Super Retail Group Ltd.

Challenger-IM is an active real estate securities manager which employs a top-down and bottom-up research and analysis approach. They select investments with the aim of delivering a projected rate of return above that of listed real estate trusts.The firm selects listed infrastructure securities, first using cash flow and market intelligence from numerous sources to screen ideas. They then examine the company's business including monopoly status and customer base, pricing power, operating margins, volatility of cash flows and probability of distributions. Then the firm performs fundamental analysis and valuation, developing a report on the key financial and qualitative aspects for the remaining securities. Of these, 15 to 25 stocks make it through to the final portfolio, with appropriate industry and country diversification.Challenger-IM selects and manages unlisted infrastructure assets, first looking at geography, quality of asset, potential yield, quality of management and the competitive environment. Deals that get through the first phase are then subject to investigation by a multidisciplinary team, which looks at tax, structure, legal issues, financial modeling and comprehensive market and asset-specific information. Finally, a dedicated asset manager is assigned to each project and reports back to the portfolio manager with regular updates on all key issues.The final portfolio reflects the outcome of the firm's fundamental security and asset selection process by the listed infrastructure securities and unlisted infrastructure asset teams. Asset allocation is determined by the portfolio manager.

Vinva is an active, quantitatively driven manager which aims to deliver consistent investment outperformance by extracting alpha in a clear and intentional manner. They focus on Australian equity strategies in both long/only and long/short styles. They have no significant sector or style bias, seeking consistency in returns and close to top-quartile active performance over longer periods and market cycles with a strong emphasis on risk management.The firm’s investment philosophy, “Skill, Breadth and Efficiency” is expressed by Grinold's Fundamental Law of Active Management, where they seek to find an investment edge (skill), use it often (breadth) and use it wisely (efficiency).Their systematic investment process involves daily electronic capture of raw data from numerous sources which they process using their proprietary tools and models, which examine a number of families of quantitative signals (value, quality, market-driven) to create a diversified group of investment insights across time horizon and ideas and is primarily focused on bottom-up stock selection. As a result, they do not take large industry or style tilts over time.Vinva constructs portfolios by integrating stock-ranking models, transaction cost forecasts and risk models in a systematic proprietary optimization process that seeks to maximize expected alpha (after costs) for a given level of active risk. To maximize breadth, they build their portfolio by taking a large number of small, deliberate, active positions across the universe of stocks.

Alphinity is a boutique, active manager of Australian and Global equity funds which aims to identify opportunities across market cycles and invest in quality, undervalued companies with underestimated forward earnings expectations. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and quantitative research when constructing the portfolios. An earnings revision approach requires deep fundamental analysis to understand the specific drivers and the sustainability of a company’s earnings. This results in a valuation and forecast for expected earnings growth into the medium-term for each company covered.