About
Provides exposure to the performance of a basket of the most globally significant agricultural commodities
- Simple way to obtain exposure to ‘soft commodities’ (corn, wheat, soybeans, sugar)
- Soft commodities are primarily used in the production of food, drinks and textiles
- Includes a currency hedge against movements in the AUD/USD exchange rate
- Aims to track the performance of an index which is based on commodity futures
Please note during Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time, trading hours for this Fund will be 11.00-16.00
Advantages
- Access – performance of agricultural commodities as simply as buying a share
- Convenience – investors avoid complications and costs of directly buying futures or physical commodities
- Reduced currency risk – commodities globally are priced in U.S dollars; the Fund’s U.S dollar exposure is hedged to the Australian dollar
- 100% backed by cash held by third party custodian
- Portfolio diversification – commodities historically have low correlation to other asset classes
- Liquidity – available to trade on ASX like any share
How to Invest
- You can buy or sell units just like you’d buy or sell any share on the ASX
- Fund requires no minimum investment