How ASX investors can use the F100 ETF
The BetaShares F100 ETF provides investors with exposure to the largest 100 blue-chip companies on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), by market capitalisation.
Investors looking to invest U.K based companies could use F100 in their portfolio to ’tilt’ their exposure to UK-listed companies. You could buy all of these companies yourself using a share brokerage account, but that would be a very expensive and time-consuming process.
F100 meets our minimum market cap (FUM) criteria
The BetaShares F100 ETF had $453.41 million of money invested when we last pulled the monthly numbers. Given F100’s total funds under management (FUM) figure is over $100 million, the ETF has met our minimum criteria for the total amount of money invested, otherwise known as FUM. We draw the line at $100 million for ETFs in the International shares sector because we believe that relative to smaller ETFs, achieving this amount of FUM de-risks the ETF.
F100 ETF fees explained
BetaShares charges investors a yearly management fee of 0.45% for the F100 ETF. This means that if you invested $2,000 in F100 for a full year, you could expect to pay management fees of around $9.00.
For context, the average management fee (MER) of all ETFs covered by Best ETFs Australia on our complete list of ASX ETFs is 0.51% or around $10.20 per $2,000 invested. Keep in mind, small changes in fees can make a big difference after 10 or 20 years.
Putting it all together
If you’re weighing up investing in F100, keep in mind that this is just a brief introduction to the ETF. To supercharge your research, take a look at our free BetaShares F100 report. Then, consider searching our complete list of ASX ETFs for similar ETFs in the International shares sector to compare your options.
