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International Shares

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF

About this ETF

Feeds into the US-domiciled Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO), tracking a FTSE emerging markets index covering companies in China, India, Taiwan, Brazil and other developing economies.

IssuerVanguard
Management fee (MER)0.48% p.a.
Inception date18 Nov 2013
BenchmarkFTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index (net dividends reinvested) in AUD

Scout Score

48/100
Ranked #41 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.

Cost32
Diversification73
Tracking17
Liquidity79
Fund Strength87
Performance18
Income31

Strengths

  • Large, established fund — $2.1B in assets, bigger than 87% of International Shares funds.
  • Highly liquid — 0.07% bid/ask spread, better than 79% of International Shares peers.
  • Well diversified — top holdings are 27.2% of the fund, less concentrated than 73% of International Shares peers.

Weaknesses

  • Wider index tracking — 12.90% tracking error, looser than 83% of International Shares peers.
  • Weak long-term return — +9.1% p.a. (blended), trails 82% of rated International Shares peers.
  • Below-average yield — 1.57%, lower than 69% of International Shares peers.

Performance (as of 30 Sep 2026)

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

1 Month+1.08%
3 Months-0.99%
YTD+5.70%
1 Year+5.85%
3 Years (p.a.)+14.20%
5 Years (p.a.)+6.50%

Price history

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

-24%-7%+10%+27%+44%2021-092022-122024-032025-062026-09

Geographic exposure (as at 30 Sep 2026)

Country (where the company is based).

Taiwan flagTaiwan
33.44%
Hong Kong flagHong Kong
17.89%
India flagIndia
15.24%
China flagChina
6.14%
Brazil flagBrazil
4.14%
South Africa flagSouth Africa
3.44%
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
2.86%
Mexico flagMexico
1.85%
Malaysia flagMalaysia
1.64%
Thailand flagThailand
1.59%
United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
1.57%
United States flagUnited States
1.11%
Turkey flagTurkey
0.74%
Kuwait flagKuwait
0.69%
Indonesia flagIndonesia
0.69%
Chile flagChile
0.58%
Qatar flagQatar
0.53%
Philippines flagPhilippines
0.39%
Hungary flagHungary
0.37%
Colombia flagColombia
0.20%
Czech Republic flagCzech Republic
0.13%
Romania flagRomania
0.12%
Singapore flagSingapore
0.09%
Egypt flagEgypt
0.09%
Iceland flagIceland
0.07%
Vietnam flagVietnam
0.05%
United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
0.02%

Sector breakdown (as at 30 Sep 2026)

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

Information Technology
35.67%
Financials
18.81%
Industrials
8.47%
Consumer Discretionary
8.10%
Materials
6.68%
Energy
4.09%
Health Care
3.71%
Consumer Staples
3.12%
Utilities
2.51%
Communication Services
2.34%
Real Estate
2.15%

Top holdings (as of 30 Sep 2026)

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

  1. 1.Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (2330)15.71%
  2. 2.Tencent Holdings Ltd logoTencent Holdings Ltd2.81%
  3. 3.Alibaba Group Holding Ltd2.11%
  4. 4.MediaTek Inc1.87%
  5. 5.Delta Electronics Inc0.94%
  6. 6.China Construction Bank Corp (939)0.91%
  7. 7.Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd0.79%
  8. 8.HDFC Bank Ltd0.70%
  9. 9.Reliance Industries Ltd0.69%
  10. 10.Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd (1398)0.65%
  11. 11.ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd0.61%
  12. 12.ICICI Bank Ltd0.60%
  13. 13.PDD Holdings Inc0.50%
  14. 14.Bharti Airtel Ltd0.47%
  15. 15.Xiaomi Corp0.46%
  16. 16.Bank of China Ltd (3988)0.43%
  17. 17.Meituan0.41%
  18. 18.Al Rajhi Bank0.41%
  19. 19.Vale SA0.40%
  20. 20.Unimicron Technology Corp0.40%