QIC’s total Australian Equities Funds account for over $7 billion.

The QIC Australian Equities team’s strength lies in the skill and experience of a well resourced Australian equities team - portfolio managers, research analysts and dealers plus a superior information advantage that significant funds under management brings in terms of access to companies.  This enables the team to add consistent, long-term, above benchmark return outcomes for our clients, within established risk parameters.  This ensures return outcomes are consistent with our clients’ expectations and consistent with our rigorous process.

Our Core Investment Beliefs
We believe the market is imperfect in individual securities which presents investment opportunities for the medium to long-term due to:
• Mis-judgements about the relevance of data points / events
• Regular swings in sentiment based on weak fundamentals
• Differing agendas of investor universe

We seek to exploit these market inefficiencies by identifying mis-priced securities through:
• Active investment management
• Comprehensive fundamental research
• Utilising our disciplined investment process

QIC is a “style neutral” manager which seeks to consistently outperform the S&P/ASX200 Accumulation Index over the medium to long-term.

We believe stocks which outperform are where:
• The market has underestimated a company’s EPS growth profile
• The market has underestimated the quality of a company’s EPS profile (e.g. cash  flow generation, profitability)
• The market has underestimated the potential of a company’s asset base (including intellectual property)

To achieve the performance and risk objectives for each Fund, the Australian Equities team applies a disciplined and robust investment management process.

Performance of our Australian Equities (internally managed) funds

For more information on QIC’s Australian Equities please contact Kate Grant on + 61 7 3360 3999 e: k.grant@qic.com