Diversified fixed interest

Investment objectives and strategies

  • Provide high level of capital protection and returns that over the medium term exceed those available from investing solely in cash type investments.

Risk / return profile

  • Moderate risk investment.
  • Less volatile than property and shares over the short term, but also provides a lower level of return.
  • Likelihood of a negative annual return in any one year: one in every six to seven years.

Investment style

  • Usually a loan to a government or business with a fixed interest rate and the length of the loan agreed in advance.

Asset mix

  Range                 Benchmark
Growth assets   0%
Alternatives 0-10% 0%
Defensive assets   100%
Australian and international fixed interest 90-100% 100%


Investment managers may invest a proportion of this option's assets in cash for management purposes from time to time.



For past performance information about this option click here.

 

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