BetaShares FTSE 100 ETF

BetaShares has launched an exchange traded fund on the ASX that tracks the UK's FTSE 100 index, an index that comprises the 100 biggest listed companies in the UK by market capitalisation. The BetaShares FTSE 100 ETF trades with the code F100.

"For Australian investors, F100 offers an attractive source of diversification, providing access to a widely recognised benchmark of 100 blue-chip companies listed in the UK, " BetaShares CEO, Alex Vynokur, said.

The fund has a management cost of 0.45 per cent per annum.