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Typical absolute return funds and balanced funds have a reasonably high allocation to fixed income products. At Affluence, in the current market this does not make sense to us. Given the 10-year bond yield has just hit new lows at 1.8%, we struggle to see how the sector in general can achieve our return target of inflation plus 5%.
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This activist manager has delivered good returns through a quite different strategy. They predominantly invest in small-medium ASX listed stocks trading at a discount to assessed valuation. They then attempt to work proactively with management and boards of those companies to help realise value. If they’re not getting the results …