Global shares
QHSM
VanEck MSCI International Small Companies Quality (AUD Hedged) ETF · VanEck
Around 150 smaller international companies from developed markets that score well on quality measures, with the foreign-currency exposure hedged back to Australian dollars.
What the fee costs you
The management fee is 0.62% a year. Here’s what that works out to in dollars:
A 0.62% yearly fee works out to about $62 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
- ~150
- Where it invests
- Global developed markets, heavily US, in the smaller-company part of the market.
- Income paid
- Annually
- Currency hedged
- Yes — It's hedged back to Australian dollars, so movements between the dollar and foreign currencies have little effect on the value.
Its character
A quality screen applied to international small companies, currency-hedged: it targets smaller firms with high profitability, stable earnings and low debt — a riskier corner of the market than large caps, leaning toward industrials.
What to keep in mind
Smaller companies tend to swing more than large ones, so this sits at the more volatile end of international share funds, though the quality screen aims to temper that. Hedging removes currency swings but adds a cost.
Figures last verified 2026-06-23against the issuer’s factsheet and PDS.