Approach

In seeking to achieve the investment objective for each Fund, the Responsible Entity will employ a passive management approach that aims to track the performance of the relevant Index, before fees and expenses. Unless otherwise set out in the Product Supplement, each Fund will generally invest in the securities that comprise the relevant Index in proportion to the weightings of the securities in the Index. This is known as a “full replication” strategy. For such Funds, the timing and nature of any changes to the composition of the Fund’s investments will generally correspond with the timing and nature of changes to the relevant Index. In a variety of circumstances, however, the holdings of a Fund may not exactly replicate its Index. For example, it may not be possible or practical to do so in some circumstances, such as where investment restrictions apply which would prevent direct investment in a particular security. A Fund, from time to time, may not hold all of the securities comprising the Index and may hold securities in weightings which differ from the Index. Some Funds will generally not hold all of the securities comprising the relevant Index and may hold securities in weightings which differ from the Index. This is referred to as a “sampling” strategy. A sampling strategy is often used for funds tracking an index that is too broad to efficiently purchase all of the index’s securities. For Funds where a sampling strategy is used, this is noted in the relevant Product Supplement. For such Funds, the sampling strategy is based on a portfolio of securities that may be a sub-set of the constituents of the Index and that aims to be representative of the characteristics of the constituents of the Index as a whole. The aim of a sampling strategy is to construct a portfolio that provides a return profile comparable to that of the Index.

Portfolio

The Index seeks to track the price movements of a portfolio containing the top 50 technology and online retail stocks, by free float market capitalization, that have their main area of business in Asia excluding Japan.The Index is normally reconstituted and rebalanced semi-annually, with the new portfolio becoming effective at the close of trading on the first Wednesday in May and November each year.

Portfolio Holdings

People

Adam O’Connor is a member of the BetaShares Distribution team responsible for supporting Institutional and Intermediary Broker and Adviser channels. Alex is a member of the BetaShares Sales & Distribution team, responsible for assisting with client inquires and providing portfolio analytics support to the sales team. Alex is a member of the BetaShares Distribution team, responsible for supporting Institutional and Intermediary Broker channels.

Performance

RBTZ aims to track the Indxx Global Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Thematic Index before fees and expenses. The Index focuses on identifying the industries and sub-themes positively impacted by robotics and A.I. The Index includes companies involved in Industrial Robotics and Automation, Non-Industrial Robots, Artificial Intelligence and Unmanned Vehicles and Drones. To qualify for inclusion in the Index, a constituent must have a minimum market capitalisation of US$100 million.

About the Fund

Robotics involves the idea, design, creation, and application of programmable mechanical devices that can perform tasks and interact with their environments without human input. A.I. is a division of computer science that emphasises the conception of intelligent machines that can work, react, and learn like humans in order to recognise speech, plan, and solve problems. Robotics and Artificial Intelligence is a transformational technological development, with the ability to disrupt multiple industries due to significant economic incentives related to ageing populations, rising labour costs, and opportunity for performance improvements.

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