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Vanguard Cash Reserve - Managed Fund

Fund Objective
The Fund invests in high-quality, short-term money market instruments and short-dated debt securities, including certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances, commercial paper, euro commercial paper, government securities and other short-term or short-dated debt securities. The Fund will maintain a dollar-weighted average maturity of 70 days or less. From time to time the Fund may invest in floating rate securities and may undertake repurchase or reverse repurchase agreements.
Fund Strategy
The Fund invests in high-quality, short-term money market instruments and short-dated debt securities, including certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances, commercial paper, euro commercial paper, government securities and other short-term or short-dated debt securities. The Fund will maintain a dollar-weighted average maturity of 70 days or less. From time to time the Fund may invest in floating rate securities and may undertake repurchase or reverse repurchase agreements.

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 0.3% 0.91% 1.84% 3.92% 4.22% 4.18% 2.77% 2.1%
Growth return 0.26% 0.58% 0.59% 0.68% 0.32% 0.24% 0.12% 0.04%
Income return 0.04% 0.33% 1.25% 3.24% 3.9% 3.94% 2.65% 2.06%
As at 31 Jan 2026. Returns for periods greater than 1 year are annualised. All figures are percentages.

Asset Allocation

Vanguard Cash Reserve
Cash
42.29%
Fixed Interest
57.71%

General Information

Fund Details
Type Description
Vanguard Cash Reserve
Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd
VAN0020AU
starstarstar (as at 31 Mar 2013)
Unknown
31 Oct 2007
$910.32 million (as at 31 Jan 2026)
$1.0056 (as at 25 Feb 2026)
$1.0056 (as at 25 Feb 2026)
Open
Offer information
Type Description
MER 0.15% (as at 1 Sep 2025)
Indirect Cost Ratio (ICR) 0.15% (as at 30 Jun 2025)
Minimum initial investment $500,000
Minimum additional investments $5,000.00
Minimum redemption amount $1,000.00

Top 10 holdings (as at 31 Dec 2025)

Holding (as at 31 Dec 2025) Type % of Portfolio
Repurchase 3.63% 01/26 Cash - Repurchase Agreement 19.06%
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FAQs about the Vanguard Cash Reserve

The objective of the Vanguard Cash Reserve managed fund is The Fund invests in high-quality, short-term money market instruments and short-dated debt securities, including certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances, commercial paper, euro commercial paper, government securities and other short-term or short-dated debt securities. The Fund will maintain a dollar-weighted average maturity of 70 days or less. From time to time the Fund may invest in floating rate securities and may undertake repurchase or reverse repurchase agreements.

The strategy of the Vanguard Cash Reserve managed fund is The Fund invests in high-quality, short-term money market instruments and short-dated debt securities, including certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances, commercial paper, euro commercial paper, government securities and other short-term or short-dated debt securities. The Fund will maintain a dollar-weighted average maturity of 70 days or less. From time to time the Fund may invest in floating rate securities and may undertake repurchase or reverse repurchase agreements.

The APIR code of the Vanguard Cash Reserve managed fund is VAN0020AU.

Vanguard Cash Reserve’s total return last month was 0.3%. This was made up of a growth return of 0.26% and an income return of 0.04%. These returns were calculated as at 31 Jan 2026.

Vanguard Cash Reserve’s total return for the last three months was 0.91%. This was made up of a growth return of 0.58% and an income return of 0.33%%. These returns were calculated as at 31 Jan 2026.

Vanguard Cash Reserve’s one-year total return is 3.92%. This was made up of a growth return of 0.68% and an income return of 3.24%. These returns were calculated as at 31 Jan 2026.

Vanguard Cash Reserve’s one-year total return is 4.18%. This was made up of a growth return of 0.24% and an income return of 3.94%. These returns were calculated as at 31 Jan 2026.

The asset allocation of the Vanguard Cash Reserve managed fund is :

Cash
42.29%
Fixed Interest
57.71%

The Responsible Entity for the Vanguard Cash Reserve managed fund is Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd.

As at 31 Jan 2026, the size of the Vanguard Cash Reserve managed fund was $910.32 million.

The Vanguard Cash Reserve managed fund has an inception date of 31 Oct 2007.

The current entry price of the Vanguard Cash Reserve managed fund is $1.0056 per unit and the current exit price is $1.0056 per unit (as at 25 Feb 2026).

The current exit price of the Vanguard Cash Reserve managed fund is $1.0056 per unit and the current entry price is $1.0056 per unit (as at 25 Feb 2026).

The minimum initial investment amount for the Vanguard Cash Reserve managed fund is $500,000. Minimum additional investment is $5000.

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.