Fixed income
GBND
Betashares Global Green Bond Currency Hedged ETF · Betashares
A broad spread of green bonds from around the world — debt issued by governments and companies specifically to fund environmental projects — all hedged back to Australian dollars.
What the fee costs you
The management fee is 0.39% a year. Here’s what that works out to in dollars:
A 0.39% yearly fee works out to about $39 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
- ~847
- Where it invests
- Global, drawn from green bonds issued in Euro and US dollars across a range of government and corporate issuers.
- Income paid
- Quarterly
- Currency hedged
- Yes — It's hedged back to Australian dollars, so its returns come mainly from the bonds themselves rather than swings in foreign currencies — the usual approach for an international bond fund.
Its character
A defensive holding rather than a growth one, with an environmental focus: every bond is a 'green bond' whose proceeds fund environmental projects, and all are investment-grade. Apart from that screen, it behaves like a broad global bond fund — lending money and earning interest.
What to keep in mind
The main risks are interest rates and credit, not the share market: when rates rise, existing bond prices typically fall. A spread of investment-grade issuers keeps credit risk diversified.
Figures last verified 2026-06-22against the issuer’s factsheet and PDS.