Equities

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ASX has a wide range of products that allow you to gain exposure to both domestic and international equities markets. You can get direct exposure to domestic shares or diversified exposure to a basket of international and domestic shares via Exchange Traded Funds. In addition ASX offers a range of derivative products that provide leveraged exposure, protection or income generation.

Domestic equities

Shares

When you buy shares in a company, you are buying a part of that company. It’s straightforward, you don’t need a lot of money to get started, and shares give you flexibility and control. People invest in shares to make money - either through share price growth, or via income paid as dividends. 

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

ETFs over domestic equities invest in a portfolio of securities providing you with a diversified portfolio in the one transaction. The range of Australian index ETFs provide exposure over the benchmark S&P/ASX 300 Index, S&P/ASX 200 Index and the S&P/ASX 50 Index in addition to a specific outcome orientated index, the Russell Australia High Dividend Index. There are also Australian sector ETFs available.

Listed Investment Companies (LICs)

LICs provide exposure to a diversified portfolio of investments on behalf of their investors. These investments may include Australian shares, private equity, specialist sectors such as wine and resources or strategies like enhanced income.

Instalment Warrants

Instalment Warrants give you the opportunity to enter the market at a lower cost, with less capital, and yet still derive some of the benefits including all the dividends, franking credits and potential capital growth associated with the shares themselves.

Options

Options can provide you alternatives to simply buying and holding shares alone. This can be protecting your shares against market falls, generating additional income over and above dividends or producing leveraged returns regardless of the market direction.

Trading Warrants

Trading warrants are a versatile trading instrument. They enable you to gain a leveraged exposure to an underlying instrument in a rising or falling market.  Trading warrants can also be used to manage risk on an investment portfolio.

ASX Listed CFDs

ASX Equity CFDs give you access to trade an ASX Listed CFD over Australia’s most actively traded shares. They are leveraged instruments that enable you to gain exposure to a shares value. Traders use them to take positions in both rising and falling markets. 

Futures

Index Futures are leveraged products that allow you to take a view on the direction of an underlying index, the most popular of which is the S&P/ASX 200 or ASX SPI 200 Index Futures contract.

Alternative equities

Infrastructure Funds

Infrastructure funds provide investors with the opportunity to invest in essential public assets through professionally managed funds. These assets are the essential goods and services of our economy . Examples include toll roads, airports, oil/gas pipelines and broadcasting towers.

International equities

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

ETFs over international equities invest in a portfolio of securities providing you with a diversified portfolio in the one transaction. They can provide investors with a low cost and easy way to gain international exposure to both established and emerging markets.

Listed Investment Companies (LICs)

LICs provide exposure to a diversified portfolio of investments on behalf of their investors. These investments may include International shares.

Exchange Traded International Securities (ETIS)

ETIS are ASX listed securities that provide exposure to individual US shares traded on the NYSE and NASDAQ stock exchanges. The provide investors with a simple way to gain international exposure to single shares listed overseas.

Instalment Warrants

Instalment Warrants give you the opportunity to enter the market at a lower cost, with less capital, and yet still derive some of the benefits including all the dividends, franking credits and potential capital growth associated with the shares themselves. Some Instalment Warrants are available over international ETFs.

ASX Listed CFDs

ASX Index CFDs give you access to trade some of the world's leading equity indices. For as little as the equivalent of 5% initial margin you can gain 20 times leveraged exposure to these leading equity indices in both rising and falling markets.