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Australian Small and Mid-Cap Fund

BEG4601AU

Australian Small and Mid-Cap Fund BEG4601AU Strategy

The Fund generally gains its investment exposure by mainly investing in a portfolio of Small-Cap and Mid-Cap companies listed, or expected to be listed, on the Australian Securities Exchange. Australian Small and Mid-Cap companies are those companies that are outside the top 50 companies on the Australian Securities Exchange as determined by market capitalisation. The Fund aims to be invested with multiple active Underlying Investment Manager(s) whose investment strategies emphasize performance above the benchmark while aiming to control risk.
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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Markets

Index
Last price
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% Change
All Ordinaries 7,297.70 51.90 0.72%
CAC 40 7,280.29 12.65 0.17%
DAX 40 16,203.26 36.81 0.23%
Dow JONES (US) 35,430.42 13.44 0.04%
FTSE 100 7,457.88 34.42 0.46%
HKSE 17,042.88 49.44 0.29%
NASDAQ 14,258.49 23.27 -0.16%
Nikkei 225 33,486.89 165.67 0.50%
NZX 50 Index 11,330.20 94.26 0.84%
S&P 500 4,550.58 4.31 -0.09%
S&P/ASX 200 7,087.30 52.00 0.74%
SSE Composite Index 3,029.67 7.99 0.26%

Market Movers

Name
Last price
Change
% Change
Pilbara Minerals Ltd PLS 3.64 0.08 2.25%
Lendlease Group LLC 6.63 0.04 -0.60%
Telstra Group Ltd TLS 3.82 0.04 1.06%
Car Group Ltd CAR 27.78 0.24 0.87%
South32 Ltd S32 3.08 0.02 0.65%
Scentre Group SCG 2.65 0.02 0.76%
Origin Energy Ltd ORG 8.24 0.16 -1.90%
Westgold Resources Ltd WGX 2.14 0.03 1.42%
BHP Group Ltd BHP 46.30 0.11 0.24%
Stockland Corp Ltd SGP 4.13 0.06 1.47%