Hamilton Australian Bank
Equal-Weight Index ETF
Higher dividends from one of world’s best banking sectors

Highlights:
+31.83% annualized return since inception *As at April 29, 2022
Equal weight exposure to Australia’s “Big Five” banking oligopoly
Historically, Australian banks have had similar returns/volatility vs. Canadian banks over the past 10-20 years
Australian banks outperformed Canadian banks during the global financial crisis
Australia’s economy has been one of the world’s most resilient over the past several decades
A GOOD FIT FOR INVESTORS WHO WANT:
Attractive quarterly dividends and growth potential from one of the world’s top performing banking sectors
Diversification: Australian banks have relatively low correlations to Canadian banks
Exposure to one of the world’s best and highest capitalized banking sectors
FUND OBJECTIVE
The fund is designed to closely track the returns of the Solactive Australian Bank Equal-Weight Index TR, comprised of equal weightings of Australia’s “Big 5” banks.
100% currency hedged
Performance
- TICKER HBA
- NAV $23.18
- CHANGE -$0.06
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YIELD *
As at April 29, 2022
5.04% - ASSETS $141.2M
Annualized Returns
- ticker 0.00%
- 1 month -0.24%
- 3 months 12.64%
- 6 months 3.57%
- year to date 5.36%
- 1 year 15.61%
- inception* 31.83%
- as of date 202200.00%
Solactive Australian Bank Equal Weight Index TR vs Canadian Banks
Value of $100 invested since inception of Solactive Australian Bank Equal Weight Index TR (SOLBAEWT; July 31, 1996) vs equal weight portfolio of Canada’s “Big 5” banks, as at March 31, 2022
- Overview
- Distributions
- Documents
ticker | name | weight |
MQG | Macquarie Group Ltd | 21.0% |
NAB | National Australia Bank Ltd | 20.6% |
CBA | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 20.2% |
WBC | Westpac Banking Corp | 19.1% |
ANZ | Australia & New Zealand Banking | 19.1% |
Ticker | HBA |
Exchange | Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) |
CUSIP | 40701D109 |
Inception Date | June 26, 2020 |
Investment Style | Equal-weight, index-based |
Benchmark | Solactive Australian Bank Equal-Weight Index |
Assets | $141.2M CAD* |
Yield | 5.04%* |
Distributions | Quarterly |
Rebalancing | Semi-Annually |
Currency Hedging | 100% hedged |
Management Fee | 0.55% |
Administrator | Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. |
Auditor | KPMG LLP |
Ex-Dividend Date | Paid | Frequency | Amount |
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2022-03-30 | 2022-04-12 | Quarterly | $0.30 |
2021-12-30 | 2022-01-13 | Special (non-cash) | $0.50735 |
2021-12-30 | 2022-01-13 | Quarterly | $0.30 |
2021-09-28 | 2021-10-13 | Quarterly | $0.30 |
2021-06-29 | 2021-07-13 | Special (cash) | $0.20 |
2021-06-29 | 2021-07-13 | Quarterly | $0.30 |
2021-03-30 | 2021-04-13 | Quarterly | $0.26 |
2020-12-30 | 2021-01-13 | Quarterly | $0.26 |
2020-09-30 | 2020-10-13 | Quarterly | $0.24 |
You can view public filings for the Hamilton Australian Bank Equal-Weight Index ETF on SEDAR.
Press Releases
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Fact Sheet
HBA Fact Sheet (2022-04-29) English Français
ETF Facts
HBA ETF Facts (2022-05-18) English Français
Prospectus
HBA Prospectus (2022-05-18) English Français
Financial Statements
Interim Financial Statements (2021-06-30) English Français
Annual Financial Statements (2021-12-31) English Français
Latest Portfolio Summary
Q1 2022 Portfolio Summary (2022-03-31) Download
Independent Review Committee
2021 Annual Report to Securityholders (2022-03-21) Download