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Interest Rate Hedged Australian Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

About this ETF

HCRD aims to track the performance of an index (before fees and expenses) that provides intelligent exposure to a portfolio of senior, fixed-rate, investment grade Australian corporate bonds, hedged to reduce interest rate risk.

IssuerBetaShares
Management fee (MER)0.29% p.a.
Inception date14 Nov 2022

Scout Score

41/100
Ranked #42 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.

Cost25
Diversification—
Tracking19
Liquidity60
Fund Strength50
Performance100
Income84

Strengths

  • Strong long-term return — +6.1% p.a. (blended), beats 100% of rated Fixed Income peers.
  • Attractive yield — 5.33%, higher than 84% of Fixed Income peers.

Weaknesses

  • Wider index tracking — 3.34% tracking error, looser than 81% of Fixed Income peers.
  • Higher fee — 0.29% p.a., more expensive than 75% of Fixed Income funds.

Performance (as of 5 Nov 2026)

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

1 Month-0.24%
3 Months+0.39%
YTD+2.99%
1 Year+3.74%
3 Years (p.a.)+7.00%

Price history

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

-1%+3%+7%+11%+15%2022-112023-112024-112025-112026-11