FSF1416AU CFS FirstChoice Multi-Index Balanced Fund — Class A

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ticker: FSF1416AU
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structure: Managed Fund
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CFS FirstChoice Multi-Index Balanced Fund — Class A aims to provide capital growth and income over the long term. To outperform the option’s composite benchmark over rolling three-year periods before fees and taxes. The option allocates 70% of investments to growth assets such as shares and property and infrastructure securities to provide potential for capital growth. The shares component is managed by Realindex Investments using a systematic methodology. The property and infrastructure components are managed using market capitalization indices.

  • 30% of the portfolio is allocated to defensive assets such as fixed interest and cash to provide the portfolio with relatively stable returns.
  • The fixed interest component includes government bonds managed on a traditional index basis and a broadly diversified portfolio of credit securities.
  • The portfolio aims to hedge currency risk except for the allocation to emerging market shares and part of the allocation to global shares.