Global shares
QHAL
VanEck MSCI International Quality (AUD Hedged) ETF · VanEck
Around 300 high-quality companies from developed markets around the world, with the foreign-currency exposure hedged back to Australian dollars.
What the fee costs you
The management fee is 0.43% a year. Here’s what that works out to in dollars:
A 0.43% yearly fee works out to about $43 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
- VanEck
- Asset class
- Global shares
- Number of holdings
- ~300
- Where it invests
- Global developed markets, heavily weighted to the United States (around three-quarters).
- Income paid
- Annually
- Currency hedged
- Yes — It's hedged back to Australian dollars, so movements between the dollar and foreign currencies have little effect — what you get is closer to the returns of the shares themselves.
Its character
The currency-hedged version of VanEck's international quality strategy: it favours companies scoring well on profitability, stable earnings and low debt, and is dominated by large US technology names. The hedge aims to strip out the effect of the Australian dollar.
What to keep in mind
Spread across hundreds of global companies, but concentrated in the US and in technology, so it leans on how those names perform. Hedging removes currency swings but adds a cost and can work against the value when the Australian dollar falls.
Figures last verified 2026-06-23against the issuer’s factsheet and PDS.