UBS Global Gender Equality UCITS ETF hAUD acc

What this fund is

UBS Global Gender Equality UCITS ETF hAUD acc is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from UBS, traded under the ticker GENDEA (ISIN IE000AP3J1Y3). It lets you buy a basket of holdings in a single trade, spreading your money across them rather than one company. In plain terms it is about owning small slices of companies, so you share in their growth when they do well — and their falls when they don't, spread broadly across markets worldwide. Its largest holdings include ILLUMINA INC, KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES IN and MERCK & CO. INC..

By geography it is weighted towards ~10.4% United States, ~2.8% United Kingdom and ~1.4% Canada. By industry it concentrates most in ~6% Health Care and ~2.7% Financials. Investors often use a broad fund like this as a long-term 'core' holding — a single building block that covers much of a global portfolio in one trade. Its ongoing charge (TER) is 0.23% a year — about €23 a year on a €10,000 holding, taken automatically from the fund. Income such as dividends is automatically reinvested inside the fund (an accumulating share class), so returns compound without you doing anything.

It holds the underlying investments directly (physical replication); it is domiciled in Ireland and UCITS-regulated, a European standard built to protect everyday investors and trades in AUD. It launched in 2024. As with any investment, its value can go down as well as up, and past performance is not a guide to future results. (Fund data sourced from UBS.)