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Vehicle Investment: Using Your SMSF

Did you know that you can invest your self-managed super fund (SMSF) in cars? Not only can you enjoy the potental for favourable returns with low volatility, you can choose between your own personal collection or having CHROME TEMPLE manage it all for you, within the Mach 1 Fund.
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Why Invest With Your SMSF?

As specialists in vehicle investment and compliance, CHROME TEMPLE can help with investing your SMSF in cars. You can choose to invest your SMSF in the Mach 1 Fund or your own personal collection.

Choose the Fund or your own collection

Embark on an investment journey as a Mach 1 Fund investor, enjoying a hands-free investment experience - allowing us to handle the hard work, compliance, and preservation on your behalf. Or take charge and build your private collection, where you call all the shots.

An enriching SMSF portfolio

Immerse yourself in an enriching experience by channeling your SMSF into the world of vehicle investment. Infusing superannuation fund diversification with your passion for automotive, becoming part of an active investor community and broadening your knowledge.

An opportunity with low volatility

Vehicle investment provides an opportunity to diversify your superannuation fund with an automotive passion asset that has the potential for favourable returns with low volatility. The Mach 1 Fund has generated double-digit annualised returns5, in an asset class that enjoys low-risk and low volatility <10%2.
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Ways To Invest Your SMSF In Cars

Regardless of how you opt to invest your SMSF in vehicles - whether in the Fund or a personal collection - compliance mandates a focus on financial rather than emotional returns. In addition to certain protection and preservation measures.

Mach 1 Fund

The Mach 1 Fund takes care of everything for you, employing a team of experienced professionals and data-driven approach with the goal of achieving greater returns. Delivering double-digit annualised returns5 for investors and with over $12 million in assets under protected (insured, maintained, stored) management, the Fund ensures compliance to preservation and protection mandates and provides investors the statements required for their annual SMSF audit. Furthermore, the economies of scale across the fleet contribute to cost reduction, with the ultimate goal of bolstering and maximising returns.
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Personal Collection

For those who delight in absolute control, leveraging your SMSF to build a personal collection grants full autonomy, provided there's SMSF approved rationale for your investment decisions and SMSF rule compliance. Leverage CHROME TEMPLE's expertise in asset selection, access to suitable examples, negotiation and pricing strategies, insights into market timing, and preservation and protection through: storage, servicing, maintenance and insurance coverage to build a compliant personal SMSF investment.
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Our Track Record

Whether you choose to invest your SMSF in the Fund or your own personal collection, below are just a few examples of individual vehicle investment returns over a given period.*

Held Assets

(for capital growth)6

80%

Annualised return
11 Months held
74% Gross return

20%

Annualised return
28 Months held
48% Gross return

115%

Annualised return
5 Months held
47% Gross return

18%

Annualised return
29 Months held
43% Gross return

Traded Assets

(realised returns)6

60%

Annualised return
45 Days held
7% Gross return

66%

Annualised return
88 Days held
12% Gross return

97%

Annualised return
74 Days held
20% Gross return

56%

Annualised return
161 Days held
25% Gross return
There is no guarantee that the asset will remain its value. The value of above assets may increase or decrease in value at point of sale.
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The Fund In Numbers

The Fund's data-driven and financial return focussed approach, continues to deliver for its investor community. Get in touch today to discuss investing in the Fund.

+11%

Net annualised returns (CAGR)
since May 20215

+37%

Net cumulative returns since May 20215 (not annual)

+$12m

Assets under
management4

+$30m

Assets
transacted
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Your SMSF Consultation With CHROME TEMPLE

CHROME TEMPLE is dedicated to a comprehensive vehicle investment approach. We can provide you the information you'll need to carefully assess the options available to you for an SMSF investment.
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Learn With CHROME TEMPLE

The Fund: Genesis
Why & How We Started CHROME TEMPLE, By Lex Pedersen
The Fund: Investment Thesis
Capitalising On Opportunity
The Fund: Objective
Indulge Your Passions, Grow Your Wealth
The Fund: Acquisition Strategy
The Science Of Selection
The Fund: Governance & Oversight
Transparency, Fairness & Integrity
The Fund: Structure
Built To Inspire Trust
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What Others Have To Say About Us

"Investing with CHROME TEMPLE brings together my passion for cars and my passion for business, with benefits way beyond the impressive investment returns – more than anything it feels like a club connecting like-minded individuals."
Sean / Investor / New South Wales
"The quality of the imagery and attention to detail in the marketing material plus the professionalism from the whole team gave me absolute peace of mind as an interstate buyer, I would buy or sell with CHROME TEMPLE anytime."
Kevin / Buyer / Queensland
"The service from the team at CHROME TEMPLE was excellent. Regular communication, plus updates on the settlement once the car sold made the process seamless and stress-free. I’d happily recommend CHROME TEMPLE."
Simon / Seller / Queensland
Testimonials are views of third parties only and may not reflect the performance of the Fund nor reflect the opinions and beliefs of the Investment Manager, Trustee or their affiliates.

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References: Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance and the expected returns of the Fund may not occur as expected or at all. An investor’s balance in the Fund may decrease as well as increase in value. 1 Based on Historic Automobile Group International ("HAGI") top index from 31 December 2009 to 31 December 2023. The Mach 1 Fund return may not correlate to the historical returns of the collectible car market.  2 Credit Suisse 2022 Collectibles Amid Inflation Report. Annualised volatility from 31 December 2020 to 31 December 2021.  3 Compares Historic Automobile Group International (“HAGI”) index price to the S&P/ASX 300, FTSE 100, World Gold Council and Knight Frank Luxury Index, excluding whiskey. Pricing from 31 December 2009 to 31 December 2023. 4 Funds under management represents current gross asset value. 5 Calculated as the percentage difference in unit price as at 31 March 2024 compared to launch (May 2021) net of fees (proforma for performance fees as needed). Net CAGR considers timing of returns since launch. 6 Gross vehicle returns compare their latest valuation or sale price to their purchase price. Annualised gross returns are calculated as gross vehicle return divided by the number of days held times 365. 7 Comparative indices prices are rebased to $1.00. Data obtained from World Gold Council, HAGI website, Hagerty website, and Wall Street Journal. Mach 1 Fund represents the Fund’s unit price and is net of all fees and expenses whereas comparative indices returns are gross figures (e.g. before fees). 8 Art, Wine, Knight Frank Luxury Index, Watches, Whiskey and Coloured Diamonds all sourced from the Knight Frank Wealth Reports and represent their CAGR from 31 December 2020 to 31 December 2023. Mach 1 Fund and S&P/ASX 300 represent their CAGR from 17 May 2021 to 31 March 2024. Hagerty and HAGI represent their CAGR from 30 April 2021 to 31 March 2024. Hagerty and HAGI sourced from their respective websites. S&P/ASX 300 data sourced from the Wall Street Journal. Only the Mach 1 Fund reports net returns, all other sources report gross returns. 9 Eric Fur, 2023. "Risk and return of classic car market prices: passion or financial investment?," Journal of Asset Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 24(1), pages 59-68, February