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Fixed Income

Vanguard Global Aggregate Bond Index (Hedged) ETF

About this ETF

Tracks the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Float-Adjusted Index hedged into Australian dollars, giving broad exposure to global investment-grade government and corporate bonds.

IssuerVanguard
Management fee (MER)0.20% p.a.
Inception date10 Oct 2017
BenchmarkBloomberg Global Aggregate Float-Adjusted and Scaled Index (hedged into AUD)

Scout Score

73/100
Ranked #6 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.

Cost63
Diversification78
Tracking73
Liquidity84
Fund Strength83
Performance27
Income95

Strengths

  • Attractive yield — 9.56%, higher than 95% of Fixed Income peers.
  • Highly liquid — 0.05% bid/ask spread, better than 84% of Fixed Income peers.
  • Large, established fund — $4.8B in assets, bigger than 83% of Fixed Income funds.

Weaknesses

  • Weak long-term return — +0.3% p.a. (blended), trails 73% of rated Fixed Income peers.

Performance (as of 30 Sep 2026)

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

1 Month-1.95%
3 Months-2.95%
YTD-2.01%
1 Year-1.40%
3 Years (p.a.)+3.20%
5 Years (p.a.)-1.28%

Price history

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

-17%-12%-8%-3%+2%2021-092022-122024-032025-062026-09

Geographic exposure (as at 30 Sep 2026)

Country (where the company is based).

United States flagUnited States
46.41%
France flagFrance
6.15%
Japan flagJapan
5.76%
Germany flagGermany
5.43%
United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
4.53%
Canada flagCanada
3.96%
Italy flagItaly
3.74%
Spain flagSpain
2.70%
Australia flagAustralia
2.07%
South Korea flagSouth Korea
1.52%
Netherlands flagNetherlands
1.37%
Belgium flagBelgium
1.08%
China flagChina
0.90%
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
0.85%
Sweden flagSweden
0.78%
Mexico flagMexico
0.76%
Indonesia flagIndonesia
0.64%
Austria flagAustria
0.60%
Malaysia flagMalaysia
0.53%
Poland flagPoland
0.51%
Thailand flagThailand
0.47%
Denmark flagDenmark
0.45%
Finland flagFinland
0.45%
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
0.41%
Ireland flagIreland
0.40%
Singapore flagSingapore
0.37%
Portugal flagPortugal
0.35%
Israel flagIsrael
0.29%
Norway flagNorway
0.29%
Romania flagRomania
0.28%
Hungary flagHungary
0.27%
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
0.25%
Chile flagChile
0.23%
Greece flagGreece
0.23%
United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
0.22%
Czech Republic flagCzech Republic
0.22%
Peru flagPeru
0.15%
Slovakia flagSlovakia
0.14%
Luxembourg flagLuxembourg
0.11%
Philippines flagPhilippines
0.11%
Qatar flagQatar
0.10%
Hong Kong flagHong Kong
0.09%
India flagIndia
0.08%
Bulgaria flagBulgaria
0.05%
Lithuania flagLithuania
0.05%
Panama flagPanama
0.05%
Brazil flagBrazil
0.04%
Kuwait flagKuwait
0.04%
Latvia flagLatvia
0.04%
Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
0.03%
Oman flagOman
0.03%
Taiwan flagTaiwan
0.03%
Uruguay flagUruguay
0.03%
Bermuda flagBermuda
0.02%
Cyprus flagCyprus
0.02%
Croatia flagCroatia
0.02%
Slovenia flagSlovenia
0.02%
South Africa flagSouth Africa
0.02%
Morocco flagMorocco
0.01%

Top holdings (as of 30 Sep 2026)

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

  1. 1.United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% due 31 Dec 20280.35%
  2. 2.United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.625% due 15 Aug 20300.33%
  3. 3.United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% due 15 Nov 20300.33%
  4. 4.United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.5% due 15 Feb 20300.32%
  5. 5.United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.875% due 15 Aug 20340.29%
  6. 6.French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.75% due 25 Feb 20280.29%
  7. 7.United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25% due 31 May 20280.28%
  8. 8.United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% due 15 Feb 20310.27%
  9. 9.French Republic Government Bond OAT — due 25 Nov 20300.26%
  10. 10.United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.625% due 15 May 20300.26%
  11. 11.United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.5% due 30 Nov 20280.26%
  12. 12.French Republic Government Bond OAT 2.7% due 25 Feb 20310.25%
  13. 13.United States Treasury Note/Bond 4% due 15 Feb 20340.24%
  14. 14.Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro 4.1% due 01 Feb 20290.24%
  15. 15.United Kingdom Gilt 4.375% due 07 Mar 20280.23%
  16. 16.Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro 2.7% due 15 Oct 20270.22%
  17. 17.United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.5% due 15 Nov 20330.22%
  18. 18.United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25% due 30 Jun 20280.22%
  19. 19.Spain Government Bond 2.35% due 31 Mar 20290.22%
  20. 20.Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe — due 15 May 20350.22%