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VanEck Australian Property ETF

About this ETF

The Fund gives investors access to a portfolio of the largest and most liquid Australian Real Estate Investment Trusts (A-REITs) including industrial, commercial, retail and residential property segments.

IssuerVanEck
Management fee (MER)0.35% p.a.
Inception date16 Oct 2013
BenchmarkMVIS Australia A-REITs GR AUD

Scout Score

35/100
Ranked #6 of 6 in Property

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.

Cost0
Diversification7
Tracking20
Liquidity70
Fund Strength72
Performance80
Income100

Strengths

  • Attractive yield — 5.76%, higher than 100% of Property peers.
  • Strong long-term return — +4.2% p.a. (blended), beats 80% of rated Property peers.
  • Large, established fund — $819M in assets, bigger than 72% of Property funds.

Weaknesses

  • Higher fee — 0.35% p.a., more expensive than 100% of Property funds.
  • Concentrated holdings — top holdings make up 89.2% of the fund, more concentrated than 93% of Property peers.
  • Wider index tracking — 6.90% tracking error, looser than 80% of Property peers.

Performance (as of 31 Oct 2026)

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

1 Month+2.59%
3 Months-5.21%
YTD-9.97%
1 Year-9.92%
3 Years (p.a.)+13.56%
5 Years (p.a.)+3.22%

Price history

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

-35%-23%-12%-0%+12%2021-112023-022024-052025-082026-11

Geographic exposure (as at 4 Nov 2026)

Country (where the company is based).

Australia flagAustralia
100.02%

Sector breakdown (as at 4 Nov 2026)

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

Real Estate
100.02%

Top holdings (as of 4 Nov 2026)

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

  1. 1.Charter Hall Group logoCharter Hall Group11.04%
  2. 2.Gpt Group/the10.66%
  3. 3.Mirvac Group logoMirvac Group10.10%
  4. 4.Stockland logoStockland10.01%
  5. 5.Scentre Group logoScentre Group9.82%
  6. 6.Dexus logoDexus9.81%
  7. 7.Vicinity Centres logoVicinity Centres9.77%
  8. 8.Goodman Group logoGoodman Group9.39%
  9. 9.Homeco Daily Needs Reit4.42%
  10. 10.Region Re Ltd4.21%
  11. 11.Charter Hall Long Wale Reit4.13%
  12. 12.Bwp Property Group Ltd4.09%
  13. 13.Centuria Industrial Reit2.57%
  14. 14.Other/Cash-0.02%