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VanEck Australian Equal Weight ETF

About this ETF

Tracks the MVIS Australia Equal Weight Index, holding around 70-80 of the largest, most liquid ASX companies with each stock weighted equally rather than by market capitalisation, reducing concentration in big banks and miners.

IssuerVanEck
Management fee (MER)0.35% p.a.
Inception date4 Mar 2014
BenchmarkMVIS Australia Equal Weight Index

Scout Score

61/100
Ranked #9 of 42 in Australian 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.

Cost39
Diversification87
Tracking51
Liquidity83
Fund Strength75
Performance42
Income46

Strengths

  • Well diversified — top holdings are 15.5% of the fund, less concentrated than 87% of Australian Shares peers.
  • Highly liquid — 0.03% bid/ask spread, better than 83% of Australian Shares peers.
  • Large, established fund — $3.3B in assets, bigger than 75% of Australian Shares funds.

Weaknesses

No notable weaknesses found relative to category peers.

Performance (as of 31 Oct 2026)

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

1 Month+1.48%
3 Months+1.77%
YTD+4.89%
1 Year+2.54%
3 Years (p.a.)+11.32%
5 Years (p.a.)+7.20%

Price history

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

-17%-7%+2%+12%+21%2021-112023-022024-052025-082026-11

Geographic exposure (as at 4 Nov 2026)

Country (where the company is based).

Australia flagAustralia
98.56%
United States flagUnited States
1.38%

Sector breakdown (as at 4 Nov 2026)

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

Financials
20.11%
Materials
17.81%
Industrials
12.37%
Real Estate
11.23%
Health Care
8.47%
Consumer Discretionary
5.80%
Communication Services
5.51%
Information Technology
5.44%
Energy
4.98%
Utilities
4.17%
Consumer Staples
4.05%

Top holdings (as of 4 Nov 2026)

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

  1. 1.Codan Ltd/Australia1.72%
  2. 2.Wisetech Global Ltd1.60%
  3. 3.Asx Ltd logoAsx Ltd1.58%
  4. 4.QBE Insurance Group Ltd logoQBE Insurance Group Ltd1.56%
  5. 5.Charter Hall Group logoCharter Hall Group1.54%
  6. 6.Insurance Australia Group Ltd logoInsurance Australia Group Ltd1.53%
  7. 7.CSL Ltd logoCSL Ltd1.52%
  8. 8.Brambles Ltd logoBrambles Ltd1.51%
  9. 9.Pro Medicus Ltd logoPro Medicus Ltd1.50%
  10. 10.Medibank Pvt Ltd logoMedibank Pvt Ltd1.49%
  11. 11.Lottery Corp Ltd/the1.49%
  12. 12.Gpt Group/the1.48%
  13. 13.JB Hi-Fi Ltd logoJB Hi-Fi Ltd1.48%
  14. 14.Endeavour Group Ltd/Australia logoEndeavour Group Ltd/Australia1.46%
  15. 15.ANZ Group Holdings Ltd logoANZ Group Holdings Ltd1.45%
  16. 16.Reece Ltd logoReece Ltd1.44%
  17. 17.Technology One Ltd logoTechnology One Ltd1.44%
  18. 18.Aristocrat Leisure Ltd logoAristocrat Leisure Ltd1.43%
  19. 19.Origin Energy Ltd logoOrigin Energy Ltd1.43%
  20. 20.Westpac Banking Corp logoWestpac Banking Corp1.42%