Diversified (multi-asset)
VDGR
Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF · Vanguard
A complete, ready-made portfolio in one trade: a blend of Australian and global shares with a meaningful slice of 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, the international part heavily weighted to the United States, plus a sizeable bond allocation.
- Income paid
- Quarterly
- Currency hedged
- No — Its global shares are largely unhedged, so currency movements feed through; the larger bond portion is generally hedged to Australian dollars.
Its character
The steadier sibling of VDHG: roughly 70% shares and 30% bonds, so it aims for growth but with a larger cushion to soften the falls. One holding gives you a whole diversified portfolio, rebalanced for you.
What to keep in mind
With about 30% in bonds, it swings less than an all-growth or high-growth fund, but more than a conservative one. The bond slice cushions share-market falls without removing them.
How this fund relates to others
The same diversified, all-in-one recipe as VDHG but with a larger bond slice, so the two overlap heavily; both already contain Australian, global and emerging shares, overlapping with the single-exposure funds across the shelf.
Figures last verified 2026-06-12against the issuer’s factsheet and PDS.