ETFs, in plain English
A growing shelf of Australian ETFs, each explained the same calm way: what it actually holds, what it costs in dollars, and what to keep in mind. Browse by category, narrow to an issuer, or search for one you have in mind.
10 ETFs from this issuer on the shelf
Diversified / all-in-one
- VDBADiversified (multi-asset)
Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF
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.
0.27% a year · about $27 per $10,000
- VDHGDiversified (multi-asset)
Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF
A complete, ready-made portfolio in one trade: thousands of Australian and global shares with a small slice of bonds, built from a handful of underlying Vanguard index funds.
0.27% a year · about $27 per $10,000
Broad Australian shares
Australian shares — sizes, slices & yield
- VHYAustralian shares
Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF
Around 70 Australian companies chosen because they pay higher-than-average dividends, held together in one parcel.
0.25% a year · about $25 per $10,000
- VSOAustralian shares
Vanguard MSCI Australian Small Companies Index ETF
Around 190 smaller Australian companies — the ones that sit below the big household names on the market.
0.3% a year · about $30 per $10,000
Broad global shares
- VGADGlobal shares
Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF
The same basket as Vanguard's international shares fund — around 1,250 large and medium-sized developed-market companies outside Australia — but with the foreign-currency exposure hedged back to Australian dollars.
0.21% a year · about $21 per $10,000
- VGSGlobal shares
Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF
Around 1,250 large and medium-sized companies from developed countries around the world — everywhere except Australia — held together in one parcel.
0.18% a year · about $18 per $10,000