VanEck Australian Long Short Complex ETF
ALFA
VanEck Australian Long Short Complex ETF ALFA Strategy
The Fund employs an actively managed systematic long short strategy and provides exposure to a portfolio of ASX-listed companies selected on the basis of scoring highly on proprietary quantitative screens and exhibiting the highest probability of generating alpha. Short selling is used to achieve positive returns when share prices are expected to fall. The proceeds from short selling are reinvested in the long portfolio.
The investment objective & strategy is a summary of the investment's principal strategy as written in the prospectus. This information is pulled from the most recent product disclosure document.
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