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Australia’s Corporations Law defines a ‘retail investments’ as a financial product aimed at an investor in need of regulatory protection, whereas a ‘wholesale investment’ is intended for those seeking to access wholesale markets which tend to offer more complex financial products.
Retail investors are sometimes referred to as non-professional investors.
A ‘retail investment’ is covered by consumer protection provisions. A ‘wholesale investment’ is for professional investors or institutions who are considered to be better informed and better able to assess the risks involved, and do not need the same level of consumer protection as retail clients.
Retail investments include managed funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs), securities and bonds. Retail investments typically have lower minimum investment requirements and higher fees than wholesale investments.
Wholesale investments may also include managed funds, but can also provide access to more complex investments such as venture capital, unlisted trusts and private equity. Wholesale investments typically have higher minimum investment requirements, and lower fees than retail investments.
Retail and wholesale investment products are not mutually exclusive, and an investor can potentially hold both types in their portfolio. It should be noted that wholesale opportunities are only available to individuals who meet ASIC’s requirements to be classified as either a sophisticated investor or professional investor.
Sophisticated investors are typically high net worth investors with a verified gross income of $250,000 or more in each of the two previous financial years, or having net assets of at least $2.5 million.
A professional investor either holds a financial services licence, or owns or controls assets of at least $10 million.
The DDH Australian Shares Fund invests in Australian listed shares, giving investors access to wholesale portfolios managed by QIC.
YANK aims to provide geared exposure to changes in the value of the U.S. dollar against the Australian dollar.
The fund aims to achieve outperformance of index over the medium to long term (before fees). The Fund provides exposure to a diversified portfolio of Australian equities through securities listed, or expected to be listed, on the ASX.
The Russell Investments Australian Government Bond ETF (the 'Fund') seeks to track the performance of the DBIQ 5-10 year Australian Government Bond Index ('the Index'), which comprises predominantly Australian government fixed income securities. The Fund aims to provide exposure to the largest and most liquid Australian Government bonds as identified by certain eligibility criteria including minimum issuance size and term to maturity. The Fund also aims to deliver diversified risk through equally weighting the securities on reconstitution to ensure that the exposure is not biased towards the largest creditors or borrowers.
The Firetrail Australian Small Companies Fund is a concentrated portfolio of our most compelling Australian Small Company ideas.
QSML gives investors a diversified portfolio of 150 international developed market small-cap quality growth securities. QSML aims to provide investment returns before fees and other costs which track the performance of the Index.
The fund aims to achieve capital growth over the long term, while minimising the risk of permanent capital loss, by providing exposure to listed international shares, supplemented by a passive currency overlay to reduce the risk of foreign currency price movements
The Fund uses an all-weather investment style that seeks to deliver consistent alpha over the cycle.
Vanguard Global Value Equity Active ETF seeks to provide long term capital appreciation through an active management approach that invests in global equity securities demonstrating value characteristics.
The fund aims to provide investors with the performance of an index before fees and expenses that is designed to measure the AUD hedged performance of fixed rate, high yield corporate bonds across global developed markets.
Plato Income Maximiser Limited (the ‘Company’, ASX:PL8) offers Australian investors the opportunity to invest in an actively managed, diversified portfolio of Australian shares with an income focus.
The Fund serves as an alternative asset in strategic allocation or standalone investment. Featuring gold bullion (physical) at Perth mint it adopts a systematic rules-based approach with ASX100 equities & fixed income for asymmetric non-correlated returns
Aims to achieve capital growth over the medium to long-term and to provide income through the receipt of franked dividends.
BBOZ seeks to generate magnified returns that are negatively correlated to the returns of the Australian sharemarket. The Fund expects to generate a magnified positive return when the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index falls on a given day (and a magnified negative return when the index rises on a given day).
The Fund will aim to provide income returns of at least the target return of BBSW plus 4%.
