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Betashares Geared Australian Equity Fund (ASX: GEAR) - Share Price and Research

Current share price for GEAR : $30.220 0.9 (2.89%)+

Betashares Geared Australian Equity Fund (GEAR) is an Exchange Traded Fund - commonly known as an ETF. For more details about how ETFs work, feel free to check out our What is an ETF? overview. Betashares Geared Australian Equity Fund (GEAR) provides investors with cost-effective geared exposure to the returns of the broad Australian sharemarket.

General Information

BetaShares Geared Australian Equity ETF
BetaShares Capital Ltd
Equity Australia Large Geared
S&P/ASX 200 TR AUD
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Investment Fund
29 Apr 2014
$478.58 million (as at 16 Dec 2024)
$25 (as at 30 Aug 2023)
$24.91 (as at 30 Aug 2023)

GEAR ETF performance (30 Nov 2024)

NOTE : returns for periods greater than 1 year are annualised
  1 Month % 3 Month % 6 Month % 1 Year % p.a. 2 Year % p.a. 3 Year % p.a. 5 Year % p.a. 10 Year % p.a.
Total return 8.26 10.14 21.59 46.66 18.49 15.06 10.43 12.55
Growth return 8.26 10.14 21.25 43.3 14.12 6.9 3.66 5.83
Income return (Yield) 0 0 0.34 3.36 4.37 8.16 6.77 6.72

Market index (S&P/ASX 200 TR AUD)
Total return 3.79 5.47 11.53 23.42 11.9 9.55 8.28 9.08

Asset Allocation (30 Nov 2024)

Australian Equities 205.53%
International Equities 25.23%
Cash -130.76%
Property 0%
Fixed Interest 0%
Alternatives 0%
Asset Allocation

Objectives and Strategy

The investment objective of the Fund is to provide geared exposure to the returns of the Australian share market.
The fund will seek to achieve this objective by combining application money from investors with borrowed funds, and investing the proceeds in a broadly diversified share portfolio generally consisting of approximately 200 of the largest equity security on the ASX, weighted by their market capitalisation.

Offer information

MER 0.80% (as at 29 Dec 2023)
Indirect Cost Ratio (ICR) 0.80% (as at 30 Jun 2023)
Performance fee (not included in ICR) Not Available
Minimum initial investment $500.00

Top 10 holdings (as at 30 Nov 2024)

Holding Type % of Portfolio
Commonwealth Bank of Australia Equity 24.74%
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