3 -0.1 -8.7
Small Companies 4.0 4.7 5.3 6.9 0.9
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What is a Separately Managed Account (SMA)?
• A Separately Managed Account (SMA) is a professionally constructed and managed portfolio of shares and cash
• Investments not pooled and unitised, individual cost base established at time of application
• Absolute entitlement and beneficial ownership of underlying stocks in portfolio
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Advantages of using a SMA
• Adviser deals directly with Antares
• Unique as doesn’t run on a platform
• Wholesale brokerage rates
• No platform administration requirements
• Direct reporting to client via online account
• Access to institutional placements
• Avoids platform model and relatively low cost SMA offer
• Management fees: 0.46 – 0.51, no admin fees
Effectively eliminates the costs of the ‘middle-man’
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Advantages of using a SMA
Feature Ordinary SMA
Antares Direct SMA
Beneficial Ownership of shares
Transparency
Portability
Trades
Tax effectiveness
Income treatment
Professional investment management
Reduced risks for advisers
Wholesale costs
Research house rated ?
Internally managed and executed
Financial planning software data feeds ?
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Antares DSMA investment options
Key features Core Opportunities Dividend Builder
Minimum initial investment $20,000 $20,000
Minimum additional investment $2,000 $2,000
Minimum withdrawal $5,000 $5,000
Regular savings plan $500 per month/quarter $500 per month/quarter
In specie transfers Yes Yes
Income treatment Dividend income distributed or re-invested
Dividend income distributed or re-invested
Brokerage Wholesale rates Wholesale rates
Management fee p.a. 0.5125% (incl. net effect of GST) 0.4613% (incl. net effect of GST)
Performance fee Nil Nil
Administration fee Nil Nil
Adviser service fee An Adviser Service Fee may be payable as negotiated between the financial adviser and the investor. This may be a dollar amount or percentage based fee paid monthly.
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NEW Features of Antares DSMA
Transition/Parking Account Key features:• Facility for transferring ASX listed securities • Client remains beneficial owner of securities• Full consolidated reporting, administered by Antares • Securities can be transferred :
• into selected DSMA model portfolios or• to an external account at any time
• Transition account is not a trading account • Corporate actions • Wholesale administration fees • Launch 1st quarter 2013
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Antares DSMA – Transition/Parking Account
Key features Transition Account
Minimum initial investment $10,000 per security (in addition to maintaining DSMA account)
Minimum withdrawal No minimum , however, stock may only be transferred to model portfolios or to either issuer or broker sponsored accounts
In specie transfers Yes
Eligible Investments Any ASX 200 listed security
In specie transfers Yes
Switch into Model Portfolios Yes, securities can be switched into model portfolios at anytime without charge
Charges Wholesale rates - $22 (incl GST) per security transferred in or out
Minimum cash 2% of total value of the transition account at the time of investment
Management fee p.a. Nil
Administration fee Wholesale rates – 0.3075% (incl. net effect of GST)
Adviser service feeAn Adviser Service Fee may be payable as negotiated between the financial adviser and the investor. This may be a dollar amount or percentage based fee paid monthly.
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Summary
There is a place for equity investments in client portfolios
• Can deliver a growing tax-effective income stream
• Compares favourably to term deposits
• Can deliver access to future growth opportunities
• Long/short portfolios give potential diversification compared to long only
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