Artesian is an alternative investment management company that was part of ANZ Banking Group’s capital markets business until 2004 when it became a standalone business. Artesian is wholly owned by its directors and employees.

Since 2004, Artesian has managed specialised funds focused on credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies across global financial markets from its New York, London and Singapore offices.

The fund will invest in AUD corporate bonds comprised of Australian and registered foreign companies. Artesian actively manage the portfolio, and do not track an index and if the manager doesn’t like the market they can exit our positions and wait for opportunities.

The fund provides exposure to a carefully selected large floating rate note exposure in order to reduce interest rate risk and an optimally constructed portfolio selected from diverse market sectors.

The portfolio is likely to consist of 50-60% floating rate securities, 30-40% fixed rate securities, and the balance in cash to invest opportunistically in both fixed and floating rate securities. Excess returns are expected to be generated through a well constructed and actively managed portfolio in the Australian bond market.