Nanuk launches new currency hedged active ETF
Equity Trustees, Responsible Entity (RE) for the Nanuk New World Fund (Currency Hedged) Active ETF has announced the listing of the second class of units for the fund on ASX. This second class of units will utilise a dual access mechanism, providing investors with access to the fund via the listed and unlisted channels.
Andrew Godfrey, Executive General Manager, Corporate and Superannuation Trustee Services, Equity Trustees, said: “We are pleased to continue being RE for the Nanuk fund as it launches a second, currency hedged, class of units on the ASX.”
Tom King, CIO at Nanuk Asset Management, said: “The move to launch the Nanuk New World Fund’s hedged unit class as an ETF has been driven by adviser demand for listed access to the currency hedged version of the Fund, launched last year, which has attracted solid support from advisers and investors.”
The Fund provides investors with exposure to a diversified portfolio of listed companies that are assessed to be benefiting from, or contributing to, improving global environmental sustainability and resource efficiency.
Investment is primarily in areas such as clean energy, energy efficiency, industrial efficiency, advanced and sustainable materials, waste management, recycling and pollution control, food and agricultural productivity and healthcare technology.
Nanuk Asset Management was established in 2009. The firm is an industry leader in thematic investing and focuses on sectors that are benefiting from the changes in the global economy necessary to address the increasing tension between ongoing economic growth and longer-term sustainability. The RIAA recognises Nanuk as a Responsible Investment Leader, and Money Management awarded the Nanuk New World Fund Responsible Investment Fund of the Year 2024.
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About Equity Trustees
Equity Trustees is the brand name of EQT Holdings Limited (ABN 22 607 797 615) and its subsidiary companies, publicly listed company on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: EQT) with offices in Melbourne, Bendigo, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, London and Dublin.
Equity Trustees was established in 1888 for the purpose of providing independent and impartial Trustee and Executor services to help families throughout Australia protect their wealth. As Australia’s leading specialist trustee company, we offer a diverse range of services to individuals, families and corporate clients including asset management, estate planning, philanthropic services and Responsible Entity (RE) services for external Fund Managers.
About Nanuk Asset Management
Nanuk Asset Management was established in 2009 and provides world-leading expertise in the investment opportunities and risks associated with environmental sustainability and resource use efficiency. Nanuk’s focus is on global listed companies associated with the broad themes of clean energy, energy efficiency, industrial efficiency, waste management, pollution control, food & agriculture, advanced & sustainable materials, water and healthcare technology. Nanuk’s portfolios are sustainably themed and incorporate positive and negative screening, ESG factors and values-based norms into the decision-making process. Nanuk is an independent firm, privately owned by its founders and staff located in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and London. For more information visit www.nanukasset.com