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Fixed Income

Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF

About this ETF

Tracks the Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0+ Yr Index, investing in high-quality Australian government, semi-government and investment-grade corporate bonds.

IssuerVanguard
Management fee (MER)0.10% p.a.
Inception date29 Oct 2012
BenchmarkBloomberg AusBond Composite 0+ Yr Index

Scout Score

78/100
Ranked #4 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.

Cost96
Diversification38
Tracking100
Liquidity87
Fund Strength90
Performance39
Income37

Strengths

  • Tight index tracking — 0.04% tracking error, tighter than 100% of Fixed Income peers.
  • Low fee — 0.10% p.a., cheaper than 96% of Fixed Income funds.
  • Large, established fund — $3.9B in assets, bigger than 90% of Fixed Income funds.

Weaknesses

No notable weaknesses found relative to category peers.

Performance (as of 30 Sep 2026)

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

1 Month-0.87%
3 Months-1.53%
YTD+0.69%
1 Year-0.48%
3 Years (p.a.)+3.48%
5 Years (p.a.)-0.09%

Price history

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

-13%-9%-5%-1%+2%2021-092022-122024-032025-062026-09

Geographic exposure (as at 30 Sep 2026)

Country (where the company is based).

Australia flagAustralia
86.33%
Canada flagCanada
2.63%
Germany flagGermany
1.82%
United States flagUnited States
0.81%
Netherlands flagNetherlands
0.69%
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
0.57%
France flagFrance
0.48%
United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
0.46%
South Korea flagSouth Korea
0.40%
Norway flagNorway
0.26%
Sweden flagSweden
0.23%
Spain flagSpain
0.17%
Singapore flagSingapore
0.17%
United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
0.15%
Hong Kong flagHong Kong
0.14%
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
0.07%
Finland flagFinland
0.05%
Japan flagJapan
0.05%
Denmark flagDenmark
0.04%
Indonesia flagIndonesia
0.04%
Belgium flagBelgium
0.02%
Austria flagAustria
0.01%
Qatar flagQatar
0.01%

Top holdings (as of 30 Sep 2026)

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

  1. 1.Australia Government Bond 2.75% due 21 Nov 20282.59%
  2. 2.Australia Government Bond 2.75% due 21 Nov 20292.48%
  3. 3.Australia Government Bond 1.5% due 21 Jun 20312.44%
  4. 4.Australia Government Bond 3.25% due 21 Apr 20292.41%
  5. 5.Australia Government Bond 2.5% due 21 May 20302.32%
  6. 6.Australia Government Bond 4.75% due 21 Apr 20272.29%
  7. 7.Australia Government Bond 1% due 21 Dec 20302.23%
  8. 8.Australia Government Bond 2.75% due 21 Nov 20272.20%
  9. 9.Australia Government Bond 1% due 21 Nov 20312.10%
  10. 10.Australia Government Bond 1.25% due 21 May 20322.09%
  11. 11.Australia Government Bond 2.25% due 21 May 20282.05%
  12. 12.Australia Government Bond 4.5% due 21 Apr 20331.71%
  13. 13.Australia Government Bond 1.75% due 21 Nov 20321.53%
  14. 14.Australia Government Bond 2.75% due 21 Jun 20351.49%
  15. 15.Australia Government Bond 3.5% due 21 Dec 20341.43%
  16. 16.Australia Government Bond 4.25% due 21 Mar 20361.42%
  17. 17.Australia Government Bond 3% due 21 Nov 20331.37%
  18. 18.Australia Government Bond 4.25% due 21 Dec 20351.35%
  19. 19.Australia Government Bond 3.75% due 21 May 20341.27%
  20. 20.Australia Government Bond 4.25% due 21 Oct 20361.25%