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VanEck FTSE China A50 ETF

About this ETF

The Fund employs a passive management strategy of physically replicating the FTSE® China A50 Index™ by investing directly in the securities that comprise the Reference Index in proportion to their relative weightings in the Reference Index. The Fund may also hold other securities determined by us as necessary to achieve the Fund’s investment objective and as permitted under the AQUA Rules.

IssuerVanEck
Management fee (MER)0.60% p.a.
Inception date26 Jun 2015
BenchmarkFTSE China A50 NR AUD

Scout Score

20/100
Ranked #74 of 76 in International Shares

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.

Cost13
Diversification32
Tracking11
Liquidity7
Fund Strength37
Performance7
Income43

Strengths

No standout strengths relative to category peers.

Weaknesses

  • Lower liquidity — 0.41% bid/ask spread, wider than 93% of International Shares peers.
  • Weak long-term return — -2.0% p.a. (blended), trails 93% of rated International Shares peers.
  • Wider index tracking — 16.52% tracking error, looser than 89% of International Shares peers.

Performance (as of 31 Oct 2026)

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

1 Month-8.13%
3 Months-11.61%
YTD-14.57%
1 Year-14.48%
3 Years (p.a.)+4.58%
5 Years (p.a.)-1.53%

Price history

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

-35%-23%-11%+1%+13%2021-112023-022024-052025-082026-11

Geographic exposure (as at 4 Nov 2026)

Country (where the company is based).

China flagChina
97.11%

Sector breakdown (as at 4 Nov 2026)

How your portfolio's holdings are spread across GICS sectors.

Financials
31.75%
Information Technology
23.52%
Industrials
11.68%
Consumer Staples
11.36%
Energy
5.93%
Materials
4.57%
Utilities
3.92%
Health Care
3.85%
Consumer Discretionary
3.34%

Top holdings (as of 4 Nov 2026)

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

  1. 1.Kweichow Moutai Co Ltd9.79%
  2. 2.Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd6.03%
  3. 3.China Merchants Bank Co Ltd4.74%
  4. 4.China Yangtze Power Co Ltd3.92%
  5. 5.Agricultural Bank of China Ltd3.51%
  6. 6.Industrial & Commercial Bank of China L3.45%
  7. 7.Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd3.26%
  8. 8.Zhongji Innolight Co Ltd3.23%
  9. 9.Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd3.11%
  10. 10.Cambricon Technologies Corp Ltd2.90%
  11. 11.Foxconn Industrial Internet Co Ltd2.81%
  12. 12.Byd Co Ltd2.50%
  13. 13.Hygon Information Technology Co Ltd2.36%
  14. 14.Industrial Bank Co Ltd2.25%
  15. 15.Naura Technology Group Co Ltd2.09%
  16. 16.Bank of Communications Co Ltd2.08%
  17. 17.Wuxi Apptec Co Ltd1.99%
  18. 18.Luxshare Precision Industry Co Ltd1.95%
  19. 19.Petrochina Co Ltd1.94%
  20. 20.Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co Ltd1.82%