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Australian Government Bond ETF

About this ETF

AGVT aims to track the performance of an index (before fees and expenses) that provides exposure to a portfolio of high-quality bonds issued by Australian federal and state governments, and with a component issued by supranationals and sovereign agencies.

IssuerBetaShares
Management fee (MER)0.22% p.a.
Inception date5 Jul 2019

Scout Score

55/100
Ranked #22 of 58 in Fixed Income

An independent score calculated by ETF Scout across 7 real-data factors (cost, diversification, tracking, liquidity, fund strength, performance, income), ranked against other funds in the same category.

Cost56
Diversification42
Tracking50
Liquidity81
Fund Strength70
Performance23
Income60

Strengths

  • Highly liquid — 0.03% bid/ask spread, better than 81% of Fixed Income peers.
  • Large, established fund — $1.1B in assets, bigger than 70% of Fixed Income funds.

Weaknesses

  • Weak long-term return — +0.0% p.a. (blended), trails 77% of rated Fixed Income peers.

Performance (as of 30 Oct 2026)

Total returns, net of fees. Periods longer than 1 year are annualised.

1 Month+1.72%
3 Months-0.31%
YTD+3.18%
1 Year-0.93%
3 Years (p.a.)+5.11%
5 Years (p.a.)-0.24%

Price history

Cumulative return over the selected period, indexed to 0% at the start of the range.

-24%-17%-10%-3%+4%2021-112023-022024-052025-082026-11

Top holdings (as of 4 Nov 2026)

The fund's largest individual holdings, ranked by portfolio weight.

  1. 1.Australian Government 4.25% Mar-364.45%
  2. 2.Australian Government 2.75% Jun-354.44%
  3. 3.Australian Government 3.5% Dec-344.33%
  4. 4.Australian Government 3.0% Nov-334.18%
  5. 5.Australian Government 4.25% Dec-353.91%
  6. 6.Australian Government 3.75% Apr-373.91%
  7. 7.Australian Government 3.75% May-343.88%
  8. 8.Australian Government 4.25% Oct-363.84%
  9. 9.Australian Government 4.75% Oct-373.20%
  10. 10.New S Wales Treasury Crp 4.75% Feb-352.45%
  11. 11.Ontario (province Of) 5.35% May-342.33%
  12. 12.Treasury Corp Victoria 2.25% Nov-342.17%
  13. 13.Queensland Treasury Corp 4.5% Aug-352.14%
  14. 14.New S Wales Treasury Crp 1.75% Mar-342.13%
  15. 15.Australian Government 5.0% May-382.09%
  16. 16.Treasury Corp Victoria 4.75% Sep-361.99%
  17. 17.Queensland Treasury Corp 1.75% Jul-341.95%
  18. 18.New S Wales Treasury Crp 4.25% Feb-361.88%
  19. 19.Treasury Corp Victoria 2.0% Sep-351.70%
  20. 20.New S Wales Treasury Crp 4.75% Feb-371.67%