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Investment Ideas

MACQUARIE - GLOBALIS


BRIC FUND cont...

This fund is aimed at investors seeking to invest in emerging markets for higher returns and should be considered higher risk.
Macquarie’s joint venture – the Globalis BRIC fund – An opportunity not to be missed
Our view is that the Globalis BRIC fund offers an excellent opportunity to invest in the BRIC economies and emerging markets.

Unlike some of the other emerging markets funds available, their exposure is not just limited to these four economies and is not just a vanilla index fund, tracking the BRIC economies up and down. Globalis's mandate allows them to invest where they feel there is opportunity in emerging markets outside of the four BRIC economies. Indeed, the current asset allocation shows that 18% of the fund is currently invested outside of BRIC, giving investors further diversification.
S& P Fund Awards Finalist
Globalis was a finalist in the Standard and Poor's Fund Manager of the year - Emerging Markets Sector Award 2007.
Geographical breakdown
Globalis Geographical breakdown

Active management

In our view the management teams 49 years emerging market investment experience of differing market conditions and investment cycles should give them the edge in identifying market opportunities. Our view of the emerging markets sector is that whilst it be an opportune time to invest in the BRIC economies, by nature, these markets are relatively volatile and due to the illiquidity of these markets some managers may find themselves unable to trade in or out of positions quickly enough. We therefore feel it beneficial that Globalis actively manages the fund using index funds and derivatives as investment vehicles rather
than holding individual stocks. This allows them to proactively move in and out of the markets and even capitalise on volatility.

Access to the Globalis BRIC Fund

Access to Globalis is limited, this is a wholesale investment fund and as such direct investment is limited to investments in excess of $500k. As a result we have hooked up with Wealtrac Wrap to provide access to the Globalis fund from 1.96% pa to 2.73% pa depending on fund size.
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Hedged or Unhedged

Globalis BRIC fund is available in plain vanilla, as an unhedged fund (traded from the US and based in US dollars) or you can opt to invest in the hedged fund which has a small element investing in derivatives to hedge /insure against currency risk of the US dollar falling in value against the Aussie dollar. We would suggest, if you feel as we, do that the US dollar is likely to continue to fall in value or simply that you want one less thing to worry about, then the hedged fund is likely to be a better option for investment.
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