Australian Foundation InvesCo Ord
AFI
- A$7.42
- 0.07
- 0.87%
Australian Foundation InvesCo Ord AFI Strategy
The Company aims to provide shareholders with attractive investment returns through access to a steady stream of fully franked dividends and growth of capital invested. The primary investment goals are: to pay dividends which, over time, grow faster than the rate of inflation; and to provide attractive total returns over the medium to long term. By investing in the Company, shareholders have immediate access to a diversified portfolio numbering around 75 of Australias major companies and to a Board and Investment Committee with extensive investment skills and practical business experience.
The investment objective & strategy is a summary of the investment's principal strategy as written in the prospectus. This information is pulled from the most recent product disclosure document.
Australian Foundation InvesCo Ord News & Analysis
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