VFMC’s primary objective is to manage the long-term investment assets of Victorian State Government entities. We aim to deliver market-leading long-term returns for our clients.
We measure our returns on the following:
To help deliver on our commitment, VFMC has a clear investment philosophy and approach. The focus is on understanding and delivering to its clients’ investment objectives.
When partnering with us to manage their investments, clients first set their objectives.
VFMC then works with its clients to design portfolios that have the asset mix that best meets the investment objective, risk tolerance and other relevant constraints.
While each Foundation Centralised Investment Model (FCIM) client is unique, portfolios are generally designed to deliver absolute returns in the order of 4.0-5.25% in excess of inflation per annum over rolling eight to ten-year periods, depending on each FCIM client’s risk profile.
Our portfolio construction draws on the strategy and asset allocation skills of the VFMC Investment teams.
The Strategy Team considers asset allocation strategies relative to clients’ long term Strategic Asset Allocation, as well as providing research and insight into the overall asset allocation mix.
Together, this determines our portfolio’s weightings to each asset class.
We build portfolios to achieve our clients’ objectives using the benefits of scale. This lets us access opportunities and investment management expertise that may not otherwise be available to clients at competitive costs.
To do this, we use a combination of in-house investment management and external fund managers.
Our internal management is practiced where we have the capabilities to generate superior risk-adjusted performance net of fees.
Approximately one third of VFMC’s funds are managed internally.
VFMC invests in a range of asset classes:
Each asset class has a team that is responsible for undertaking detailed research and due diligence on investment opportunities.
This includes examining investment managers, within their asset class and ensuring that VFMC’s exposure is within prescribed guidelines.
