March 2026

Fund Objective

The EQT Eight Bays Global Fund - Class B (The Fund) investment objective is to deliver gross performance (less fees) above the benchmark over rolling 3-year periods.

The Fund is designed to give investors exposure to global growth industries and world leading companies, through a portfolio of US Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and selected individual securities.

Fund Performance

Over the March quarter the Fund outperformed the benchmark by 2.05% producing a total net return of -4.23% (vs benchmark of -6.29%). This was an impressive performance given the drawdown in the market.

Over the last year the Fund performed in-line with the benchmark and generated an income yield of 1.54% as well as strong capital growth.

Over the last 3 years the Fund has delivered a very strong total net return of 16.36% per annum outperforming the benchmark by 0.72% (per annum). Since inception (1/7/21) the Fund has delivered a robust total net return of 8.82% per annum.

 

Table 1

¹ Performance: Income and total net returns are fund returns after the deduction of ongoing fees and expenses and assumes the reinvestment of all distributions. Results greater than one year are annualised.

² Inception date is 1 July 2021.

³ Benchmark return is the MSCI ACWI ex Australia net return Index (AUD).

Past performance is not an indicator of future performance.