Funds Managment

The Werribee District Hospital Charitable Foundation is an astute funds manager and takes great care to ensure it remains strong, stable and prosperous.
We value all bequests and donations greatly and are committed to managing your donations astutely, ethically and profitably.
Day to day oversight of the Foundations funds is provided by a qualified Funds Investment Manager appointed by the Foundation on a two yearly basis.

The Foundations investments are restricted to three asset classes:

  • Equity
  • Fixed Interest
  • Money market deposits


Foundation funds are generally invested according to a considered strategy which:
Increases the real value of the fund after the effect of inflation, recognising that some short-term volatility might occur. (The portfolio is expected to out-perform the All Ordinaries Index over a 12 month period. (Refer to graph opposite)

  • requires investment decisions to be based on a three year investment horizon
  • diversifies investments to avoid exposing the fund to undue risk through the failure of any single investment
  • ensures a proportion of the Foundation's assets are kept at call to take advantage of any investment opportunities that may arise
  • ensures no stock holding in any one company represents more than 25 per cent of the funds assets and no stock holding in any one company represents more than five per cent of the market capitalisation of that company.