AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) today announced the launch of two new actively managed bond ETFs. These are the AXA IM Global Inflation-Linked Bond Opportunities UCITS ETF and the AXA IM Short Duration Income UCITS ETF.
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Olivier Paquier Global Head of ETF Sales di AXA IM
Both investment options complement the existing range of actively managed ETFs and build on AXA IM’s expertise in both fixed income investments and active portfolio management.
1. AXA IM Global Inflation-Linked Bond Opportunities UCITS ETF (ACPI)
The AXA IM Global Inflation-Linked Bond Opportunities UCITS ETF offers access to an actively managed portfolio of inflation-linked bonds issued by OECD member states that are included in the Bloomberg World Government Inflation 1–10 Year Total Return Index (currency hedged in USD). The ETF’s total expense ratio (TER) is 0.20 per cent.
The AXA IM Global Inflation-Linked Bond Opportunities UCITS ETF (ticker: ACPI for the accumulating share class and AFDU for the distributing share class) is available on Xetra (Deutsche Börse) in EUR and USD and will soon be available on Borsa Italiana and SIX Swiss Exchange.
2. AXA IM Short Duration Income UCITS ETF (ASHU)
The AXA IM Short Duration Income UCITS ETF offers access to an actively constructed portfolio of high-quality, short-term investment-grade bonds issued by governments, companies or public institutions on a global basis. The investment universe corresponds to the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Corporate 1-3 Yrs Total Return Index (currency hedged in USD). The ETF’s total expense ratio (TER) is 0.19 per cent.
The AXA IM Short Duration Income UCITS ETF (ticker: ASHU for the accumulating share class and ASLU for the distributing share class) will soon be available on the Deutsche Börse via XETRA, as well as on the Borsa Italiana and the SIX Swiss Exchange.
Olivier Paquier, Global Head of ETF Sales at AXA IM: “With these two new active ETFs, we are continuing to expand our range. Our aim is to offer investors a broad selection of relevant and innovative investment solutions so that they can further diversify their portfolios. Both active ETFs combine two of AXA IM’s core areas of expertise: investment management based on conviction and in-house research, and the long-standing experience of our fixed income teams.”
Both ETFs will be available to institutional and private investors in Austria, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden upon launch. In Italy, both ETFs will be reserved exclusively for institutional investors until they are listed on the stock exchange.
Source : ETFWorld.co.uk
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