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BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT)

About this Fund

Fund Detail

PDS https://informedinvestor.com.au/view/pds/106602-2023-01-06-02:20.pdf
FUND MANAGER BetaShares
ASX Code AQLT*
APIR
ASSET CLASS EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
INVESTMENT STYLE

To provide an investment return that aims to track the performance of the Benchmark before taking into account fees and expenses.

INVESTMENT PROFILE

The Responsible Entity will employ a passive management approach with the aim of tracking the performance of the Index, before fees and expenses.

CURRENCY MANAGEMENT Unhedged
INCEPTION DATE 07-04-2022
BENCHMARK Solactive Australia 200 Index
FUND SIZE Solactive Australia 200 Index
DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY Semi-annually
NO. OF HOLDINGS 100+
FEES 0.37% p.a.
STRUCTURE

Benefits

Benefits

Benefits of investing in the BetaShares Australian Quality ETF

  • Low cost - management costs of 0.35% p.a. Transaction costs of 0.02%
  • Portfolio diversification - in a single ASX trade, investors gain exposure to the largest 200 companies listed on the ASX
  • Physically backed - Fund holds physical securities that comprise the index - no derivatives used for index tracking
  • Transparent - portfolio holdings, value of 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 high risk/return profile
INVESTOR SUITABILITY

This product is likely to be appropriate for a consumer seeking capital growth and regular income distributions by providing exposure to the 200 largest companies on the ASX, to be used as a core allocation to Australian equities or a tactical exposure to the Australian sharemarket, within a portfolio where the consumer has a medium to long investment timeframe (5+ years), high risk/return profile and needs daily access to capital.

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Key Features

About the Fund

  • AQLT provides exposure to the largest 200 companies listed on the ASX, based on their market capitalisation
  • A core allocation to Australian equities
  • Tactical exposure to the Australian sharemarket
  • A low-cost alternative to other active and passive fund managers focused on Australian equities

Investment objective

The Fund aims to track the performance of an index (before fees and expenses) that provides exposure to the largest 200 companies listed on the ASX, based on their market capitalisation.

How to use this ETF in your portfolio

  1. A core allocation to Australian equities
  2. Tactical exposure to the Australian sharemarket
  3. A low-cost alternative to other active and passive fund managers focussed on Australian equities

Mandate

How we invest your money

The Fund will seek to achieve the investment objective by adopting a "full replication strategy. See section 2.1.2 of the PDS for further information.

The Index generally comprises 200 of the largest securities by float-adjusted market capitalisation and liquidity listed on the ASX.

To be eligible for inclusion in the Index, a security must meet certain eligibility criteria, including:

  • it must be listed on the Australian Securities Exchange;
  • it must satisfy certain minimum liquidity and free-float requirements; and
  • it must have traded for at least one month prior to being considered for selection.

The Index employs a free-float adjusted market capitalisation weighted methodology that adjusts for the percentage of a company's shares that are publicly available for trading. Under the methodology, the weighting of each constituent in the Index is determined by the float-adjusted market capitalisation assigned to the security.

The Index rebalances quarterly in March, June, September and December. Index changes take effect after the close of trading on the third Friday in the relevant month.

Solactive may, from time to time, exercise reasonable discretion as it deems appropriate in order to ensure Index integrity. The nature and method of calculation of the Index may change from time to time.

The Index Provider is not a related company of the Responsible Entity.

Further information on the Index will be available on the Solactive website at www.solactive.com and sub-pages.