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Australian Equities Fund (Wholesale)

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The objective of the Fund is to generate long term returns above the Benchmark by investing in a range of Australian and New Zealand listed securities. It is a long only portfolio of 20-45 stocks. The Fund may own up to 10% of the portfolio in New Zealand listed securities (not listed in Australia).

Investment Strategy

The Manager will use CI’s VoF research framework to assess individual companies and industries and to construct a portfolio that aims to achieve the risk and return objectives.

The Manager will use CI’s VoF research framework to assess individual companies and industries and to construct a portfolio that aims to achieve the risk and return objectives. This means that we seek to invest in quality companies with a strong value proposition. The Fund will generally be fully invested and the level of exposure to specific companies, industries and markets will be selected by CI’s small, focused, experienced team using our VoF investment process.

Fund Managers
Andrew Swan
Andrew Swan
Director
LLB, BEc, MBA
Amos Hill
Amos Hill
Portfolio Manager – Australian Equities
BA (Hons), CFA
Frank Podrug
Frank Podrug
Deputy Portfolio Manager – Australian Equities
B.Comm, BA (Psych), CFA
Andrew Swan

Andrew Swan

Director
LLB, BEc, MBA
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Andrew joined CI as a portfolio manager in August 2001. He has over 30 years of funds management experience.

Having spent a short period at Fidelity Investments in London, Andrew joined Merrill Lynch in 1994 where he managed Australian equity portfolios, including the number 1 performing portfolio from 1995 to 1999 (Intech Survey) with Peter Cooper. Andrew was a member of the team that received Australian Equity Fund Manager of the year in 1998. Andrew left Merrill Lynch to become Head of Australian Equities at AXA Australia in July 1999 where he was responsible for managing portfolios and overseeing a team managing $3.8 billion of Australian equities. Andrew was also a member of the Asset Allocation Committee at AXA.

Amos Hill

Amos Hill

Portfolio Manager – Australian Equities
BA (Hons), CFA
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Amos Hill joined CI in 2014. He has had over 20 years experience in Australian financial markets, principally in equities funds management.

Prior to CI, Amos worked as an investment analyst and portfolio manager in the Australian equities business of BlackRock Investment Management and also at boutique fund manager, Alpha Investment Management. In these roles Amos was responsible for undertaking company analysis on Australian listed companies and making investment recommendations.

During his career Amos has had exposure to most sectors of the Australian equities market. At BlackRock he also had responsibility for managing a number of the Australian equities portfolios and he was a member of the Asset Allocation Committee for the multi-asset class portfolios. Amos began his career in 1996 at HSBC Securities Australia where he worked as a research analyst in strategy and economics.

Frank Podrug

Frank Podrug

Deputy Portfolio Manager – Australian Equities
B.Comm, BA (Psych), CFA
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Frank joined CI in July 2018. He has more than a decade of equities and corporate strategy experience in financial markets, primarily covering retail and investment banking, wealth management and diversified financials.

He spent eight years with Merrill Lynch, including as Head of Australian Banks Research and Head of Diversified Financials Research. He previously spent three years at AMP, including as Strategy Manager – Mergers & Acquisitions.

Unit Prices
Buy 1.4634 / Sell 1.4576 (as at 21-Mar-25)
Unit price history (CSV)
Date of Inception

04/07/2002

The Investment

Units in a unit trust – the CI Australian Equities Fund (the “Fund”)

Minimum Initial Investment

$500,000

Manager

Cooper Investors Pty Limited (“CI” or the “Manager”)

Responsible Entity

Equity Trustees Limited

Custodian

Citigroup Pty Limited

Benchmark

S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index

APIR Code

CIP0005AU

Distributions

Income distributions will normally be paid half-yearly as at 31 December and 30 June (although the Manager has the discretion to distribute more frequently) and will automatically be invested in further units unless a unit holder elects otherwise.

Performance History

Performance & Reporting

Table Chart FY Return

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance
Inception Date: 4 July 2002
*Annualised

Source: Internal CI data reports, February 28, 2025

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance

Source: Internal CI data reports, February 28, 2025

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance
Inception Date: 4 July 2002
**Net of fees and expenses
#S&P ASX 200 Accumulation Index

Source: Internal CI data reports, February 28, 2025

Additional Information & Fees
Applications & Redemptions

Applications & Redemptions are processed on a daily basis.

Management Fee

0.75%pa. inclusive of GST of the net asset value (NAV) of the fund.

Performance Fee

10% (plus GST) of the amount by which the fund’s performance exceeds the benchmark. A high water mark applies.

Cooper Investors Australian Equities Fund (Wholesale)
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CI Australian Equities Fund
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The Steps

How to invest.

The minimum initial investment in the Fund (and the minimum holding) is $500,000 and the minimum subsequent investment is $50,000.

01

Read the:

Product Disclosure Statement (PDS)

Reference Guide

NZ Product Disclosure Statement (PDS)

Target Market Determination (TMD)

02
Complete the Application Form.
Application Form

Wholesale funds.

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