Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF (ASX: VAF) - Share Price and Research

- Current share price for VAF : $45.430

Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF (VAF) 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. The Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF (VAF) is an exchange-traded fund that invests in a diversified portfolio of over 470 securities (bonds) by using an indexing approach that can be readily traded on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).

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General Information

Fund Name	Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest ETF
Responsible Entity	Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd
APIR Code
Sector/Asset Class	Bonds - Australia
Benchmark	Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0+Y TR AUD
InvestSMART Rating
Morningstar Rating	(as at 31 Oct 2024)
Legal Structure	Investment Fund
Fund Inception	29 Oct 2012
Fund Size	$2139.64 million (as at 31 Oct 2024)
Entry Price	$45.2976 (as at 25 Nov 2024)
Exit Price	$45.2976 (as at 25 Nov 2024)

VAF ETF performance (31 Oct 2024)

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	-1.89	-0.41	2.23	7	2.78	-0.71	-0.81	1.96
Growth return	-2.28	-0.81	0.9	4.35	0.93	-2.38	-2.9	-0.8
Income return (Yield)	0.39	0.4	1.33	2.65	1.85	1.67	2.09	2.76
Market index (Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0+Y TR AUD)
Total return	-1.88	-0.39	2.26	7.08	2.86	-0.62	-0.68	2.11

Asset Allocation (31 Oct 2024)

Australian Equities	0%
International Equities	0%
Cash	1.02%
Property	0%
Fixed Interest	98.98%
Alternatives	0%
Asset Allocation

Objectives and Strategy

Fund Objective	The Fund seeks to track the return of the Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0 Year Index before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.
Fund Strategy	The Fund aims to hold an appropriate number of fixed and floating rate securities so as to produce a portfolio risk exposure consistent with that of the index. This is generally achieved by holding a representative sample of the securities included in the index or securities that provide similar characteristics to those securities in the index. Vanguard selects the securities it holds based on liquidity, access to markets, portfolio cash-flow and minimum trade quantities with the aim of tracking the return of the index.

Fund Objective

The Fund seeks to track the return of the Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0 Year Index before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.

Fund Strategy

The Fund aims to hold an appropriate number of fixed and floating rate securities so as to produce a portfolio risk exposure consistent with that of the index. This is generally achieved by holding a representative sample of the securities included in the index or securities that provide similar characteristics to those securities in the index. Vanguard selects the securities it holds based on liquidity, access to markets, portfolio cash-flow and minimum trade quantities with the aim of tracking the return of the index.

Offer information

MER	0.10% (as at 30 Sep 2024)
Indirect Cost Ratio (ICR)	0.10% (as at 30 Jun 2024)
Performance fee (not included in ICR)	0
Minimum initial investment

Top 10 holdings (as at 30 Sep 2024)

Holding	Type	% of Portfolio
Australia (Commonwealth of) 3.25%	Bond - Gov't/Treasury	2.65%
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