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A really tough decade!
• This could well be a very tough investment climate
• Think ‘wealth preservation’ BEFORE ‘wealth creation’
• Think carefully about products, assets and managers
you use
• Demand better products from providers
• Demand better service from providers and researchers
Some scary stuff out there…
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Insiders selling 34 shares for every 1 they buy.
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80% of return from equities since 1982 through valuation
expansion
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Nations involved in a zero sum game of competititve
devaluations
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Never has the US market been higher ten years later with
p/e’s at current levels
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US trade deficit is $500m a day and is funded by
purchases of US treasury bills by overseas countries!
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Breakdown of trade talks hailed by some as a ‘victory’!
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Think Osama Bin Laden is really finished ?
Manage risk not return
• Model portfolios are based on expected returns
• However this assumes unlimited capital invested indefinitely
• Clients HATE losses and their impact is not linear
• Expected return thus fallacy with impact on portfolio
construction
• Therefore you should manage risk because you cannot
manage return
• Risk management involves balancing the investment
opportunities with the probability of capital depreciation
• Who is better placed to manage risk – asset allocator or
manager?
• Tactical asset allocation a waste of time ?
The return of the specialist
Paradigm shift
Absolute return approach with low degree of specialisation
Relative return approach with high degree of specialisation
Absolute return approach with high degree of specialisation
The manager has a mandate to balance investment
opportunity with capital at risk.
Traditional portfolio in trouble ?
• Cash – basically returning zero after inflation and tax
• Shares – are they expensive or cheap
• Fixed interest – interest rates at 40 year lows
• Property – liquidity and fear driven boom
Portfolio additions
• Structured products – get exposure to index but also
capital protection. Need watch participation levels
• Infrastructure funds
• Private equity – talented managers heading for
private companies from public ones
• Absolute return – can provide return in area of
expertise regardless of direction of general market
• Commodities – see below
Liontamer product ideas
Reverse convertible
 Return is fixed, capital at risk
 Higher returning annuity
 Pricing up well only on single stocks, not indices
Capital protected Asian fund
 Engine room of world growth
 Cheap prices relative to other developed markets
 Volatility an issue
 Difficult place to invest directly
Liontamer product ideas
Capital Protected Commodities Fund
 Full Goldman Sachs Commodity Index
 3 year term
 100% upside
 Capital protected unless it falls by 30% then
capital at risk
Why Commodities?
 Counter-cyclical to bonds and stocks
 Equity like returns (GSCI has done 11%pa since
1970)
 Inflation hedge
Commodities poised for bull market ?
 Zero allocation to commodities by institutions
 Virtually no one uses resources funds despite
stellar performance in 80’s
 Real prices at 20 year lows
 If you continue to print more dollars/yen/euro then
prices of hard commodities will rise
 Dearth of capital investment in recent years
Commodities poised for bull market ?
Fed Fund Rate (LHS)
20
18
Base Metal Price Index (RHS)
160
16
14
12
140
120
10
8
6
4
2
0
Jan 71
180
100
80
60
40
May 76
Sep 81
Jan 87
May 92
Sep 97
20
Jan 03
Commodities poised for bull market ?
Cash Return on Cash Invested
S&P 500 excluding Financial sector, 1991- 2000 Average Return
25%
20%
Commodity Sectors
15%
10%
Health Care
Consumer Staples
Information
Technology
Consumer
Discretionary
Telecommunication
Services
Industrials
Energy
Materials
Utilities
0%
Overall
5%
EASYgrow 85
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Linked to MSCI World Index
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8 years
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100% protected at maturity
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85% growth in the index above 8%
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1% annual income
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Tax efficient via the Australian Unit Trust structure
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No annual management fee for clients to pay
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2% brokerage priced into the terms + up to 3% entry fee
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Opening Date:
12 November, 2003
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Closing Date:
16 November, 2004
SUPERgrow 150
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Same standard features as our EASYgrow product:
MSCI, 8 years, tax efficient, 1% annual income,
2% brokerage + up to 3% entry fee
The SUPER feature
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Upside gearing: 1.5 times the rise in the market
(above 8%)
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Ability to double your money: maximum 100%
return
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Partial downside protection: the market can fall
by up to 40% from start level and clients’ money
stays fully protected at maturity
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publication or due to subsequent changes occurring. This presentation is for information purposes only and is intended for professional
advisers, not private investors. It is not intended for personal investment advice or a recommendation to invest. Advisers and investors
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treatment only. Liontamer is not responsible for any changes in tax law or interpretation which might adversely affect the returns for
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