Your path to smart investing
ETFs are diverse, low-cost and flexible. Ours are actively managed, listed on the JSE, and yours to buy on EasyEquities with no minimums.
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Active ETFs, made easy
We're backed by Purple Group, the team behind EasyEquities. Our goal: a safe, regulated, easy-to-understand ETF experience, with low-cost options for your future.
- Regulated by the FSCA
- Management fees from 0.50% a year, excl VAT
- Easy to understand
- No minimums
What active ETFs offer
An active ETF is run by a fund manager who adjusts it as markets change, but it trades on the exchange like a share.
Full transparency
Our active ETFs fully disclose their holdings, so you can see what you own.
Buy and sell any time the market's open
They trade on the JSE, so you can buy or sell during trading hours.
Responsive to markets
Managers can adjust the portfolio as conditions change, rather than following an index.
Professional management
Experienced fund managers make the investment decisions, with oversight from EasyETFs.
The risks, plainly
Every investment carries risk, and active ETFs are no exception. Before you invest, weigh up:
- Market movements. Our ETFs invest across regions and sectors, so their value rises and falls with markets.
- Higher costs than passive ETFs. Active management costs more than tracking an index, and those costs affect your returns.
- Reliance on the manager. Results depend on the fund manager's decisions, which adds uncertainty compared with tracking an index. We review our managers regularly.
- Past performance. How an ETF has done before is no guarantee of how it will do in future.
Actively managed ETFs, explained
Most ETFs track an index. Actively managed ETFs (AMETFs) have a manager choosing the investments, aiming to beat the market.
An ETF (exchange traded fund) gives you a collection of assets, like shares or bonds, bundled into one fund. Think of it as a basket of investments. ETFs trade on the stock exchange, so you can buy or sell them through the day, just like a share.
An actively managed ETF trades on the exchange like any ETF, but a professional manager chooses and adjusts its investments, aiming to beat the market.
They aren't limited to one type of asset. An AMETF can hold a mix of shares, bonds, property, cash and more. Each ETF's page and factsheet shows what it invests in.
A passive ETF follows an index. An AMETF's manager makes decisions to try to do better than its benchmark, which is why AMETFs usually cost more than passive ETFs, and why they can also do worse.
Both are collective investment schemes run by a manager. An AMETF is listed on the JSE and traded at market prices during the day; a unit trust is bought from and sold back to its manager, at a price set once a day.
Owning your first ETF
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Compare our ETFs' fees, risk profiles and benchmarks.
Choose your amount
There's no minimum, so start with whatever suits you.
Find the ETF that fits
Every EasyETF, with its fees, risk profile, benchmark and factsheet.
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