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In short: Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF (VGAD.AX) is an exchange-traded fund from Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd charging 0.21% a year, with 7.77B AUD in assets, as of 7 October 2026.
ETF · data ~15-min delayed
Open full interactive analysis →| Price | 133.47 AUD |
| Day change | +0.47% |
| Expense ratio | 0.21% (issuer-published, gathered 7 October 2026) |
| Assets under management | 7.77B |
| Yield | 2.36% |
| Issuer | Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd |
| Asset class | Equity |
| 1-year return | 20.4% |
| 3-year return (a year) | 19.2% |
| 5-year return (a year) | 10.8% |
Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF (VGAD.AX) is an equity exchange-traded fund from Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd. It charges 0.21% a year. It manages 7.77B in assets. Its ten largest holdings make up 24% of the portfolio. Over three years it returned 19.2% a year against 0.0% for its category. Past returns do not predict future ones, and this is not a recommendation.
| Holding | Weight |
|---|---|
| NVDA NVIDIA Corp | 5.23% |
| AAPL Apple Inc | 4.79% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp | 3.69% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc | 2.59% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A | 2.08% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc | 1.72% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc Class C | 1.59% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc Class A | 1.29% |
| MU Micron Technology Inc | 1.12% |
Top ten: 24% of the fund.
technology 32%financial services 16%industrials 11%healthcare 9%consumer cyclical 9%communication services 8%consumer defensive 5%energy 4%
Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF charges 0.21% a year as of 7 October 2026, about $21 for every $10,000 invested. The fee is deducted from the fund's assets whatever it returns, so it never appears as a bill. Brokerage and the bid-ask spread are extra costs. Compare it with funds that track the same market.
Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF manages 7.77B AUD in assets as of 7 October 2026. Size matters because larger funds are less likely to close, which could force investors to sell at an inconvenient time, and they usually trade with tighter bid-ask spreads, a cost that does not appear in the fee.
Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF's largest holdings are NVIDIA Corp (5.2%), Apple Inc (4.8%) and Microsoft Corp (3.7%), and its ten largest together make up 24% of the fund. A higher top-ten share means the fund's returns depend more heavily on a few companies. The full holdings are in the issuer's documents.
Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF returned 19.2% a year over three years and 10.8% a year over five, against 0.0% a year for its category over three years. Returns are after the fund's fees but before brokerage and tax. Past performance does not predict future returns, and funds tracking the same index usually differ by little more than cost.
Prices and fundamentals: Yahoo Finance (unofficial), as of 7 October 2026; prices are delayed about 15 minutes. Expense ratio: published by Vanguard on its own website, gathered 7 October 2026. Every source ShareSift uses: data sources.
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