ANZ launch capital protected equity trust
Banking giant, ANZ has beefed up its presence in the Australian equity market with the launch of Sentinel, its first capital protected equities trust.
ANZ along with ANZ Trustees have jointly launched Sentinel, a six-year investment providing investors with returns linked to the performance of a portfolio of Australian equities together with the safety net of principal protection at maturity.
“Sentinel provides investors with an opportunity to benefit from the equity performance of Australian Top 100 companies, coupled with the security of having their capital protected at maturity,” ANZ director of investor sales Angus Graham said.
“It also offers the potential for the principal protected amount to increase over the term of the investment,” Graham said.
Sentinel offers wholesale investors exposure to the performance of an Australian equities portfolio modelled on an existing charitable fund, Common Fund 103, managed by ANZ Trustees. It is designed as a low volatility, high yielding share portfolio with no major overweight positions relative to the S&P/ASX 100 Index excluding property trusts.
Investors gain exposure to the performance of between 60 and 70 leading Australian companies based on various criteria, including yield and market capitalisation. ANZ Trustees’ Common Fund 103 has closely tracked the performance of the benchmark index before fees and taxes since the adoption of the current investment style in 2004.
ANZ Trustees currently manages assets of over $2 billion for approximately 1,300 clients and is one of the largest providers of investment services to the charitable sector.
Recommended for you
The FSCP has announced its latest verdict, suspending an adviser’s registration for failing to comply with his obligations when providing advice to three clients.
Having sold Madison to Infocus earlier this year, Clime has now set up a new financial advice licensee with eight advisers.
With licensees such as Insignia looking to AI for advice efficiencies, they are being urged to write clear AI policies as soon as possible to prevent a “Wild West” of providers being used by their practices.
Iress has revealed the number of clients per adviser that top advice firms serve, as well as how many client meetings they conduct each week.
