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VEU

International Shares

Vanguard All-World ex-US Shares Index ETF

About this ETF

Feeds into the US-domiciled Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF, tracking the FTSE All-World ex US Index for broad exposure to developed and emerging market companies outside the United States.

IssuerVanguard

Management fee (MER)0.04% p.a.

Inception date12 May 2009

BenchmarkFTSE All-World ex US Index

Scout Score

77/100

Ranked #5 of 76 in International 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.

Cost100

Diversification90

Tracking52

Liquidity82

Fund Strength94

Performance35

Income41

Strengths

Low fee — 0.04% p.a., cheaper than 100% of International Shares funds.
Large, established fund — $6.5B in assets, bigger than 94% of International Shares funds.
Well diversified — top holdings are 14.8% of the fund, less concentrated than 90% of International Shares peers.

Weaknesses

Weak long-term return — +11.4% p.a. (blended), trails 65% of rated International Shares peers.

Performance (as of 31 Oct 2026)

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

1 Month-4.03%

3 Months-2.98%

YTD+4.65%

1 Year+5.78%

3 Years (p.a.)+16.44%

5 Years (p.a.)+9.87%

Price history

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

Geographic exposure (as at 30 Sep 2026)

Country (where the company is based).

Japan

15.63%

Taiwan

9.12%

United Kingdom

7.89%

Canada

7.48%

South Korea

6.61%

Hong Kong

6.25%

France

4.87%

Switzerland

4.86%

Germany

4.59%

Australia

3.94%

India

3.87%

Netherlands

3.06%

Spain

2.17%

Italy

1.93%

Sweden

1.85%

China

1.57%

Singapore

1.04%

Brazil

1.04%

South Africa

0.94%

Denmark

0.82%

Israel

0.82%

Saudi Arabia

0.80%

Belgium

0.61%

United States

0.59%

Finland

0.52%

Mexico

0.52%

United Arab Emirates

0.45%

Malaysia

0.39%

Thailand

0.38%

Norway

0.36%

Poland

0.30%

Austria

0.24%

Ireland

0.21%

Turkey

0.21%

Indonesia

0.18%

Kuwait

0.17%

Greece

0.17%

Qatar

0.15%

Chile

0.14%

Portugal

0.12%

New Zealand

0.12%

Hungary

0.11%

Philippines

0.10%

Czech Republic

0.04%

Colombia

0.04%

Romania

0.03%

Egypt

0.02%

Iceland

0.02%

Vietnam

0.01%

Sector breakdown (as at 30 Sep 2026)

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

Financials

23.54%

Information Technology

21.81%

Industrials

14.39%

Consumer Discretionary

8.06%

Health Care

6.51%

Materials

6.43%

Energy

5.10%

Consumer Staples

4.45%

Utilities

2.95%

Communication Services

2.45%

Real Estate

1.65%

Top holdings (as of 30 Sep 2026)

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

1.Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd4.66%
2.Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930)2.22%
3.SK hynix Inc1.82%
4.ASML Holding NV1.69%
5.Tencent Holdings Ltd0.83%
6.HSBC Holdings PLC0.83%
7.Roche Holding AG (ROP)0.71%
8.Shell PLC0.68%
9.Royal Bank of Canada0.67%
10.Novartis AG0.65%
11.Alibaba Group Holding Ltd0.62%
12.Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc0.62%
13.AstraZeneca PLC0.59%
14.Nestle SA0.57%
15.MediaTek Inc0.55%
16.Siemens AG0.55%
17.BHP Group Ltd0.53%
18.SAP SE0.50%
19.Banco Santander SA0.49%
20.Toronto-Dominion Bank/The0.47%