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North Professional Alternative Balanced - Managed Fund (Closed)

Fund Objective
The Fund aims to provide investors with moderate investment returns, with the likelihood of fluctuations in value in the value of their investment from year to year. Broad diversification, including exposure to alternative defensive strategies, is used to help reduce fluctuations.
Fund Strategy
The fund seeks to invest in a diversified mix of growth and defensive assets. Growth assets such as shares and real assets will have an average allocation over time of 56%, with the balance in defensive assets such as cash and fixed interest. The fund tries to achieve its objective by using a range of complementary specialist investment managers.

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Fund performance

  1M 3M 6M 1Y p.a. 2Y p.a. 3Y p.a. 5Y p.a. 10Y p.a.
Total return -2.73% -3.65% -6.47% -3.77% 5.51% 2.71% 3.46% 6.49%
Growth return -3.67% -4.59% -7.4% -7.87% 2.26% 0.17% 0.01% 2.78%
Income return 0.94% 0.94% 0.93% 4.1% 3.25% 2.54% 3.45% 3.71%
Market index (Morningstar AUS Growth Tgt Alloc NR AUD)
Total return 1.9% 5.39% 7.14% 12.12% 12.75% 11.38% 8.95% 8.08%
As at 31 May 2022. Returns for periods greater than 1 year are annualised. All figures are percentages.

Asset Allocation

North Professional Alternative Balanced
Australian Equities
22.44%
International Equities
23.50%
Cash
5.62%
Property & Infrastructure
4.04%
Fixed Interest
15.80%
Alternatives
28.61%
Average Allocation of Peers
Australian Equities
27.25%
International Equities
35.24%
Cash
6.11%
Property & Infrastructure
6.40%
Fixed Interest
20.99%
Alternatives
4.01%

General Information

Fund Details
Type Description
North Professional Alternative Balanced (Wholesale)
Closed
IPAC Asset Management Limited
IPA0057AU
Multisector Growth
starstar (as at 31 May 2022)
Investment Fund
20 Apr 2006
$0 million (as at 31 Jul 2022)
n/a
$0.90998 (as at 17 Jun 2022)
Finalised
Offer information
Type Description
MER 1.61% (as at 30 Jun 2022)
Indirect Cost Ratio (ICR) 1.47% (as at 30 Jun 2022)
Performance fee (not included in ICR) 0.06
Minimum initial investment $20,000
Minimum additional investments $5,000.00
Minimum redemption amount

FAQs about the North Professional Alternative Balanced

The objective of the North Professional Alternative Balanced managed fund is The Fund aims to provide investors with moderate investment returns, with the likelihood of fluctuations in value in the value of their investment from year to year. Broad diversification, including exposure to alternative defensive strategies, is used to help reduce fluctuations.

The strategy of the North Professional Alternative Balanced managed fund is The fund seeks to invest in a diversified mix of growth and defensive assets. Growth assets such as shares and real assets will have an average allocation over time of 56%, with the balance in defensive assets such as cash and fixed interest. The fund tries to achieve its objective by using a range of complementary specialist investment managers.

The APIR code of the North Professional Alternative Balanced managed fund is IPA0057AU.

North Professional Alternative Balanced’s total return last month was -2.73%. This was made up of a growth return of -3.67% and an income return of 0.94%. These returns were calculated as at 31 May 2022.

North Professional Alternative Balanced’s total return for the last three months was -3.65%. This was made up of a growth return of -4.59% and an income return of 0.94%%. These returns were calculated as at 31 May 2022.

North Professional Alternative Balanced’s one-year total return is -3.77%. This was made up of a growth return of -7.87% and an income return of 4.1%. These returns were calculated as at 31 May 2022.

North Professional Alternative Balanced’s one-year total return is 2.71%. This was made up of a growth return of 0.17% and an income return of 2.54%. These returns were calculated as at 31 May 2022.

The asset allocation of the North Professional Alternative Balanced managed fund is :

Australian Equities
22.44%
International Equities
23.50%
Cash
5.62%
Property & Infrastructure
4.04%
Fixed Interest
15.80%
Alternatives
28.61%

The Responsible Entity for the North Professional Alternative Balanced managed fund is IPAC Asset Management Limited.

The North Professional Alternative Balanced managed fund belongs to the Multisector Growth sector/asset class.

As at 31 Jul 2022, the size of the North Professional Alternative Balanced managed fund was $0 million.

The North Professional Alternative Balanced managed fund has an inception date of 20 Apr 2006.

The current entry price of the North Professional Alternative Balanced managed fund is $ per unit and the current exit price is $0.90998 per unit (as at 17 Jun 2022).

The current exit price of the North Professional Alternative Balanced managed fund is $0.90998 per unit and the current entry price is $ per unit (as at 17 Jun 2022).

The minimum initial investment amount for the North Professional Alternative Balanced managed fund is $20,000. Minimum additional investment is $5000.

Fund data sourced from Morningstar. Some material is copyright and published under licence from ASX Operations Pty Limited ACN 004 523 782 ("ASXO"). Data and content is provided for personal use only. Whilst every care has been taken in producing these numbers, neither Morningstar nor InvestSMART can make any guarantees around the complete accuracy of these figures. Should you decide to change investments, please read all relevant disclosure documents including the Product Disclosure Statements and if required, you may consider speaking to a financial professional for further guidance. A tax event may be realised as a result of switching investments. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.