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International Shares

VanEck MSCI International Sustainable Equity ETF

About this ETF

The Fund gives investors access to a portfolio of Sustainable international listed companies that have high environmental, social and governance (‘ESG’) performance on the basis of an in-depth analysis by world leading research agency MSCI ESG Research LLC.

IssuerVanEck

Management fee (MER)0.55% p.a.

Inception date8 Mar 2018

BenchmarkMSCI Wld XAUS XFF ST SRI&LC CP GR AUD

Scout Score

41/100

Ranked #59 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.

Cost27

Diversification61

Tracking46

Liquidity26

Fund Strength50

Performance23

Income46

Strengths

No standout strengths relative to category peers.

Weaknesses

Weak long-term return — +10.1% p.a. (blended), trails 77% of rated International Shares peers.
Lower liquidity — 0.21% bid/ask spread, wider than 74% of International Shares peers.
Higher fee — 0.55% p.a., more expensive than 73% of International Shares funds.

Performance (as of 31 Oct 2026)

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

1 Month-2.18%

3 Months+0.70%

YTD+5.36%

1 Year+4.22%

3 Years (p.a.)+14.19%

5 Years (p.a.)+9.62%

Price history

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

Geographic exposure (as at 4 Nov 2026)

Country (where the company is based).

United States

45.32%

Japan

10.78%

Netherlands

6.50%

Switzerland

5.56%

Canada

4.95%

United Kingdom

4.58%

Singapore

3.92%

China

3.10%

Brazil

2.47%

France

1.85%

Ireland

1.61%

Germany

1.42%

Sweden

1.39%

Denmark

1.35%

Finland

1.05%

Norway

0.78%

Spain

0.76%

Belgium

0.75%

Italy

0.70%

Luxembourg

0.10%

Sector breakdown (as at 4 Nov 2026)

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

Financials

31.61%

Information Technology

25.58%

Health Care

14.52%

Industrials

10.80%

Consumer Discretionary

9.12%

Communication Services

2.83%

Materials

2.35%

Real Estate

1.29%

Utilities

0.52%

Consumer Staples

0.32%

Top holdings (as of 4 Nov 2026)

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

1.Palo Alto Networks Inc5.03%
2.ASML Holding NV4.80%
3.Applied Materials Inc4.20%
4.Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc2.56%
5.Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc2.47%
6.Automatic Data Processing Inc2.15%
7.Bank of Nova Scotia/the2.09%
8.Zurich Insurance Group AG2.04%
9.DBS Group Holdings Ltd2.02%
10.Servicenow Inc1.99%
11.AIA Group Ltd1.80%
12.Softbank Group Corp1.77%
13.Adobe Inc1.75%
14.Tokio Marine Holdings Inc1.74%
15.Intuit Inc1.73%
16.Elevance Health Inc1.67%
17.Pnc Financial Services Group Inc/the1.65%
18.Cadence Design Systems Inc1.61%
19.Trane Technologies plc1.61%
20.Synopsys Inc1.49%