The South African Listed Tracker Awards (“SALTA”) are now in its sixth year. It is an initiative by service providers to the burgeoning ETF industry in South Africa, who are not issuers of ETFs themselves, to reward such issuers for exceptional products provided to the South African markets.

The SALTA Awards are managed and promoted by independent service providers to the SA ETF industry, namely: LSEG, ProfileData, the JSE and etfSA.co.za.

The SALTA Awards recognise not only the best total investment returns over the past 1 – 5 years in various categories, but also look to reward “skills” in providing index tracking listed ETF passive products for the investment industry. The organisers measure such skills through:

• Efficiency in tracking indices (tracking error) over 3 years.
• Success in raising new capital through ETF listings on the JSE over 1 and 3 years. Trading efficiency over 3 years.
• A “People’s Award”, for the favourite ETP, selected by public votes, through a dedicated website.
• A “People’s Champion Award” for the best ETP portfolio selection by the public.