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Beyond Stocks and Bonds: Investing with Purpose and Access.
There’s supposed to be comfort in following the herd, but the conventional path of stocks and bonds exposes you to serious risks. It’s a path paved with the anxiety of market volatility, the emptiness of owning impersonal assets, and the constant frustration of being locked out of the private deals where real value is often created. It’s time to step away from the crowd and find a more rewarding path for your capital. Welcome to the AAF community.

Investing Beyond the Stock Market, Made Simple
Ever wondered how the pros get access to investment opportunities that aren't listed on the stock exchange? We find high-quality private Australian businesses and property deals and make them accessible to everyday investors.
Our strategy is simple: we search for great local businesses and commercial projects run by honest, experienced, and capable people. By investing alongside us, you are backing these teams for the long term. We aim to compound our investors' capital over the medium to long term. This is achieved by generating both income and capital gains, which can be reinvested to benefit from the compounding of returns as the underlying value of the fund's assets grows over time.
We handle all the complexity, so you don't have to. Here’s how you benefit:
- We Do the Expert Homework for You: Forget spending countless hours on research. We handle all the detailed analysis, background checks, and number-crunching to ensure an opportunity is high-quality before you ever see it.
- Access to Professional Management: Your money is put to work by a professional management team. This hands-on management and deep industry knowledge is crucial when investing in private markets.
- Start Small and Diversify: You don’t need millions to get started. By pooling your funds with other investors, you can gain a stake in medium to large sized assets. This instantly spreads your risk rather than putting all your eggs in one basket.
- A Completely Hands-Off Investment: Once you decide to invest, we take care of everything. There are no operational headaches or complex management tasks for you to worry about.
- Simple, Clear Updates: You'll receive regular reports in plain English, so you always know exactly how your investment is performing. We believe in total transparency, without the confusing jargon.
- Invest with Confidence: We are an Australian company operating within a regulated financial environment. This provides peace of mind, knowing your investment is subject to high standards of compliance and oversight.
In short, we remove the barriers that have traditionally kept everyday Australians out of private investments. We give you a clear, straightforward, and regulated way to diversify your portfolio into exciting private business and real estate opportunities, helping you grow your wealth without the hassle.
Dedicated Investment Team on Your Side
Investing in private businesses and property projects —the kind of opportunities often seen as being reserved for industry insiders — can feel completely out of reach for most people. The process can seem complex, risky, and time-consuming. Where do you even start, and who can you trust?
That’s where we come in. Our team is made up of specialists with decades of hands-on experience in Australian business and commercial property. We’ve spent our careers building relationships, identifying great opportunities, and learning exactly what makes an investment successful. Our expertise becomes your advantage.
Our entire purpose is to remove the barriers and the guesswork. By investing through us, you get the direct benefit of our professional experience without needing to be an expert yourself. We provide a clear, regulated, and straightforward path to diversifying your portfolio through high-quality private opportunities, with a professional team by your side every step of the way.
Think of us as your personal investment team, doing all the heavy lifting for you. We handle every step of the process:
Our Process
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Finding High Quality Deals:
We use our extensive network to uncover exclusive investment opportunities most retail investors would find difficult to access.
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Doing the Homework:
We carefully assess potential investments for quality and soundness by vetting everything from the management team, finances and more.
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Setting It Up for Success:
We structure the deals intelligently to protect the funds capital and create the best possible conditions for growth and income.
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Managing the Investment:
We don’t just "set and forget." We actively manage and monitor the management teams that we support and invest in.
Your Simple Path to Investing With Us
We believe that accessing high-quality private investment opportunities shouldn't be complicated or intimidating. We’ve designed a clear, guided process to help you invest with confidence, with support at every step.
Here’s how it works:
1 - Explore Exclusive Content
Your journey begins in our secure Investor Content Portal. Here, you can learn about our investment philosophy and explore the types of exclusive business and real estate opportunities we target. This is your space to learn at your own pace.
2 - Chat with a Professional
When you’re ready to learn more, you can easily book a consultation with a qualified financial planner directly through the portal. This crucial step is designed to assess whether this type of investment product is a suitable fit for you.
3 - Review the Official Guide
If the investment is deemed suitable for you, you'll receive the Product Disclosure Statement (PDS). Think of this as the official, detailed guide to the fund. It contains all the important information you need to make a fully informed decision, and reading it is a required step.
4 - Complete Your Application
Your financial planner will help you complete the application form through our secure online system. We’ve made the process as straightforward as possible to eliminate confusing paperwork
5 - Fund Your Investment
Once your application is submitted, you can securely transfer your investment amount to a dedicated account managed by our professional registry service. You will receive an immediate confirmation receipt in your portal for your records.
6 - Welcome Aboard!
Once your funds are received and the application is approved, your investment is confirmed. You are now officially an investor with us! Your holding will be visible in your personal dashboard on the Investor Portal (managed by the fund registry provider).
7 - Ongoing Updates
Your journey with us doesn't end once you've invested. You will receive regular quarterly updates on the fund's performance and have continued access to exclusive content. We are committed to complete transparency, ensuring you remain informed and confident about the progress of your investment.

Your Clear Path to Private Markets
In today's economy, many Australians are finding that diversifying away from stocks and bonds can provide them with a greater sense of security and purpose. With market volatility and the persistent cost of living pressures, alternative assets are a genuine, meaningful way to diversify your portfolio away from volatile public markets. You want to invest in tangible assets—real Australian businesses and quality property projects—but accessing them has always seemed out of reach, reserved for the big players.
The Australian Alternatives Fund has been specifically set up to address this need, to bridge the gap between Australian retail investors and private market investments.
We do the hard yards, using our local networks to find promising private businesses and commercial property deals. We run the ruler over every detail before deciding to acquire these assets within the fund's portfolio.
The Power of Our Pooled Fund: Simple, Smart, Secure
Instead of you having to pick individual investments, our fund structure does the heavy lifting for you. Here’s how you benefit:
Instant Diversification: Your single investment in our fund is spread across a carefully selected portfolio of multiple private businesses and properties. You don't have to put all your eggs in one basket. This built-in diversification is a smarter, more robust way to invest and manage risk.
Professional Management: Our expert team makes all the investment decisions on your behalf. We work full-time to find, vet, and manage the assets within the fund, so you can benefit from professional oversight without any of the stress or hassle.
Unmatched Simplicity and Access: You simply invest in the fund, and we handle the rest—from the complex deal-making to the day-to-day management. This gives you access to a level and quality of investment opportunities that are typically impossible for individual investors to reach on their own.
Ready to see how a professionally managed fund can help you access Australia's private markets?
Explore our Exclusive Investor Content Portal today to learn about our fund's strategy and the quality assets within our portfolio.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an “alternative investment fund,” and how is it different from just investing in the stock market?
An alternative investment fund is a professionally managed fund that invests in assets that aren't listed on a public stock exchange like the ASX. Think of things like private Australian businesses, commercial property projects, or infrastructure.
The key difference is performance. The value of these private assets is not typically tied to the daily ups and downs of the stock market. This means when the ASX is volatile or declining, these alternative investments may provide valuation stability, helping to protect your overall portfolio and smooth out performance over the long term. Our fund pools investor money to buy a portfolio of these assets on your behalf.
What am I actually investing in with this fund?
When you invest in our fund, you are buying a stake in a diversified portfolio of high-quality, private Australian assets. Our expert team specifically targets two main areas:
Private Businesses: Established, profitable Australian companies with strong management teams and potential for growth.
Commercial Real Estate Projects: Quality property projects in high demand markets, managed by experienced management teams.
These are opportunities that are typically inaccessible to everyday investors due to their size, complexity, and the fact they are not publicly advertised. Our fund gives you a simple way to access them.
Who makes the investment decisions?
Our team of specialists manages the fund. We have decades of experience in finding, evaluating, and managing private business and real estate investments here in Australia. Our job is to do all the "hard yards" for you—the rigorous due diligence, financial analysis, and ongoing management of the assets within the fund. You get the benefit of our professional expertise and network without needing to be an expert yourself.
How can this fund help protect my money from inflation?
Inflation erodes the purchasing power of cash and can negatively impact traditional bonds. Our fund may counter this by investing in real assets whose value and income streams can rise with inflation.
For example, as prices go up, private businesses can often adjust their pricing. This provides a natural hedge, helping to preserve and grow the real value of your capital over time.
Is my money locked in for a period of time?
Yes, investments in private assets are different from shares that you can sell any day. Because we invest in long-term assets like property and businesses, your capital will be invested for a set period, which will be detailed in the Product Disclosure Statement (PDS).
This illiquidity is a key feature, not a flaw. Investors may be rewarded with potentially higher returns (known as an “illiquidity premium”) for providing patient, long-term capital. This approach allows the assets to mature and grow in value without the pressure of daily market sentiment.
Are there any tax advantages to investing in the fund?
The structure of a managed fund can offer tax benefits compared to frequently trading shares. Because the fund holds assets for the long term, capital gains may be deferred until an asset is sold, rather than creating taxable events each year. This can lead to more efficient tax outcomes.
Disclaimer: This is general information only. We strongly recommend you consult with your financial planner or registered tax agent to understand how an investment in the fund may impact your personal tax situation.
How might investing in the Australian Alternative Fund give my investments a better sense of meaning?
Many investors feel disconnected from their share portfolios, which can feel like just numbers on a screen.
By investing in our fund, you are directly backing real Australian businesses and tangible local projects. While you can't pick individual assets within our pooled fund, you are aligning your capital with our overall strategy of supporting local enterprise and contributing to the Australian economy - we are a backer of the “Australian Spirit”. It provides a greater sense of purpose and connection to where your money is going.
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