Investment
Process
The investment process is critical to help ensure the Fund achieves its intended objectives. The process sets the framework and structure for how the Investment Team interacts with regard to research, monitoring, identifying new assets and how assets are bought and sold.
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The investment process ensures adherence to the portfolio contracts and guidelines, to ensure the risks in the portfolio are managed appropriately.
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This process helps create a discipline to ensure decisions are made on a consistent basis. A consistently applied methodology helps each fund to meet its performance objectives.
There are four key features of our investment process.
While each feature is relevant for all four Mutual Limited Funds, the way they are applied may differ, depending on the specific strategy being implemented at the portfolio level.
1
Economic Research
Macro-economic research sets the scene for the investment process. Economic developments in Australia and overseas (particularly inflation and interest rates) will typically influence the performance and risks of fixed income securities.
2
Formal Committees
The Investment Committee is responsible for setting the broad parameters for the investment team and draws on economic research. The Committee sets a score for key variables including market direction pricing and sentiment.
3
Credit Research
Corporate issuers are assessed by credit analysts who consider a broad set of factors to determine creditworthiness, including underlying business model, asset quality, capital adequacy, liquidity & funding profile, profitability and ESG.
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Portfolio Construction
Macro-economic research sets the scene for the investment process. Economic developments in Australia and overseas (particularly inflation and interest rates) will typically influence the performance and risks of fixed income securities.