S&P/ASX Buy-Write Index™

A new Australian equity benchmark for active fund managers. ASX Code: XBW

The XBW is a passive total return index. The underlying index is the S&P™/ASX 200 Accumulation Index over which an S&P™/ASX 200 Index call option is sold each quarter.

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Why use options in equity portfolio management?

Options are a tool that should be in every equity fund manager's toolbox. Active managers can use options to:
  • generate extra returns
  • reduce risk
  • reduce transactions costs
  • reduce market impact costs of acquiring stock

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Index Level
  • 39832.6

as at Mon October 6 2008 10:38AM EST

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"We have used exchange traded options for many years as part of managing the risk of our domestic equity portfolios."

- John Gethin-Jones, General Manager, Global Equities, Queensland Investment Corporation

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