Invesco WS Aus Share is an Managed Funds investment product that is benchmarked against ASX Index 200 Index and sits inside the Domestic Equity - Large Cap Neutral Index. Think of a benchmark as a standard where investment performance can be measured. Typically, market indices like the ASX200 and market-segment stock indexes are used for this purpose. The Invesco WS Aus Share has Assets Under Management of 57.47 M with a management fee of 0.44%, a performance fee of 0.00% and a buy/sell spread fee of 0.4%.
During the month of August, equity markets in Australia posted negative returns with the ASX 300 declining due to weak sector performances from utilities, consumer staples and industrials. The Reserve Bank of Australia opted to hold interest rates at 4.1% citing the fact that past increases had shown signs of cooling demand. It is now forecasting inflation falling back to target in late 2025. In addition, Australia’s unemployment rate rose by 20bps from 3.5% to 3.7%, while the Q2 year-on-year wage growth slowed to 3.6%, below estimates of 3.7%.
In August, Value detracted slightly, while Momentum and Quality had a positive impact on performance over the month. On the other hand, stock specific effects, which are not attributable to any proprietary factor, had a negative impact.
Impact from active sector weights, which are a by-product of the multi-factor optimisation process, was positive over the month. Here, both our overweight in the Energy sector and our underweight on the Health Care sector had a positive impact, while our underweight on the Gold sector contributed negatively to results.
Contributors to performance
Over August, the Australian multi-factor model posted positive results, with Quality, Momentum and Value ending the month in positive territory. All three factors showed a constant positive performance over the whole month. Among the factors, Quality was the strongest in the model.
Within our Australian universe, the highest rated stocks identified by our multi-factor model outperformed the broader market, while the least attractively rated stocks underperformed.
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