What’s under the hood of the new AI ETF on the ASX?

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is welcoming an AI exchange-traded fund (ETF) today.

Artificial intelligence has captured the hearts and minds of investors with the popularisation of chatbots and AI-generated imagery. The promise of a more productive, creative, and innovative future is taking the world by storm — boosting the fortunes of AI-relevant companies while doing so.

Today’s launch of the Global X Artificial Intelligence ETF (ASX: GXAI) gives Aussies another way to tap into the hot sector. So, let’s take a tour of the latest ETF to hit the ASX while the iron is hot.

What’s inside the ASX AI ETF?

The Artificial Intelligence ETF is the 36th exchange-traded fund in the New York-based provider’s lineup in Australia.

According to its website, this ASX AI ETF aims to invest in companies that “potentially stand to benefit from the further development and utilisation of artificial intelligence technology in their products and services, as well as in companies that provide hardware facilitating the use of AI for the analysis of big data”.

Furthermore, the fund’s goalpost is the Indxx Artificial Intelligence & Big Data Index. The aim is to give investors a return in line with this index. The thematic index that Global X will be tracking has increased 41.9% over the past year.

The all-important question: What will investors buy in a slice of the Global X Artificial Intelligence ETF?

AI superstar Nvidia takes pole position in the ETF. The company, which has risen 77% in 2024 alone, is the largest by market capitalisation inside the fund. However, the weighting of positions is not based on market cap.

For instance, social media giant Meta (owner of Facebook and Instagram) has the second largest allocation. Yet, Jeff Bezos’ Amazon is roughly US$600 billion larger than Meta and is fourth on the list.

The ETF is actively managed and incurs a 0.57% management fee for being such. As a comparison, the ASX 300 tracking Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (ASX: VAS) charges a 0.07% management fee.

Shares in the ASX AI ETF are trading at $10.07 on the open.

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