You can now gain pure exposure to the Saudi Arabian equity market via our new Invesco MSCI Saudi Arabia UCITSETF. This passive ETF is the first in Europe to offer targeted exposure to the largest economy in the Middle East. Capturing opportunities in a transforming Saudi Arabia.
Why Saudi Arabia?
Economy is undergoing major transformation
“Vision 2030” programme of social and economic reforms is intended to diversify the Saudi economy away from such a heavy reliance on oil and government funding. Domestically, this includes increasing use of solar and other renewable energy sources, and increasing the number of Saudis in private employment.
Internationally, they are trying to leverage the country’s unique geographical position between three continents, and encouraging major domestic corporations to expand across borders and into global markets. They also want to attract foreign investors and visitors.
The kingdom is planning to sell 5% of state-owned Saudi Aramco, partly to help fund the reform programmes. This could raise upwards of $100 billion, and is likely to be the largest IPO in history. This along with several other significant IPOs in the pipeline will expand the diversification of the index composition, open investment opportunities and increase the importance of the Saudi equity market for international investors.
Since 2015, the government has introduced reforms to make it easier for foreign investors to gain meaningful access to the Saudi equity market. These have included easing requirements for foreign investors and bringing trade settlement more in line with global standards. As a result, MSCI is considering reclassifying Saudi Arabia to Emerging Market status (from Standalone Market) when it announces the result of its annual review on 20 June 2018. If successful, as widely expected, Saudi Arabia will be included in the MSCI Emerging Market index from June 2019.
MSCI suggests the weighting of Saudi Arabia will be around 2.3% of the MSCI Emerging Markets index, placing it behind just South Africa and Russia among countries in the EMEA region. However, this proportion would rise significantly following the planned IPOs of Aramco and others.
What happens next?
Although past performance is in no way an indicator for the future, it is still worth looking at what happened when other Middle East countries went through similar exercises. Both the MSCI United Arab Emirates (UAE) and MSCI Qatar indices saw strong performances following the announcement by MSCI that they were going to be included in the Emerging Markets index. The country indices benefited from investors beginning to increase exposure leading up to their inclusion in the MSCI Emerging Markets index a year later.
Source: Bloomberg. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future returns.
Source: Bloomberg. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future returns
Invesco MSCI Saudi Arabia UCITS ETF
This is the first Saudi Arabia ETF listed in Europe. It provides passive exposure to an MSCI index that has been capped to meet UCITS criteria and avoid over-concentration.
About the index
The MSCI Saudi Arabia 20/35 index comprises 32** large- and mid-cap stocks, covering approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalisation in Saudi Arabia. To ensure the index meets UCITS diversification requirements and avoids overconcentration:
The weight of the largest stock is constrained at 35%, and all other companies at 20%
An investability screen is applied to determine the universe of eligible index constituents
The index is reviewed and rebalanced quarterly. **Source: MSCI, as at 14 June 2018
Investment risk factors
As this is an emerging marketsETF, investors should be prepared to accept a higher degree of risk than for an ETF investing in the securities of issuers in other more established economies or developed countries, as difficulties in dealing, settlement and custody could arise.
The Fund is exposed to the risk of bankruptcy, or any other type of default of the counterparty related to any trading transaction entered into by the Fund.
In order to reach its investment objective, the Fund enters into swap agreements which provide the performance of the Reference Index, and may imply a range of risks which could lead to an adjustment or even the early termination of the swap agreement.
On-exchange liquidity may be limited due insufficient demand, Reference Index suspension, a decision by one of the relevant stock exchanges, or a breach by the market maker of respective stock exchange requirements and guidelines. This may result in share prices that differ significantly from the NAV.
Important information
Investors should note that the price of your investment may go down as well as up. As a result you may not get back the amount of capital you invest.
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Med planer på en snabb utrullning av sina aktivt förvaltade börshandlade fondstrategier (ETF) i Storbritannien och Europa i slutet av året, är det första förvärvet av Cathie Woods Ark Invest ett potentiellt viktigt ögonblick för den europeiska fondmarknaden .
Wood, som är grundare, verkställande direktör, investeringschef med mera för företaget med huvudkontor i Florida, träffade ett avtal om att köpa en 70-procentig andel i Rize för drygt 2,6 miljoner pund, vilken potentiellt kan komma att öka till 10,5 miljoner pund (13 miljoner USD).
Säljaren av andelen, London-noterade AssetCo, som själv köpte in i Rize för drygt två år sedan för 16,5 miljoner pund, kommer som en del av affären att få ett antal av sina River & Mercantile ETFer lanserade på ARKs investeringsplattform.
Det amerikanska företaget sa att affären äntligen tillåter det att marknadsföra fonder till investerare i Europa, Storbritannien och potentiellt andra marknader.
Det skröt om att dess fonder ”bör sticka ut på den europeiska marknaden där det finns få, om några, produkter av deras kaliber, särskilt i ETF-format”.
Planerna inkluderar att byta Rize namnet till Ark Invest Europe, med det europeiska produktsortimentet som kommer att utökas från de nuvarande 11 tematiska ETFerna som alla har ett starkt hållbarhetsfokus, med lanseringen av dess aktivt förvaltade UCITS ETFer över hela Europa ”så snart som möjligt ”.
”Vi har blivit tillfrågade i flera år, nästan sedan vi startade företaget, när vi kom till Europa” sa Wood. ”Och med detta förvärv kommer Ark Invest Europe att rulla ut under de närmaste månaderna.”
Brasilianska aktier och dess valuta fortsätter att gå anmärkningsvärt bra trots dollarns styrka. Vem hade trott att efter en av historiens brantaste räntehöjningscykler skulle Brasilien ha varit en av världens bäst presterande marknader?
Institutionellt kapital har precis börjat expandera sin närvaro till resursrika ekonomier som fortsätter att vara i en av de mest attraktiva värderingarna i historien.
Globala råvaruproducenter verkar ta täten, och brasilianska aktier har sannolikt en lång väg framåt.
Det finns en rad olika börshandlade fonder som ger exponering mot Latinamerikas största ekonomi. Nedan har vi listat några av dessa.
Det betyder att det går att handla andelar i denna ETF genom de flesta svenska banker och Internetmäklare, till exempel DEGIRO, Nordnet, Aktieinvest och Avanza.
Handla IQQB ETF
MSCI Brazil UCITS ETF (Dist) (IQQB ETF) är en europeisk börshandlad fond. Denna fond handlas på flera olika börser, till exempel Borsa Italiana, Deutsche Boerse Xetra, Euronext Paris och London Stock Exchange. Av den anledningen förekommer olika kortnamn på samma börshandlade fond.
Det betyder att det går att handla andelar i denna ETF genom de flesta svenska banker och Internetmäklare, till exempel DEGIRO, Nordnet, Aktieinvest och Avanza.
Handla 540F ETF
Amundi MSCI Brazil UCITS ETF USD (C) (540F ETF)är en europeisk börshandlad fond. Denna fond handlas på flera olika börser, till exempel Borsa Italiana, Deutsche Boerse Xetra, Euronext Paris och London Stock Exchange. Av den anledningen förekommer olika kortnamn på samma börshandlade fond.
Det betyder att det går att handla andelar i denna ETF genom de flesta svenska banker och Internetmäklare, till exempel DEGIRO, Nordnet, Aktieinvest och Avanza.
Handla H4ZG ETF
HSBC MSCI BRAZIL UCITS ETF (H4ZG ETF) syftar till att så nära som möjligt följa avkastningen för MSCI Brazil Index (”Indexet”). Fonden kommer att investera i eller få exponering mot aktier i företag som utgör indexet.
Det betyder att det går att handla andelar i denna ETF genom de flesta svenska banker och Internetmäklare, till exempel DEGIRO, Nordnet, Aktieinvest och Avanza.
Deka Euro Corporates 0-3 Liquid UCITS ETF (ELFF ETF) investerar i företagsobligationer med fokus på Europa. Obligationernas löptider är mellan 0-3 år. De underliggande obligationerna har Investment Grade-betyg. ETF har en valutaexponering i EUR. Ränteintäkterna (kuponger) i fonden delas ut till investerarna (kvartalsvis).
Den totala kostnadskvoten uppgår till 0,15 % p.a. Fonden replikerar det underliggande indexets utveckling genom att köpa alla indexbeståndsdelar (full replikering). Deka Euro Corporates 0-3 Liquid UCITSETF är en liten ETF med tillgångar på 89 miljoner euro under förvaltning. ETFen är äldre än 3 år och har sin hemvist i Tyskland.
Mål
Deka Euro Corporate 0-3 Liquid UCITSETF är en UCITS IV-kompatibel börshandlad fond som är registrerad i Tyskland. Fondens mål är att följa utvecklingen av Solactive Euro Corporates 0-3 Year Liquid EUR Index. Det maximala antalet obligationer i indexet är begränsat till 90.
Investeringsstrategi
Deka Euro Corporates 0-3 Liquid UCITSETF strävar efter att spåra Solactive Euro Corporates 0-3 Year Liquid EUR-index. Solactive Euro Corporates 0-3 Year Liquid EUR-index följer utvecklingen av företagsobligationer i euro. Tid till förfall: 0-3 år. Betyg: Investment Grade.
Handla ELFF ETF
Deka Euro Corporates 0-3 Liquid UCITSETF (ELFF ETF) är en europeisk börshandlad fond. Denna fond handlas på flera olika börser, till exempel Deutsche Boerse Xetra.
Det betyder att det går att handla andelar i denna ETF genom de flesta svenska banker och Internetmäklare, till exempel DEGIRO, Nordnet, Aktieinvest och Avanza.