Schroders expands active ETF suite

Schroders Australia has launched a new active ETF, bringing a listed version of its Global Core active strategy to market.

Schroders listed the Schroder Global Core Fund - Active ETF (ASX: CORE) today, marking its fifth active ETF.

The launch is a celebration of its Global Core active strategy celebrating 25 years in market.

CORE is an actively managed, quantitative global equity strategy and is priced at 0.25% per annum with no performance fees. The portfolio typically holds about 400 global companies, derived from a universe of over 15,000.

The underlying strategy has outperformed its benchmark in 20 of its 25 years, Schroders noted.

"The investment landscape is ever changing, and active ETFs have been a part of that. They play a vital role in democratising active management with easy access to valuable active investment capabilities," Schroders Australia chief executive Simon Doyle said.

"We are delighted to launch an active ETF for Schroder Global Core Fund today and offer investors access to our successful long-standing global enhanced index strategy and team."

Also commenting, co-head of Schroders' QEP Investment team Lukas Kamblevicius said: "Since the inception of the Schroder QEP Global Core strategy, markets have presented a variety of opportunities and challenges. Throughout this, our primary goal has been to embed stability for portfolios through strict risk management."

"The strategy has demonstrated strong long-term performance, consistently outperforming its benchmark, the MSCI World Index. We have generated returns consistently in 20 out of 25 years, delivering close to 1% outperformance (composite, gross of fees) on an annualised basis since inception in January 2000.

"With a strong probability of higher volatility in equity markets in 2025 we are well placed through our combined quantitative and fundamentals approach to generate modest, yet consistent, outperformance through the business cycle."