Macquarie Asset Management has added global fixed income investment opportunities to its range of actively managed ETFs in Australia.
The Macquarie Dynamic Bond Active ETF (MQDB), and the Macquarie Income Opportunities Active ETF (MQIO) are now available on the ASX providing Australian investors access to opportunities in the global fixed income markets.
Macquarie said the ETFs will provide Australian investors with the transparency and convenience of an ETF structure and access to its global active management strategies, which were previously only available as traditional unlisted managed funds.
Macquarie AM ETF investment strategist, Blair Hanlon, said: “As the largest active investment manager in Australia, we recognise the increasing appetite from Australian investors for actively managed ETFs, so providing our clients with access to our investments through a listed vehicle is the next logical step in our offering.
“We’re looking forward to further expanding our ETF offering in 2024.”
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MQDB targets attractive returns by investing in global fixed income instruments and seeks to provide diversification against equity risk as well as capital growth and some income.
The fund further provides exposure to an actively managed benchmark unaware and diversified portfolio of fixed income investments such as sovereign bonds and investment grade credit.
MQIO aims to outperform the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index over the medium term, and to provide higher income returns than traditional cash investments at all stages of interest rate and economic cycles.
