Australian shares
SMLL
Betashares Australian Small Companies Select ETF · Betashares
A screened selection of smaller Australian companies — generally those ranked below the largest names on the market — chosen for being profitable and reasonably priced.
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
- Australian shares
- Number of holdings
- ~50-100
- Where it invests
- Entirely Australia.
- Income paid
- Half-yearly
- Currency hedged
- N/A — It holds Australian companies priced in Australian dollars, so there's no foreign-currency exposure to hedge.
Its character
It focuses on the smaller end of the Australian market, but applies filters that try to weed out unprofitable or over-priced companies rather than buy every small stock. The result leans toward materials and consumer-facing businesses, with smaller weights to industrials, financials and energy.
What to keep in mind
Smaller companies can grow faster but also tend to swing harder than large ones, and many are less established. The screening aims to reduce some of that risk, but it remains a small-company fund with bigger ups and downs than a broad market fund.
How this fund relates to others
It holds smaller companies that sit below the big names in broad Australian funds like A200, IOZ and VAS, so it overlaps little with them and is often used to add small-company exposure those funds barely touch.
Figures last verified 2026-06-22against the issuer’s factsheet and PDS.