Diversified (multi-asset)
VDBA
Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF · Vanguard
A complete, ready-made portfolio: a roughly even blend of shares (Australian and global) and bonds, built from a handful of underlying Vanguard index funds.
What the fee costs you
The management fee is 0.27% a year. Here’s what that works out to in dollars:
A 0.27% yearly fee works out to about $27 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
- Diversified (multi-asset)
- Number of holdings
- Thousands (held via several underlying Vanguard funds)
- Where it invests
- Global — a blend of Australian and international shares plus a substantial bond allocation.
- Income paid
- Quarterly
- Currency hedged
- No — Its global shares are largely unhedged; the bond portion is generally hedged to Australian dollars.
Its character
The middle of Vanguard's diversified range — broadly half shares, half bonds — so it aims to balance growth and stability in a single holding, rebalanced for you.
What to keep in mind
With a large bond allocation, it swings less than a growth or all-growth fund but more than a conservative one; the bonds cushion share-market falls without removing them.
Figures last verified 2026-06-19against the issuer’s factsheet and PDS.