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Australian Financials Sector ETF

About this ETF

QFN aims to track the performance of an index (before fees and expenses) comprising the largest ASX-listed companies in the financial sector, including the ‘Big 4’ banks and insurance companies but excluding Real Estate Investment Trusts.

IssuerBetaShares
Management fee (MER)0.34% p.a.
Inception date10 Dec 2010

Scout Score

34/100
Ranked #37 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.

Cost46
Diversification21
Tracking5
Liquidity42
Fund Strength41
Performance76
Income12

Strengths

  • Strong long-term return — +10.8% p.a. (blended), beats 76% of rated Australian Shares peers.

Weaknesses

  • Wider index tracking — 12.39% tracking error, looser than 95% of Australian Shares peers.
  • Below-average yield — 2.05%, lower than 88% of Australian Shares peers.
  • Concentrated holdings — top holdings make up 91.9% of the fund, more concentrated than 79% of Australian Shares peers.

Performance (as of 6 Nov 2026)

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

1 Month+6.85%
3 Months+0.19%
YTD+8.13%
1 Year+5.01%
3 Years (p.a.)+21.74%
5 Years (p.a.)+11.84%

Price history

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

-26%-5%+15%+36%+57%2021-112023-022024-052025-082026-11

Geographic exposure (as at 4 Nov 2026)

Country (where the company is based).

Australia flagAustralia
98.68%

Sector breakdown (as at 4 Nov 2026)

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

Financials
98.68%

Top holdings (as of 4 Nov 2026)

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

  1. 1.Commonwealth Bank of Australia logoCommonwealth Bank of Australia29.81%
  2. 2.National Australia Bank Ltd logoNational Australia Bank Ltd13.80%
  3. 3.Westpac Banking Corp logoWestpac Banking Corp13.61%
  4. 4.ANZ Group Holdings Ltd logoANZ Group Holdings Ltd13.09%
  5. 5.Macquarie Group Ltd logoMacquarie Group Ltd9.66%
  6. 6.QBE Insurance Group Ltd logoQBE Insurance Group Ltd4.15%
  7. 7.Insurance Australia Group Ltd logoInsurance Australia Group Ltd2.23%
  8. 8.Suncorp Group Ltd logoSuncorp Group Ltd2.22%
  9. 9.Washington H Soul Pattinson &1.76%
  10. 10.Medibank Pvt Ltd logoMedibank Pvt Ltd1.52%
  11. 11.Asx Ltd logoAsx Ltd1.38%
  12. 12.AUD - Australia Dollar1.32%
  13. 13.Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd logoBendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd0.66%
  14. 14.Steadfast Group Ltd logoSteadfast Group Ltd0.66%
  15. 15.Challenger Ltd0.63%
  16. 16.Amp Ltd logoAmp Ltd0.53%
  17. 17.Bank of Queensland Ltd logoBank of Queensland Ltd0.49%
  18. 18.Aub Group Ltd logoAub Group Ltd0.41%
  19. 19.Nib Holdings Ltd/Australia0.35%
  20. 20.Pinnacle Investment Management0.29%