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Active (8)BetaShares Australian Equities Bear Hedge Fund
A simple way to profit from, or protect against, a falling Australian sharemarket. BEAR is designed to go up when the market goes down (and vice versa).
OVERVIEW
Fund Objective
BEAR seeks to generate returns that are negatively correlated to the returns of the Australian sharemarket. The Fund expects to generate a positive return when the S&P/ASX Accumulation 200 Index falls (and a negative return when the index rises).
Fund Strategy
A 1% fall in the Australian sharemarket on a given day can generally be expected to deliver a 0.9% to 1.1% increase in the value of the Fund (and vice versa).
NB: The Fund’s portfolio exposure is actively monitored and adjusted to stay within a -0.9x to -1.10x range on any given day. The Fund’s returns will not necessarily be in the range -0.9x to -1.10x over periods longer than a day, due to the effects of rebalancing and compounding of investment returns over time. Investors should monitor their investment to ensure it continues to meet their investment objectives.
The Fund uses futures to obtain its exposure rather than the underlying shares. As the futures market closes at a later time to the share market, at times the Fund’s performance for a given day may differ from that indicated by the share market.
The Fund’s strategy of seeking returns that are negatively correlated to market returns is the opposite of most managed funds. The Fund is actively managed and does not track a published benchmark.
Benefits of BEAR
Hedge your portfolio
Protect your portfolio from market declines, without having to sell your shares and crystallise capital gains.
Profit from declining markets
BEAR gives you the opportunity to profit from a fall in the Australian sharemarket.
Convenience
Investing in BEAR avoids the costs and complications of futures, CFDs and short selling. Investors are not exposed to margin calls.
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.
KEY FACTS
Pricing Information 5 July 2020
| Current Price | |
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| Last Trade* | - |
| % Change (prev day) | - |
| Bid (delayed) | - |
| Offer (delayed) | - |
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iNAV (live)**
iNAV stands for Indicative Net Asset Value. It is updated every 60 seconds and provides an estimate of the net asset value of the Fund during the trading day
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$11.787 |
*Data is delayed by at least 20 minutes.
** As at 3 July 2020 04:29 PM
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| NAV | |
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| NAV/Unit * | $11.83 |
* As at 2 July 2020
Profile
| Net Assets* ($A) | $114,071,565 |
| Units Outstanding* (#) | 9,645,099 |
| Mgmt Costs** (% p.a.) | 1.38% |
| Distribution Frequency | Annual |
| Distribution Reinvestment Plan (DRP) | Not available |
| Issuer | BetaShares Capital Ltd |
| Fund Administrator | RBC Investor Services |
| Custodian | RBC Investor Services |
| Registry | Link Market Services |
| Auditor | KPMG |
* As at 2 July 2020
**Certain additional costs apply. Please refer to PDS.
Trading Information
| ASX Code | BEAR |
| Bloomberg Code | BEAR AU |
| IRESS Code | BEAR.AXW |
| Trading Hours | 10.00-16.00 (AEST) |
| iNAV IRESS Code | BEARINAV.ETF |
| Market Makers | Susquehanna Pacific |
| SMSF Eligible | Yes |
Index Information
| Index | N/A |
| Index Provider | N/A |
| Index Ticker | N/A |
| Bloomberg Index Ticker | N/A |
Portfolio Composition
| Name | % |
|---|---|
| 1 Cash & Cash Equivalents* | 100% |
* May comprise cash, ASX-quoted cash trusts and cash on margin accounts
Short Exposure
| Range* (%) | -90% to -110% |
| Current Portfolio Exposure ** (%) | -106.9% |
* As at 5 July 2020
* Represents the Fund's approximate exposure, for the above date, to movements in the S&P/ASX 200 Acc Index, as measured by the futures contracts held in the Fund. For example, if the Fund's portfolio exposure is -105%, and the S&P/ASX 200 Acc index goes down 1% that day, the Fund would be expected to go up approximately 1.05% that day, before fees and expenses. The Fund is actively managed and the portfolio exposure will change on a daily basis, affecting returns over time.
PERFORMANCE
Fund Returns After Fees (%)
| Fund | S&P/ASX 200 Accum. Index | |
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| 1 month | -3.90% | 4.36% |
| 3 months | 2.34% | -9.92% |
| 6 months | 8.18% | -14.59% |
| 1 year | -0.81% | -6.70% |
| 3 year p.a | -5.64% | 4.35% |
| 5 year p.a | -5.13% | 4.27% |
| Since inception (p.a) | -7.76% | 8.83% |
| Inception date | 6-Jul-12 | - |
* As at 29 May 2020
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Past performance is not an indicator of future performance. Returns are calculated in Australian dollars using net asset value per unit at the start and end of the specified period and do not reflect brokerage or the bid ask spread that investors incur when buying and selling units on the ASX. Returns are after fund management costs, assume reinvestment of any distributions and do not take into account tax paid as an investor in the Fund. Returns for periods longer than one year are annualised. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown.
DISTRIBUTIONS
Yield Information
| Distribution Frequency | Annual |
| 12 Mth Distribution Yield* (%) | - |
| 12 Mth Gross Distribution Yield* (%) | - |
| Franking Level | - |
*As at 31 May 2020. Yield figures are calculated by summing the prior 12 month net and gross fund per unit distributions divided by the fund closing NAV per unit. Past performance is not an indicator of future performance.
Recent Distributions
| Ex Date | Record Date | Payment Date | Distribution Unit ($) | Annual Distribution Return (%) (1) |
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| 1-Jul-16 | 4-Jul-16 | 18-Jul-16 | $0.16857 | 0.98% |
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1 This is the annual distribution return to the end of the relevant distribution date. The distribution return reflects the contribution to total investment return made by the Fund's distributions. It is calculated as the difference between total Fund return and NAV return. NAV return is the change in the Fund's NAV price. Total return is the NAV return plus reinvestment of all distributions back to the Fund. Past performance not indicative of future performance.
RESOURCES
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Factsheet - BEAR |
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Brochure - BetaShares Bear Hedge Fund Series |
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BetaShares Bear Funds - Recent FAQs |
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Portfolio Holdings |
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Product Disclosure Statement - BEAR |
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Annual Report - June 2019 |
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Notice of Modifications to Fund Constitution – AMIT Tax Regime |
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Interim Financial Report 2018 |
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BEAR Annual Hedge Fund Report – 2019 |
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2020 BetaShares Distribution Calendar |
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