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Perpetual WealthFocus Investment Advantage - Vanguard International Shares Index Hedged - Managed Fund

Fund Objective
The fund is managed to closely track the risk and return characteristics of the index, while minimising transaction costs and effectively managing index changes. The fund will hold most of the shares in the index, but allow individual share weighting to vary marginally from the index from time to time. The fund achieves its investment objective by investing in the Vanguard International Shares Index Fund and forward foreign exchange contracts.
Fund Strategy
The fund is managed to closely track the risk and return characteristics of the index, while minimising transaction costs and effectively managing index changes. The fund will hold most of the shares in the index, but allow individual share weighting to vary marginally from the index from time to time. The fund achieves its investment objective by investing in the Vanguard International Shares Index Fund and forward foreign exchange contracts.

Fund Performance Comparison

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Fees Comparison

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Fund performance

  1M 3M 6M 1Y p.a. 2Y p.a. 3Y p.a. 5Y p.a. 10Y p.a.
Total return 1.68% 2.47% 10.76% 16.55% 19.27% 18.25% 12.25% 11.42%
Growth return 1.02% 2.33% 8.1% -2.04% 2.98% 9.43% 2.1% 0.71%
Income return 0.66% 0.14% 2.66% 18.59% 16.29% 8.82% 10.15% 10.71%
Market index (Vanguard Intl Shares Index Hdg AUD TR)
Total return 0.87% 5.67% 9.66% 13.17% 16.48% 15.02% 12.89% 11.13%
As at 31 Jan 2026. Returns for periods greater than 1 year are annualised. All figures are percentages.

Asset Allocation

Perpetual WealthFocus Investment Advantage - Vanguard International Shares Index Hedged
International Equities
96%
Cash
2.88%
Property & Infrastructure
1.12%
Australian Equities
0%
Fixed Interest
0%
Alternatives
0%
Average Allocation of Peers
International Equities
91.71%
Cash
2.02%
Property & Infrastructure
0.20%
Australian Equities
5.94%
Fixed Interest
0.08%
Alternatives
0.03%

General Information

Fund Details
Type Description
Perpetual WealthFocus Investment Advantage - Vanguard International Shares Index Hedged
Perpetual Investment Management Ltd
PER0508AU
Equity World - Currency Hedged
starstarstar (as at 31 Jan 2026)
Investment Fund
10 Nov 2008
$10070978 million (as at 31 Dec 2025)
$1.58609 (as at 10 Feb 2026)
$1.58419 (as at 10 Feb 2026)
Open
Offer information
Type Description
MER 0.46% (as at 23 Oct 2025)
Indirect Cost Ratio (ICR) 0.47% (as at 30 Jun 2025)
Minimum initial investment $2,000.00
Minimum additional investments $1,000.00
Minimum redemption amount $1,000.00

Top 10 holdings (as at 31 Dec 2025)

Holding (as at 31 Dec 2025) Type % of Portfolio
NVIDIA Corp Equity 5.20%
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FAQs about the Perpetual WealthFocus Investment Advantage - Vanguard International Shares Index Hedged

The objective of the Perpetual WealthFocus Investment Advantage - Vanguard International Shares Index Hedged managed fund is The fund is managed to closely track the risk and return characteristics of the index, while minimising transaction costs and effectively managing index changes. The fund will hold most of the shares in the index, but allow individual share weighting to vary marginally from the index from time to time. The fund achieves its investment objective by investing in the Vanguard International Shares Index Fund and forward foreign exchange contracts.

The strategy of the Perpetual WealthFocus Investment Advantage - Vanguard International Shares Index Hedged managed fund is The fund is managed to closely track the risk and return characteristics of the index, while minimising transaction costs and effectively managing index changes. The fund will hold most of the shares in the index, but allow individual share weighting to vary marginally from the index from time to time. The fund achieves its investment objective by investing in the Vanguard International Shares Index Fund and forward foreign exchange contracts.

The APIR code of the Perpetual WealthFocus Investment Advantage - Vanguard International Shares Index Hedged managed fund is PER0508AU.

Perpetual WealthFocus Investment Advantage - Vanguard International Shares Index Hedged’s total return last month was 1.68%. This was made up of a growth return of 1.02% and an income return of 0.66%. These returns were calculated as at 31 Jan 2026.

Perpetual WealthFocus Investment Advantage - Vanguard International Shares Index Hedged’s total return for the last three months was 2.47%. This was made up of a growth return of 2.33% and an income return of 0.14%%. These returns were calculated as at 31 Jan 2026.

Perpetual WealthFocus Investment Advantage - Vanguard International Shares Index Hedged’s one-year total return is 16.55%. This was made up of a growth return of -2.04% and an income return of 18.59%. These returns were calculated as at 31 Jan 2026.

Perpetual WealthFocus Investment Advantage - Vanguard International Shares Index Hedged’s one-year total return is 18.25%. This was made up of a growth return of 9.43% and an income return of 8.82%. These returns were calculated as at 31 Jan 2026.

The asset allocation of the Perpetual WealthFocus Investment Advantage - Vanguard International Shares Index Hedged managed fund is :

International Equities
96%
Cash
2.88%
Property & Infrastructure
1.12%
Australian Equities
0%
Fixed Interest
0%
Alternatives
0%

The Responsible Entity for the Perpetual WealthFocus Investment Advantage - Vanguard International Shares Index Hedged managed fund is Perpetual Investment Management Ltd.

The Perpetual WealthFocus Investment Advantage - Vanguard International Shares Index Hedged managed fund belongs to the Equity World - Currency Hedged sector/asset class.

As at 31 Dec 2025, the size of the Perpetual WealthFocus Investment Advantage - Vanguard International Shares Index Hedged managed fund was $10070978 million.

The Perpetual WealthFocus Investment Advantage - Vanguard International Shares Index Hedged managed fund has an inception date of 10 Nov 2008.

The current entry price of the Perpetual WealthFocus Investment Advantage - Vanguard International Shares Index Hedged managed fund is $1.58609 per unit and the current exit price is $1.58419 per unit (as at 10 Feb 2026).

The current exit price of the Perpetual WealthFocus Investment Advantage - Vanguard International Shares Index Hedged managed fund is $1.58419 per unit and the current entry price is $1.58609 per unit (as at 10 Feb 2026).

The minimum initial investment amount for the Perpetual WealthFocus Investment Advantage - Vanguard International Shares Index Hedged managed fund is $2,000. Minimum additional investment is $1000.

Fund data sourced from Morningstar. Some material is copyright and published under licence from ASX Operations Pty Limited ACN 004 523 782 ("ASXO"). Data and content is provided for personal use only. Whilst every care has been taken in producing these numbers, neither Morningstar nor InvestSMART can make any guarantees around the complete accuracy of these figures. Should you decide to change investments, please read all relevant disclosure documents including the Product Disclosure Statements and if required, you may consider speaking to a financial professional for further guidance. A tax event may be realised as a result of switching investments. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.