Scaleable Differentiation with Innovative Investments

"Our background is asset consulting and investment training to large financial planning and wealth advisory groups, as well as leading boutique financial planning firms. Our clients' specialize in SMSF and High Net Wealth advice and demand nothing less than an individual approach to investment – and the creation of a differentiated service offering for their discerning clients. We are now making the same sort of expertise available to investors and advisers like you."

What We Do

Alpha Structured Investments Pty Ltd ACN 112 062 594 and AFSL 290054 is a boutique arranger and issuer of total return and structured investments designed for use by leading financial planners with SMSF and HNW clients. We provide asset consultancy, product design and distribution services including to our ASX listed vehicle, Alpha Financial Products Ltd.

In April 2005 Alpha Financial Products issued A$55m of the first Australian actively managed CDO (ASX Code: AFPHA) which has successfully traded at or around par since listing. The Alpha CDO employs the active management services of the European fund manager, BIM Intermobiliare, part of the Swiss based BIM private banking group. We focus on bringing wholesale financial product technology to the Australian financial planning community, packaged to suit the needs of financial planners and their clients.

How We Do It

As our core offering, we aim to develop, package and distribute structured products for absolute return. We source the components for these products from the best wholesale financial services firms in the world. We design products that are transparent, have a reasonable fee structure and can be incorporated into our clients' day to day business. Due to our size we can respond quickly to our clients needs, developing personalized products that provide a point of differentiation in a scaleable offering. We issue most of our products through the Alpha Platform, a unique Separately Managed Account service provided in conjunction with BlackRock Investment Management Ltd, as Responsible Entity for the Alpha Platform.

Why Total Return and Structured Investments?

Many financial planners and clients have been disappointed by the performance of traditional managed funds. The best managed funds can provide good returns and access to investments that may be difficult for retail investors to get direct exposure to. However, analysis of the returns of traditional managed funds shows that the median Australian active equity fund has underperformed its benchmark in 11 out of the last 15 years. Progressive advisers and clients are increasingly being attracted to the inclusion of investments that provide a "total return", irrespective of the performance of the underlying indices that traditional managed funds try to beat. Most of these total return investments use derivatives and structuring techniques to provide capital protection and yield enhancement. Total return investments provide clients and advisers the control and differentiation that they crave. We aim to bring you the best total return and structured products in the Australian market.

Who We Are

Alpha is owned by a small syndicate of shareholders. The Alpha syndicate members comprise of a group of boutique financial advisory firms and individual financial advisors across Australia. ASI member firms are a mix of businesses within dealer groups, and independent financial advisors alike. These firms specialize in servicing SMSF and High Net Worth individuals by providing investment solutions that are tailored to the more complex needs of their clients.

Our History

Alpha was launched in 2004. In 2005, Alpha worked closely with the syndicate members and ABN AMRO to launch the Alpha Notes CDO. Alpha works closely with a number of financial institutions to assist in the design and packaging of total return and structured investments that we believe will add value to our clients.