Fixed income
CRED
Betashares Australian Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF · Betashares
A focused set of bonds issued by Australian companies — loans to investment-grade (higher-quality) corporate borrowers that pay regular interest, rather than company shares.
What the fee costs you
The management fee is 0.25% a year. Here’s what that works out to in dollars:
A 0.25% yearly fee works out to about $25 a year per $10,000 invested.
A rough guide based on the headline fee only. Other costs (such as brokerage or buy/sell spreads) aren’t included.
The basics
- Issuer
- Betashares
- Asset class
- Fixed income
- Number of holdings
- ~50
- Where it invests
- Primarily Australian corporate bonds.
- Income paid
- Monthly
- Currency hedged
- N/A — It holds Australian-dollar bonds, so there's no foreign-currency exposure to hedge.
Its character
A defensive holding rather than a growth one, but it lends to companies instead of government, so it pays more income in exchange for taking on more credit risk. It sticks to investment-grade (higher-quality) borrowers and holds longer-dated bonds, which lifts the yield but makes its price more sensitive to interest-rate moves.
What to keep in mind
Its two main risks are credit and interest rates, not the share market. Lending to companies carries more credit risk than lending to government — a borrower could run into trouble — though sticking to investment-grade names keeps that risk lower than high-yield credit. Holding longer-dated bonds also means its price falls more when interest rates rise.
Income
Income is paid as interest (not franked dividends), passed on as monthly distributions, and tends to be higher than government or composite bond funds in exchange for the extra credit risk.
Figures last verified 2026-06-22against the issuer’s factsheet and PDS.