Barings Liquidity Investment Strategy

One Managed Investment Funds Limited is the Responsible Entity of Barings Liquidity Investment Strategy (“BLIS” or “the Fund”) and has appointed Barings Australia Pty Ltd ACN 140 045 656 (Barings Australia or the Manager) as the Manager of BLIS. Barings Australia has appointed a related party, Gryphon Capital Investments Pty Ltd (Gryphon) as a sub-advisor to provide the investment management services.

Barings Australia is part of the Barings Group, which is a US406+ billion1 global investment manager sourcing differentiated opportunities and building long-term portfolios across public and private fixed income, real estate, and specialist equity markets. The Barings Group, a subsidiary of MassMutual, aims to serve its clients, communities and employees, and is committed to sustainable practices and responsible investment. The Barings Group has approximately 1,800 staff across 18 countries, including over 700 dedicated investment professionals based in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific1.

Gryphon is a specialist fixed income manager with significant experience in the Australian and international fixed income markets. Gryphon is a deep-credit, research driven manager aiming to deliver strong and stable returns to its clients not constrained by conventional fixed income benchmarks.

BLIS offers opportunity for investors seeking capital preservation with above cash returns and ability to manage liquidity allocation via an actively managed portfolio of highly-rated, floating-rate securitized assets.

BLIS’ investment objective is to generate, floating rate investment returns that exceed the RBA Overnight Cash Rate +1.50% – 2.00% (net of fees) over rolling 12-month periods2.

BLIS will seek to achieve its Investment Objective by investing in a pool of eligible investments, primarily focused on opportunities in the domestic structured debt markets including floating rate residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), Asset-backed securities (ABS), Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) among other asset types.

 

3 Reasons to Consider BLIS

 

1.     Simple

  • Daily Dealing – daily transactions are available to clients without any lock-up or non-call periods.
  • Above Cash Return Potential3 – a portfolio with a target return of 1.5% – 2% in excess of the RBA Overnight Cash Rate.
  • Quarterly Distributions4 – the contractual nature of providing investors with a regular income stream.

2.     Resilient

  • High Quality – BLIS’s investment portfolio has an average high-quality credit rating and does not invest in securities with a rating below A-. Maintaining exposure to highly-rated securities reduces the probability of capital impairment.
  • Floating-Rate – the portfolio is primarily invested in floating-rate instruments5, which may substantially mitigate mark-to-market fluctuations from an ever-changing bond curve.
  • Secured Instruments – BLIS primarily invests in securities which have an explicit pool of ring-fenced assets, providing the requisite cashflows and a substantial level of collateral.

3.     Consistent

  • Lower Volatility – the Fund invests in assets which have a track record of exhibiting lower volatility compared to traditional fixed income portfolios as well as equities.
  • Specialised Expertise – the portfolio management team have an average of 30 years’ experience specialising in the securitised debt market, providing a competitive advantage relative to non-specialised investors.
  • Principal Repayment – this offers exposure to amortising securities, which regularly pay down principal and interest. All else being equal, this provides an ongoing enhancement of the credit quality of the securities, which have a smaller loan balance outstanding over the same underlying asset.

 

For further information, please visit the Fund’s website.

Should you have any queries, please contact us on gryphon@oneinvestment.com.au or call us on (02) 8277 0000.