Commodities can play several roles in a portfolio with the potential for diversification, inflation hedging and growth opportunities.
Seeking exposure to commodities can provide your portfolio with an allocation to diverse asset class1
1. Diversification does not guarantee a profit or eliminate the risk of loss
Allocating to commodities can offer a hedge against inflation
Integrating commodities into your investment strategy may offer the opportunity to pursue potential returns
Low-carbon strategies are common in equity and fixed income investing, using corporate emissions to weight or select securities. Commodities present a greater challenge, however, because they have multiple producers, various processes and delivery methods, to name a few. Incorporating environmental considerations into a commodity fund requires a different approach.
Our Invesco Bloomberg Commodity Carbon Tilted UCITS ETF tracks a novel index that tilts weightings towards those commodities with lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in their production process, relative to other commodities within their sector, whilst reducing exposure to those with higher GHG emissions.
We offer a range of broad commodity ETFs and single commodity ETCs, including the largest physical gold product and the largest ETF tracking the flagship Bloomberg Commodity Index (BCOM) in Europe.1
Our ETF tracks an index comprised of the same 24 commodities as the standard BCOM index but adjusts allocation to each commodity based on the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per unit of production, whilst maintaining similar weightings at the overall sector level compared to the standard BCOM index.
Our ETF tracks the highly liquid and diversified BCOM, one of the most popular broad commodity indices, covering up to 24 eligible agriculture, livestock, metals and energy-related commodities.
Our ETF tracks the Bloomberg Commodity ex-Agriculture and Livestock 20/30 capped Index, comprised of 13 commodities across energy, industrial metals, and precious metals.
Our ETF offers high quality and tradable exposure to global commodity markets by tracking the Solactive Commodity Composite Index. The index comprises a minimum of three constituent indices (it currently includes four 2nd generation broad commodity indices).
Secured by gold bullion, our ETC provides one of the lowest overall cost exposures to the gold price in Europe, enabling you to gain exposure to gold price movements without having to buy and store physical gold yourself. Our ETC aims to hold only gold that has been sourced post-2012, in adherence to the LBMA’s Responsible Gold Guidance.
Please view the product information below in conjunction with the investment risks.
Applies to all broad commodity ETFs and precious metal ETCs: Value Fluctuation, Commodities.
All ETFs in the Invesco Broad Commodity ETF range: Synthetic ETF Risk, Use of Derivatives for Index Tracking.
Invesco Bloomberg Commodity UCITS ETF Eur hdg only: Currency Hedging – ETFs.
All ETCs in the Invesco Precious Metal ETC range only: Limited Recourse.
Invesco Physical Gold EUR hedged ETC and Physical Gold GBP hedged ETC only: Currency Hedging – ETCs.
Invesco Bloomberg Commodity Carbon Tilted UCITS ETF only: New Commodity Risk, GHG Emissions Risk.
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We’ve been managing commodity ETFs since 2006 and are one of the leading providers of commodity exchange traded products globally. Our ETPs are managed by a seasoned team of commodity portfolio managers, with an average industry experience of over 20 years.
With over US$26Bn in broad commodity assets globally2
Targets a 20% reduction in implied GHG emissions per unit of production
One of Europe’s largest and most cost-efficient
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Commodities are generally raw materials and can be grouped into energy (e.g. crude oil, natural gas), metals (e.g. gold, aluminium, copper) and agricultural commodities (e.g. corn, cotton, live cattle).
Commodity indices typically measure commodity futures performance. Futures are contracts to receive (or deliver) commodities at a specified future date and price.
Direct (physical) investing in many commodities is challenging for many reasons, e.g. cost of storage, delivery, and so on. So, by investing in futures contracts, you can gain exposure to commodities without having to own the physical underlying asset and the difficulties that come with it.
A 1st generation index, like BCOM, uses the most actively traded front month futures (holds a single future until expiry and then rolls into a new future) contracts to gain exposure to each commodity. A 2nd generation index may invest in other delivery months, with the objective of minimising ‘roll costs’.
As measured by inflation beta3 from 1998 to 2022, commodities are historically the most efficient hedge for inflation of any major asset class, even when compared to common inflation-fighting instruments, like Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS),4 real estate investments trusts (REITs), 5 and gold.6 This is because commodities are raw materials used as inputs in housing, transportation and food – all components of the CPI. In addition, inflation shocks are usually the by-product of stronger-than-expected demand and/or supply uncertainty, all of which may boost the price of goods.
Given the global reach of commodities, commodity prices have many drivers. However, some of the key influencing factors include:
Greenhouse gases (GHG) are naturally occurring in the atmosphere, which absorbs and re-emits heat, contributing to the warming of the earth. Examples include carbon dioxide and methane. Carbon is a chemical element that is present in many, but not all, greenhouse gases. For the purposes of analysing what investors understand as the ‘carbon footprint’ of a commodity portfolio, GHG emissions data provides a representative metric.
These are physically backed exchange traded certificates (ETCs) that can be bought and sold on exchange. Certificates in the ETCs are a type of debt instrument and are secured by a pool of collateral (the underlying precious metal), which is held on trust by the trustee for itself, the certificate holders and other parties.
1 Invesco, as at 30 June 2023.
2 Invesco, as at 30 June 2023.
3 Inflation beta is a metric used to evaluate an asset class’s ability to hedge inflation. It measures the change in inflation against the return of the asset class over a specific time period.
4 The value of inflation-linked securities will fluctuate in response to changes in real interest rates, generally decreasing when real interest rates rise and increasing when real interest rates fall. Interest payments on such securities generally vary up or down along with the rate of inflation. Real interest rates represent nominal (or stated) interest rates reduced by the expected impact of inflation.
5 REITs are pooled investment vehicles that trade like stocks and invest substantially all their assets in real estate and may qualify for special tax considerations. REITs are subject to risks inherent in the direct ownership of real estate. A company’s failure to qualify as a REIT under federal tax law may have adverse consequences for the REIT’s shareholders. REITs may have expenses, including advisory and administration, and REIT shareholders will incur a proportionate share of the underlying expenses.
6 Sources: Bloomberg L.P. and US Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of December 2022.
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Value fluctuation: The value of investments, and any income from them, will fluctuate. This may partly be the result of changes in exchange rates. Investors may not get back the full amount invested.
Commodities: Instruments providing exposure to commodities are generally considered to be high risk which means there is a greater risk of large fluctuations in the value of the instrument.
For all ETFs in the Invesco Broad Commodity ETF range
Synthetic ETF Risk: The fund might purchase securities that are not contained in the reference index and will enter into swap agreements to exchange the performance of those securities for the performance of the reference index.
Use of derivatives for index tracking: The Fund’s ability to track the benchmark’s performance is reliant on the counterparties to continuously deliver the performance of the benchmark in line with the swap agreements and would also be affected by any spread between the pricing of the swaps and the pricing of the benchmark. The insolvency of any institutions providing services such as safekeeping of assets or acting as counterparty to derivatives or other instruments, may expose the Fund to financial loss.
For the Invesco Bloomberg Commodity UCITS ETF Eur hdg only
Currency Hedging - ETFs: Currency hedging between the base currency of the Fund and the currency of the share class may not completely eliminate the currency risk between those two currencies and may affect the performance of the share class.
For all ETCs in the Invesco Precious Metal ETC range only
Limited recourse: If the issuer cannot pay the specified return, the proceeds from the sale of the precious metal will be used to repay investors. Investors will have no claim on the other assets of the issuer.
For the Invesco Physical Gold Euro Hedged ETC and Invesco Physical Gold GBP Hedged ETC only
Currency hedging - ETCs: Currency hedging between the currency in which the underlying precious metal is typically quoted and the currency of the certificates may not completely eliminate the currency fluctuations between those two currencies and may affect the performance of the certificates.
For the Invesco Bloomberg Commodity Carbon Tilted UCITS ETF only
New commodity risk: Exposure to commodities might result in the Fund being more impacted by natural disasters and tariffs or other regulatory developments. This may result in large fluctuations in the value of the Fund.
GHG Emissions risk: The Fund may perform differently to other commodity funds, such as underperforming in comparison to other commodity funds that do not seek to weight commodity futures based on their respective GHG Emissions
Data as at 31 July 2023, unless otherwise stated.
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The Invesco Commodity Composite UCITS ETF is not sponsored, promoted, sold or supported in any other manner by Solactive AG nor does Solactive AG offer any express or implicit guarantee or assurance either with regard to the results of using the Solactive Commodity Composite Index and/or Index trade mark or the Index Price at any time or in any other respect. The Index is calculated and published by Solactive AG.
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