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Important Notice

Please note that Ausbil's new PDS is now available as of the 27th April, 2007. It replaces PDS Issue No 3 dated the 2nd January, 2006.

 

IMPORTANT UNIT PRICE INFORMATION

Please note that all unit prices are cum distribution excluding prices for the 31st December and 30th June which are ex distribution.

 

Please note that effective on the 26th June 2008, as a consequence of receiving notice of a large redemption the Trustees of the Dexia Sustainable Global Equity Fund declared a special distribution and the unit prices quoted for the 26th of June are ex-distribution.

 

Distribution Breakdown as at the 30th June 2008

australian equities team

Paul Xiradis
Chief Executive Officer / Head of Equities
AAIBF Fellow, ASIA, FAICD, MNIA, Grad Dip (Applied Finance and Investment)

Joined Ausbil: 1997

Responsibilities: Sector, stock and market analysis. Portfolio construction, Equities team management

Paul Xiradis has a 28 year career in investment management covering experience in all investment disciplines. His formative investment years were spent in Westpac’s Investment Management Division where his responsibilities included the management of both superannuation and non-superannuation retail investment trusts. Paul progressed to become Senior Portfolio Manager for Delfin and Investment Manager for the Mercantile & General Reinsurance Group in Australia in 1989. Paul joined Legal and General Asset Management in 1994 as Director of Australian Equities where he continued his sound track record in equity management. In late 1995 BZW Investment Management approached Paul to accept an equity management position as Associate Director-Equities, a position he held until his departure in 1997.

 

John Grace
Director, Equity
B. Econ. SIA (Aff)

Joined Ausbil: 2001

Responsibilities: Sector and stock analysis. Portfolio construction. Research team management.

John has over 20 years of experience in investment management and research. His initial grounding in equity analysis came through positions with stockbroking firms McNall & Hordern in Sydney and Cazenove & Co in London from 1987 through to 1991. Whilst in the United Kingdom, John became Portfolio Manager for Royal Insurance Asset Management for the period 1991 until 1994 responsible for Pacific Basin asset allocation and stock selection for funds totalling over A$1 billion. Back in Australia after five years in London, John joined Legal & General Asset Management as Senior Portfolio Manager from 1994 until 1998 where he first came under the Investment Process established by Paul Xiradis. Prior to joining Ausbil, John worked in private equity and portfolio management with boutique funds management firm GPFM.

 

Adam Dixon
Associate Director, Equity
CFA, F. Fin, B. Com.

Joined Ausbil: 1999

Responsibilities: Sector and stock analysis. Portfolio construction.

Adam has over 10 years experience in financial markets. Prior to joining Ausbil he gained significant exposure to commodity and currency markets with roles at MKS (Sydney) and BZW (London). His experience at these 2 organisations included market-making, order working, position-keeping and active marketing to clients in the Middle East, USA, Japan and Europe. Adam joined Ausbil in 1999 as an Investment Associate and was promoted to Portfolio Manager – Equities in early 2001 and then Associate Director in 2003.

 

John Honan
Head of Research, Chief Economist
BA (ADMIN), GRAD DIP (ECON), MA (ECON), F Fin

Joined Ausbil: 1997

Responsibilities: Macro analysis and Head of Research Function

John holds a Masters Degree in Economics and has extensive economic analysis experience. His early career was as an Economist in Canberra with the Industry Commission, the Federal Treasury and the Department of Industry and Commerce. John has also held the position of Chief Economist for the NSW Treasury Corp. In 1989 John joined the NRMA as Senior Manager Fixed Interest where for seven years he developed a strong track record managing fixed interest portfolios. John is actively involved as a lecturer and examiner in economics, fixed interest and asset management for Finsia. His experience, economic and fixed interest skills have provided sound input to the sector and asset allocation process and significantly assisted Ausbil’s successful equity and bond management process.

 

Nicholas Condoleon
Equities Analyst
BBus (Accounting), GDipAppFin (Finsia)

Joined Ausbil: 2007

Responsibilities: Sector and stock analysis

Nicholas has over 12 years experience in financial markets working in Sydney, London and New York including over 5 years in equity analysis. Prior to joining Ausbil he was a Vice President at Citigroup in New York specialising in healthcare and pharmaceuticals equity analysis. Nicholas held earlier positions in derivatives, structured finance and equity risk analysis with Bankers Trust, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank. At Ausbil he is responsible for a variety of sectors, including Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals, Real Estate Investment Trusts and Developers, Agriculture and Consumer Staples.

  

Graeme Petroni
Equities Analyst
CFA, BComm (Accounting & Finance), LLB (Honours)

Joined Ausbil: 2007

Responsibilities: Sector and stock analysis

Graeme has over five years experience as an investment analyst. Graeme was formerly an Associate Director at ABN AMRO, where he covered the insurance sector. Graeme joined ABN AMRO from Wilson HTM, where he covered financials. Prior to that he worked for the actuarial firm Trowbridge Deloitte, consulting to general insurance companies on the valuation of outstanding claims. At Ausbil, Graeme is responsible for the banking, insurance and diversified financials sectors. He has Bachelors degrees in Commerce and Law from the University of Sydney and is a CFA Charterholder. 


 

Brendan Wong
Equities Analyst
CFA, F.Fin, B.Bus (Accounting)

Joined Ausbil: 2004

Responsibilities: Sector and stock analysis, quantitative analysis.

Brendan has over 9 years experience in the financial markets. Prior to joining Ausbil, Brendan was an equities analyst at Citigroup, specialising in Transportation, Infrastructure and Utilities Research, as well as macro Quantitative Analysis. He has also worked internationally, covering high-yield debt/equity markets in Japan and across Asia.  Brendan's initial grounding in financial analysis was formed at UBS, where he was responsible for corporate accounting and valuation. He is also a CFA Charterholder.

At Ausbil, Brendan is responsible for a variety of sectors for both small and large cap companies. This includes Mining Services, Commercial Services & Supplies, Diversified Industrials, Transportation, Infrastructure, Utilities, Chemicals, Paper, Packaging and Forestry.

 

Khay-Tuck Chow
Associate Director, Quantitative
B. Econ. (Major in Actuarial Studies and Statistics)

Joined Ausbil: 2000

Responsibilities: Quantitative stock analysis (through ranking model), Attribution and performance Systems

Khay-Tuck Chow has 20 years industry experience with a strong background in quantitative analysis. Prior to joining Ausbil, Khay-Tuck was the quantitative analyst at van Eyk Research where he was responsible for all investment manager quantitative research and asset allocation research for master trust and corporate clients. Previous experience also encompassed development of performance and quantitative software systems, marketing and client servicing.

 

Matthew Okkerse
Equities Dealer
SDIA PS146, SEATS License, CLICK License

Joined Ausbil: 2006

Responsibilities: Equities Dealing

Prior to joining Ausbil, Matthew had a 7 year career in Stockbroking as an Equities and Options dealer. Matthew began his career in finance in 1999 with Shaw Stockbroking where his responsibilities included Institutional and Retail sector dealing as well as providing help desk and equities trading service to Retireinvest Financial Planners. In 2003 Matthew was employed by Hudson Securities as Head Equities Operator and Bookings Manager. Whilst in this role, he was also given supervisory responsibilities over all Options trading and assignments, having obtained his CLICK License. In February 2005, Tolhurst Noall approached Matthew with a specifically institutional trading position which he subsequently accepted until his departure in December 2005.

Institutional

Adam Lancaster
Director, Institutional

B.Commerce (Finance/Marketing)

Joined Ausbil: 2001

Adam’s role encompasses the management of all Ausbil’s sales and marketing. Before joining Ausbil, Adam worked in institutional sales and marketing for Rothschild Australia Asset Management, Macquarie Investment Management, Schroder Investment Management and Rainmaker Australia.

 

Andrew Hay
Investment Specialist, Global
B. Business

Joined Ausbil: 2003

Andrew is responsible for the sales, marketing and product development of Dexia Asset Management’s products in Australia. With a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia, Andrew joins Ausbil with over eight years relevant experience having previously worked for Bank of Ireland Asset Management, Dublin and Dicksons Ltd.

 

 

Chris Terzis

Senior Manager, Client Services

B Business

Joined Ausbil: 2006

Chris is responsible for client communication at Ausbil. He has 12 years experience in the funds management industry with ING, Zurich Financial Services, Rothschild Australia Asset Management and a boutique financial planning business. His experience includes investment fund research, client service, product management and marketing communications.

Retail

Mark Knight
Associate Director, Retail
B. ECO / GAICD

Joined Ausbil: 2004

Mark is responsible for all of Ausbil’s retail distribution activities. Mark joins Ausbil Dexia with over 15 years in the retail funds management and experience with Norwich Financial Services , County Investment Management and IOOF/Perennial.

 

Jordan Tang
Business Development Manager, Retail
B Business

Joined Ausbil: 2004

Jordan, a Business Development Manager is responsible for servicing the financial planning market in NSW/ACT. Jordan previously held the role of Investor Services Manager at Ausbil and has over 5 years experience in Funds Management having previously held various roles at Rothschild Asset Management.

 

Hik Chadirchi 
Business Development Manager, Retail
BSc(Econ), BEd

Joined Ausbil: 2007

Hik is responsible for servicing the financial planning community in Queensland and Western Australia. Hik’s background in financial markets comes from working as an equities dealer / market maker for various institutional stockbrokers in London. Over a decade long career Hik worked for Salomon Brothers, Creditanstalt, Schroders Securities and Citigroup and specialised in European and African Emerging Markets.

operations/finance

Mark Reilly
Chief Operating Officer

CFA, BA, ACA, MFCT

Joined Ausbil: 2004

Having joined as Chief Financial Officer, Mark was appointed Chief Operating Officer in 2005 and is a key member of the Ausbil succession team. A qualified chartered accountant , Mark has worked in a variety of roles within the finance industry over the past 19 years, both locally and abroad. Previous positions were held at JP Morgan, Unibank Plc , State Street Bank & Trust , Macquarie Bank and most recently at Deutsche Bank ( Tokyo ) as Equities Group AsiaPac cost controller.

 

Kay Tay
Financial Controller
B Business

Joined Ausbil: 2006

Kay, recently appointed Financial Controller, is responsible for finance and operations and for managing the NCS back office relationship. Kay has over 19 years of industry experience in funds management and custody. Previous positions were with JP Morgan as the AsiaPac regional controller, Fidelity International, BT Financial Group, Westpac Bank and Sun Alliance.