Blackrock Tactical Growth Fund - Underlying Funds
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BlackRock Tactical Growth Fund - Underlying Funds Dated: 5 June 2020 BlackRock Tactical Growth Fund (previously called the BlackRock Wholesale Balanced Fund) ARSN 088 051 889 BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited ABN 13 006 165 975 Australian Financial Services Licence No 230523 BlackRock Tactical Growth Fund – Underlying Funds Important information You should read this information together with the Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) for the BlackRock Tactical Growth Fund (Fund) before making a decision to invest in the Fund. Unless otherwise stated, the information in this document forms part of the Fund’s PDS, which is issued by BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited (BlackRock). The offer of units in the Fund is only available to persons receiving the Fund’s PDS (electronically or otherwise) in Australia. The PDS is not an offer to any person or in any place in which it is unlawful to make such an offer. Terms used in this document have the same meaning as set out in the Fund’s PDS. Information contained in this document is current as at the date of this document. BlackRock is a wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc.® (BlackRock Inc) but is not guaranteed by BlackRock Inc or any BlackRock Inc subsidiary or affiliated entity (collectively the BlackRock Group). Neither BlackRock nor any member of the BlackRock Group guarantees the success of the Fund, the achievement of the investment objective, or the repayment of capital or particular rates of return on investment or capital. An investor in the Fund could lose all or a substantial part of their investment. In particular, the performance of the Fund will depend on the performance and market value of the assets held by the Fund. The information contained in this document is general information only and does not take into account your individual objectives, financial situation, needs or circumstances. You should therefore assess whether the information is appropriate for you having regard to your individual objectives, financial situation, needs or circumstances. This document contains information in respect of certain Underlying Funds of the Fund, including information relating to: ► why the Fund has invested in the Underlying Fund; ► the Underlying Fund’s investment strategy and use of short selling; ► the Underlying Fund’s investments, including the location and currency denomination of assets; ► the Underlying Fund’s use of derivatives; ► the Underlying Fund’s use of leverage; ► the Underlying Fund’s liquidity; and ► details of the Underlying Fund’s key service providers. Section 3.5 of the PDS also provides an investment structure diagram showing all Underlying Funds of the Fund, some of which are referred to in this document. If you would like further information on any Underlying Fund referred to in this document or any Underlying Fund not referred to in this document but included within the investment structure diagram under section 3.5 of the PDS, please contact our Client Services Centre (refer below for contact details). The name and contact details of the Responsible Entity are: BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited Level 37, Chifley Tower 2 Chifley Square Sydney New South Wales 2000 Telephone: 1300 366 100 Facsimile: 1300 366 107 Email: [email protected] Website: www.blackrock.com/au BlackRock Australian Bond Fund Fund Feature Incorporated Disclosure Reason for Provides exposure to an active fundamental Australian fixed income strategy. investment Seeks to access the best ideas of the BlackRock Group’s local and global fixed income teams, which seek to add value by managing duration, yield curve, credit, individual security and country and currency exposures against the Investment AusBond Composite 0+ Yr IndexSM. strategy The investment strategy may include proprietary research-based knowledge and fundamental macro-economic and credit analysis. Short selling The fund may engage in short selling. What The fund may invest in a broad universe of domestic and international debt securities, foreign currency exposures, does the fund cash and cash equivalents* and other money market securities. The fund may implement some of its investment invest in strategy via an investment in the BlackRock Enhanced Australian Bond Fund. Location and Assets of the fund are generally denominated in Australian dollars and located in Australia. Assets may, however, currency also be denominated in any global currency and may be located in any country of the world. While active currency denomination positions may be taken, physical bonds denominated in foreign currencies are generally hedged back to Australian of assets dollars. Diversification The fund does not have any formal diversification or asset allocation guidelines. Consideration and monitoring of guidelines & asset diversification does, however, form an integral part of the management of the investment strategy. asset allocation Use of The fund may use derivatives, including but not limited to, repurchase agreements, futures, warrants, options, derivatives indexed securities, swaps, credit default securities and forwards. Leverage Not applicable. The fund is generally open for investor transactions each business day. Should the need arise and under normal Liquidity market conditions, it is reasonably expected that the fund will be able to realise at least 80% of its assets (at the value ascribed to those assets in calculating the fund’s NAV) within 10 days. Key service Responsible Entity: BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited providers Administrator & Custodian: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A Auditor: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu * Including investments in other BlackRock Group funds. BlackRock Equitised Long Short Fund Fund Feature Incorporated Disclosure Reason for Provides exposure to an Australian equity absolute return strategy that seeks to exploit inefficiencies in individual investment stock prices. Aims to outperform the S&P/ASX 200 TR Index by implementing a quantitative long short equitised investment Investment strategy across the Australian equity market. strategy The long/short investment strategy may be implemented via an investment in the BlackRock Australian Equity Market Neutral Fund (Market Neutral Fund). Short selling The Market Neutral Fund may engage in short selling. What The fund primarily invests in the Market Neutral Fund, swaps and/or index futures (to maintain exposure to the does the fund S&P/ASX 200 TR Index) and cash and cash equivalents*, which may be held on margin. invest in The Market Neutral Fund invests in long and short Australian equity positions and cash and cash equivalents*. Location and currency Assets of the fund and the Market Neutral Fund are generally denominated in Australian dollars and located in denomination Australia. of assets Diversification The fund and the Market Neutral Fund do not have formal diversification or asset allocation guidelines. However, guidelines & the fund is generally managed to a net exposure of one to the Australian equity market, while the Market Neutral asset allocation Fund is generally managed to a net market exposure close to zero. Use of The fund and the Market Neutral Fund may use derivatives, including but not limited to futures, warrants, options, derivatives indexed securities, swaps and forwards. While the fund and the Market Neutral Fund do not have an explicit maximum gross leverage limit, the gross leverage of the fund is expected to be approximately 3 to 5 times NAV, consisting of the fund’s holding of swaps and/or index Leverage futures approximately equal to its NAV plus the leverage of the Market Neutral Fund, which has an expected gross leverage of between 2 and 4 times NAV. The fund and the Market Neutral Fund are generally open for investor transactions each business day. Should the need arise and under normal market conditions, it is reasonably expected that the fund and the Market Neutral Fund Liquidity will be able to realise at least 80% of their assets (at the value ascribed to those assets in calculating each fund’s NAV) within 10 days. Responsible Entity: BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited Administrator & Custodian: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A Key service Auditor: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu providers Prime Broker (Market Neutral Fund): Merrill Lynch International, Merrill Lynch Markets (Australia) Pty Limited & UBS AG, Australia Branch * Including investments in other BlackRock Group funds. BlackRock Fixed Income GlobalAlpha Fund (Dublin) Fund Feature Incorporated Disclosure Reason for Provides exposure to a fixed income absolute return strategy that combines macro, relative value and opportunistic investment strategies. Seeks to capture high breadth of relative value opportunities along with opportunistic macro dislocations both across and within global debt sectors. The investment strategy employs a combination of fundamental and quantitative fixed income long-short strategies in the global debt markets and invests opportunistically in special situation trades. Investment A number of proprietary methods for analysing and assessing the relative value of fixed income securities across debt strategy markets will also be used. The investment strategy may be implemented via an investment in the BlackRock Fixed Income GlobalAlpha Offshore Fund Ltd (FIGA Offshore). FIGA Offshore implements its strategy through a master-feeder fund structure, via an investment in BlackRock Fixed Income GlobalAlpha Master Fund Ltd (FIGA Master). Short selling The fund