Cash Enhanced
The Trust provides a well diversified actively managed portfolio of cash and fixed income securities that seek to provide consistent cash plus returns.
Fund Facts
Investment Approach
Perennial Fixed Interest focuses on valuing the medium term economic outlook and market fundamentals using a disciplined decision-making framework. The process involves constantly assessing new information to refine Perennial Fixed Interest's view of value and compare that to current market prices. The degree to which market prices diverge from fair value, determines the level of conviction and the degree to which the portfolios deviate from the benchmark. Perennial Fixed Interest employs multiple strategies to add value including modified duration and yield curve management, sector allocation and security selection.
Investment Strategy
The Trust invests in a range of high quality interest bearing securities, including:
- bank securities;
- asset backed securities; and
- corporate securities.
To control the Trust's exposure to interest rate risk, the modified duration of the portfolio will be managed within the range of -0.75 to +1.25 years. This range is consistent with a trust that has a low risk profile. There is no maturity limit on individual securities.
Perennial Fixed Interest, the investment manager, seeks to add value using a combination of interest rate and yield enhancement strategies. Interest rate strategies are directed principally towards actively managing the average maturity of the Trust's investment based on expected trends in market interest rates, commonly referred to as duration management. Yield enhancement focuses on investing a significant proportion of the Trust's investments in high quality floating rate notes, securities structured to pay a fixed margin over prevailing bank bill rates. Within this sector, Perennial Fixed Interest seeks to identify sectors and securities that offer attractive relative value.
The Trust is authorised to utilise derivative instruments for risk management purposes, subject to the specific restriction that they cannot be used to gear portfolio exposure.
