- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000 Houston TX United States of America 77046
- IPO Date
- Jun 26, 2006
- Business
- Invesco CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust (FXA) is a grantor trust that issues shares traded on NYSE Arca designed to reflect the price of the Australian dollar against the U.S. dollar, plus accrued interest, if any, less the Trust's expenses; the Trust holds Australian dollars in deposit accounts maintained by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., London Branch, as depository, and issues or redeems shares in baskets of 50,000 shares exclusively to authorized participants in exchange for deposits or distributions of Australian dollars. The Trust's sole ordinary recurring expense is the Sponsor's fee, computed daily at an annual rate of 0.40% of the Australian dollars in the Trust (including unpaid interest but excluding unpaid fees); the Sponsor, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC, oversees the Trustee (The Bank of New York Mellon) and certain service providers, bearing most routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses including Trustee fees, NYSE Arca listing fees, and up to $100,000 annually in legal fees. Formed on June 8, 2006, under New York law with shares commencing trading on the New York Stock Exchange on June 26, 2006 (subsequently transferred to NYSE Arca primary listing on October 30, 2007), the Trust is sponsored from principal executive offices at 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700, Downers Grove, Illinois 60515; it operates without officers, directors or employees as a passive investment vehicle, with net asset value calculated daily using the WM/Reuters Australian Dollar Closing Spot Rate at 4:00 p.m. London time and published on www.invesco.com/etfs. The Trust serves investors seeking exposure to the Australian dollar, the national currency of Australia also used in Reserve Bank of Australia accounts, without engaging in derivatives, leverage or active management to profit from or mitigate currency fluctuations; shares are bought and sold like other exchange-listed securities, backed solely by Trust assets.
As of September 30, 2025, the Trust held Australian dollar deposits of approximately AUD 113.8 million (USD 75.4 million equivalent), receivable from accrued interest of USD 84,066, offset by accrued Sponsor's fee of USD 25,136 and 1,150,000 redeemable capital shares at redemption value; for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Trust reported interest income of USD 923,986, Sponsor's fee expense of USD 227,602 and net comprehensive income of USD 696,384 (basic earnings per share USD 0.58), with monthly distributions to shareholders from excess interest (e.g., USD 0.05044 per share paid October 7, 2025). Recent creations included net inflows of 100,000 shares (USD 6.1 million equivalent) via authorized participant activity, alongside routine basket creations/redemptions reflecting USD 38.2 million in proceeds from purchases and USD 32.0 million from redemptions. No major acquisitions, funding rounds, partnerships, new product launches, strategic shifts, name changes or reorganizations occurred in 2024 or 2025; ongoing SEC filings include the 10-K for year ended December 31, 2024 (filed February 2025) and 10-Q for quarter ended September 30, 2025, with continuous monthly ordinary income distributions (e.g., USD 728,906 total for nine months ended September 30, 2025). The Trust targets institutional and retail investors globally via U.S. exchange trading, with geographic focus on Australian dollar exposure subject to currency volatility risks from factors including interest rates, inflation, trade balances and geopolitical events; it maintains no subsidiaries and reports under grantor trust tax treatment, passing through income and expenses to shareholders.