Defender Tourism Fund

Defender tourism fund focus on tourism and hospitality assets in Australia reflects a strategic approach tailored to prevailing market dynamics and investor demand.

About Fund

The fund’s portfolio includes properties such as Ballina Beach Resort, Tuross Beach, Stewarts Bay Lodge, Barclay Motor Inn, The Gateway Motel, Yamba Motor Inn, and Central Court Motel. Offers half-yearly income distributions with a consistent distribution history and steady growth exceeding 10% p.a.

$0.8287
Current NAV
6.6%
Fully franked dividend yield
$1.38
Pre-tax net tangible assets
$11.3
Performance
(% p.a. since May 2016)

About the Fund’s Management

Given the nature of the Fund, there are both internal and external management teams operating the business.

The internal management focus on operational day-to-day activities and are employed by the Fund. The external management is overseen by Defender Asset Management.

Darron Wolter

Chief Executive Officer

Darron began his career in the hospitality industry by managing Hotels in Sydney back in 1987. Having extensive experience in analysing business insights, Darron has developed and effectively implementing strategies to streamline and consolidate operations into an enterprise solution. Through leadership Darron has been able to inspire the behaviour and ethos of the management team to adopt best practices and enhance guest experience.

Ashlee Rogers

Operations Manager

Ashlee has vast experience in the hospitality and customer service industry with over 27 years of dedicated service across Australia, United Kingdom and the United States of America. Ashlee prides herself on strong communication and leadership skills which has added to her successful career in the many leadership roles she has undertaken.

How we invest

We are focused on the acquisition of tourism and hospitality assets. The Fund seeks to acquire both passive investments as well as actively managed businesses. By improving systems and focusing on overall returns we add value to the business and underlying property

Acquire the asset

Acquire property and associated businesses with high value-add potential, ideally below replacement value.

Improve it

Undertake a repositioning strategy to create additional value, increasing the income and capital value.

Further refine

Integrate and improve operating procedures, through deployment of technology and processes to increase revenue, reduce costs and improve margins.

Sell for profit

Position either single assets or the enlarged portfolio for an ultimate exit, designed to maximise the total return to investors.

Portfolio

Fund Performance

As at 30 June 2022

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