Magellan Core Infrastructure Strategy

Portfolio of typically 70 to 100 infrastructure companies that provides investors with a diversified exposure to a strictly defined universe

The Core Strategy (“Core Strategy”) is designed to provide investors with investment returns consistent with Magellan’s defined universe of infrastructure stocks.  Magellan’s infrastructure universe is more conservatively defined than standard benchmark indices and therefore provides investors with a more defensive exposure to the infrastructure asset class.

Magellan believes that the infrastructure asset class, when appropriately defined, is characterized by monopoly-like assets that face reliable demand and enjoy predictable cashflows. As a result, Magellan has established proprietary classification criteria to appropriately categorise securities as investment grade infrastructure and thus eligible for inclusion in its portfolios, or otherwise.

Potential investments that meet these criteria are expected to achieve strong underlying financial performance over medium-to long-term timeframes, which should translate into reliable, inflation-linked investment returns.

The Core Strategy invests in all of the companies within Magellan's defined investable universe of listed-infrastructure securities. The application of Magellan’s infrastructure definition serves to limit external risks and, therefore, reduce downside risk. Magellan believes that minimising downside risks within an investment portfolio is a key part of generating superior long-term investment returns.

Determining the investment universe
Determining the investment universe
Allocating capital to the securities within the investment universe in an appropriate manner
Allocating capital to the securities within the investment universe in an appropriate manner

Only securities that meet Magellan’s proprietary infrastructure classification criteria are included in the Core Strategy’s investable universe. In order for a security to meet this definition, its underlying business must provide a service that is essential to the efficient functioning of a community, while generating cash flows that are not materially subject to external risks (such as commodity prices). Furthermore, Magellan evaluates other criteria, such as gearing levels, sovereign risk, regulatory risk and reporting transparency, which, if failed, will result in exclusion from the investment universe.

Magellan believes that by using fundamental research to exclude businesses that fail to meet these criteria, the resulting universe should be limited to companies that enjoy reliable demand and generate predictable cash flows, a universe unattainable by purely quantitative measures (including those employed by benchmark providers).

All securities that comprise the investable universe are included in the investment portfolio. The weighting of securities in the portfolio is set by pre-determined rules to ensure that the portfolio is appropriately diversified.

Separately Managed Account

Investors can access the Core Strategy via a separately managed account (subject to conditions being met).

MFG Core Infrastructure Fund

MFG Asset Management acts as the sub-adviser to the Frontier MFG Core Infrastructure Fund.

For more information regarding this fund please contact Frontier Funds.

Updates

31-Dec-2023 Core Infrastructure Update
30-Sep-2023 Core Infrastructure Update
30-Jun-2023 Core Infrastructure Update
31-Mar-2023 Core Infrastructure Update
31-Dec-2022 Core Infrastructure Update
30-Sep-2022 Core Infrastructure Update
30-Jun-2022 Core Infrastructure Update
31-Mar-2022 Core Infrastructure Update
31-Dec-2021 Core Infrastructure Update
30-Sep-2021 Core Infrastructure Update
30-Jun-2021 Core Infrastructure Update
31-Mar-2021 Core Infrastructure Update
31-Dec-2020 Core Infrastructure Update
30-Sep-2020 Core Infrastructure Update
30-Jun-2020 Core Infrastructure Update
31-Mar-2020 Core Infrastructure Update
19-Mar-2019 Important: MFG Core Infrastructure Update
31-Dec-2019 Core Infrastructure Update
30-Sep-2019 Core Infrastructure Update
30-Jun-2019 Core Infrastructure Update
31-Mar-2019 Core Infrastructure Update
31-Dec-2018 Core Infrastructure Update
30-Sep-2018 Core Infrastructure Update
30-Jun-2018 Core Infrastructure Update
31-Mar-2018 Core Infrastructure Update
31-Dec-2017 Core Infrastructure Update
30-Sep-2017 Core Infrastructure Update
30-Jun-2017 Core Infrastructure Update
31-Mar-2017 Core Infrastructure Update
31-Dec-2016 Core Infrastructure Update
30-Sep-2016 Core Infrastructure Update
30-Jun-2016 Core Infrastructure Update
31-Mar-2016 Core Infrastructure Update
31-Dec-2015 Core Infrastructure Update
30-Sep-2015 Core Infrastructure Update
30-Jun-2015 Core Infrastructure Update
31-Mar-2015 Core Infrastructure Update
31-Dec-2014 Core Infrastructure Update
30-Sep-2014 Core Infrastructure Update
30-Jun-2014 Core Infrastructure Update
31-Mar-2014 Core Infrastructure Update
31-Dec-2013 Core Infrastructure Update
30-Jun-2013 Core Infrastructure Update
31-May-2013 Core Infrastructure Update