BSF Asia Pacific Absolute Return X2 Cap AUD Hdg

The Fund aims to achieve positive absolute returns through a combination of capital growth and income on your investment regardless of market conditions. The Fund seeks to gain at least 70% of any investment exposure to equity securities (e.g. shares) of companies domiciled in, or the main business of which is in, the Asia Pacific region, including Australia and Japan. This is achieved by investing at least 70% of its assets in equity securities and other equity-related securities. The Fund may also, when determined appropriate, invest in fixed income (FI) securities, money market instruments (MMIs) (i.e. debt securities with short-term maturities), deposits and cash The equity-related securities include financial derivative instruments (FDIs) (i.e. investments whose prices are based on one or more underlying assets). The Fund's assets may be held as cash to provide cover for the exposure created by the use of FDIs or to assist in achieving its investment objective. The FI securities and MMIs may be issued by governments, government agencies, companies and supranationals and may be investment grade (i.e. meet a specified level of credit worthiness), non-investment grade or unrated at the time of purchase. The investment adviser (IA) will use FDIs to achieve the Fund's investment objective. The Fund may, via FDIs, generate varying amounts of market leverage (i.e. where the Fund gains market exposure in excess of the value of its assets). The Fund is actively managed and the IA has discretion to select the Fund's investments. The 3 Month Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) compounded in arrears plus 26.1 basis point spread should be used by shareholders to compare the performance of the Fund. Compounding in arrears is a methodology that compounds daily values of the overnight rate throughout the relevant term period (i.e.3 Months). The price of equity securities fluctuates daily and may be influenced by factors affecting the performance of the individual companies

PIR compliant

No

PEA compliant

No

PEA-PME compliant

No