Fixed income
VACF
Vanguard Australian Corporate Fixed Interest Index ETF · Vanguard
Australian corporate bonds — debt issued by companies rather than governments (the Bloomberg AusBond Credit index) — rather than shares.
What the fee costs you
The management fee is 0.2% a year. Here’s what that works out to in dollars:
A 0.2% yearly fee works out to about $20 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
- Vanguard
- Asset class
- Fixed income
- Number of holdings
- ~560
- Where it invests
- Australian corporate bonds.
- Income paid
- Quarterly
- Currency hedged
- N/A — It holds Australian-dollar bonds, so there's little foreign-currency exposure.
Its character
Lends to Australian companies rather than governments, so it offers a little more income than a government-bond fund in exchange for a little more risk.
What to keep in mind
Corporate bonds carry more credit risk than government bonds (companies can run into trouble) and are still sensitive to interest rates — steadier than shares, but not risk-free.
Figures last verified 2026-06-19against the issuer’s factsheet and PDS.