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BetaShares NASDAQ 100 ETF (NDQ)

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About this Fund

Fund Detail

PDS https://informedinvestor.com.au/view/pds/100909-2023-01-06-02:20.pdf
FUND MANAGER BetaShares Capital
ASX Code NDQ*
APIR NDQ
ASSET CLASS EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
INVESTMENT STYLE The Fund gives access to many of the world's most innovative companies.
INVESTMENT PROFILE The Fund aims to track the price and income performance of the Benchmark (before fees and expenses).
CURRENCY MANAGEMENT Unhedged
INCEPTION DATE 26-05-2015
BENCHMARK NASDAQ-100 Index
FUND SIZE NASDAQ-100 Index
DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY Half-yearly
NO. OF HOLDINGS Around 100
FEES 0.38% p.a.
STRUCTURE

Benefits

Benefits

Benefits of investing in the BetaShares NASDAQ 100 ETF

  • Access - simple and cost effective way to access a diversified portfolio of some of the world's most revolutionary companies
  • Technology sector exposure - Fund invests in some of the largest, most innovative companies in the global technology sector including Apple, Google & Facebook
  • U.S.exposure - obtain U.S. equities and U.S. currency exposure
  • Cost effective - cost of Fund is lower than traditional active managers focusing on U.S. equities
  • Reduced administration - as an Australian domiciled fund, investors do not need to fill out W-8BEN forms, or risk any potential U.S. estate tax issues
  • Transparent - portfolio holdings, value of the Fund's assets and net asset value per unit available daily on our website
  • Liquidity - available to trade on the ASX like any share

RISK LEVEL
INVESTOR SUITABILITY

Risks

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Key Features

About the Fund

  • Gives Australian investors access to many of the world's most innovative companies that continue to revolutionise our everyday lives including Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Google
  • A core portfolio holding for US growth equities providing transparency and diversification benefits
  • Tactical exposure to the global technology sector
  • A complement and/or alternative to investments with active fund managers focusing on the US equity market

Investment objective

The Fund aims to track the price and income performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index (before fees and expenses).

How to use this ETF in your portfolio

The Fund can be used to implement a variety of investment strategies. For example:

  1. A core component of a global equities allocation providing transparency and diversification benefits Tactical exposure to the global technology sector
  2. A low cost complement or alternative to active fund managers focussed on global equities

Mandate

How we invest your money

The investment objective of the BetaShares NASDAQ 100 ETF is to provide an investment return that aims to track the performance of the NASDAQ 100 Index (the "Index), before taking into account fees and expenses.

The Index includes securities of 100 of the largest U.S. and international non-financial companies listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market, based on market capitalisation. The Index contains companies across major industry groups including computer hardware and software, telecommunications, retail/wholesale trade and biotechnology. It does not contain securities of financial companies (including investment companies).

For more information on the Index, please see section 2 of the PDS.