BetaShares Global Quality Leaders ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: HQLT) - Share Price and Research

Current share price for HQLT : $33.710 0.19 (0.56%)⁺

BetaShares Global Quality Leaders ETF - Currency Hedged (HQLT) is an Exchange Traded Fund - commonly known as an ETF. For more details about how ETFs work, feel free to check out our What is an ETF? overview. BetaShares Global Quality Leaders ETF - Currency Hedged (HQLT) is an exchange traded fund. It seeks to provide investors with exposure to a diversified, currency-hedged portfolio of quality global companies (ex-Australia) with high return on equity and profitability, low leverage and earnings stability. The Fund aims to track the performance of an index (before fees and expenses) that comprises 150 global companies ranked by highest quality score, hedged into Australian Dollars.

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General Information

Fund Name	BetaShares Global Quality Leaders Ccy Hedged ETF
Responsible Entity	BetaShares Capital Ltd
Sector/Asset Class	Equity World Large Blend
Benchmark	MSCI World Ex Australia NR AUD
InvestSMART Rating
Morningstar Rating	(as at 30 Apr 2026)
Legal Structure	Investment Fund
Fund Inception	5 Jun 2020
Fund Size	$133.18 million (as at 13 May 2026)
Current Price	$33.71 (as at 15 May 2026)

HQLT ETF performance (30 Apr 2026)

NOTE : returns for periods greater than 1 year are annualised

	1 Month %	3 Month %	6 Month %	1 Year % p.a.	2 Year % p.a.	3 Year % p.a.	5 Year % p.a.	10 Year % p.a.
Total return	7.23	0.07	2.5	17.73	12.2	15.82	8.62	-
Growth return	7.26	0.17	2.63	15.12	8.95	13.44	6.07	-
Income return (Yield)	-0.03	-0.1	-0.13	2.61	3.25	2.38	2.55	-
Market index (MSCI World Ex Australia NR AUD)
Total return	4.44	0.71	-2.78	15.06	14.48	16.52	12.98	13.41

Asset Allocation (30 Apr 2026)

Australian Equities	0%
International Equities	102.28%
Cash	-2.28%
Property & Infrastructure	0%
Fixed Interest	0%
Alternatives	0%
Asset Allocation

Objectives and Strategy

Fund Objective	The Index is designed to track the performance of quality companies with high profitability, low leverage and sustainable cash flows, excluding companies listed in Australia. The Index components are selected based on a combined ranking of four fundamentals ratios - return on equity, debt-to-capital, cash flow generation ability and business stability. The foreign currency exposure of Index constituents is hedged back to the Australian dollar.
Fund Strategy	The Index is designed to track the performance of quality companies with high profitability, low leverage and sustainable cash flows, excluding companies listed in Australia. The Index components are selected based on a combined ranking of four fundamentals ratios - return on equity, debt-to-capital, cash flow generation ability and business stability. The foreign currency exposure of Index constituents is hedged back to the Australian dollar.

Fund Objective

The Index is designed to track the performance of quality companies with high profitability, low leverage and sustainable cash flows, excluding companies listed in Australia. The Index components are selected based on a combined ranking of four fundamentals ratios - return on equity, debt-to-capital, cash flow generation ability and business stability. The foreign currency exposure of Index constituents is hedged back to the Australian dollar.

Fund Strategy

Offer information

MER	0.38% (as at 2 Oct 2025)
Indirect Cost Ratio (ICR)	0.38% (as at 30 Jun 2025)
Minimum initial investment

Top 10 holdings (as at 30 Apr 2026)

Holding	Type	% of Portfolio
BetaShares Global Quality Leaders ETF		100%

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