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    • AQTY
    VanEck MSCI Australian Quality Plus ETF

    AQTY
    VanEck MSCI Australian Quality Plus ETF

    • NAV
      $20.30

      as at 24-Sep-26
    • Total Net Assets
      $35.21M
    • Dividend Frequency
      2 each year
    • Management fee (p.a.)
      0.35%
    • Number of securities
      50
    • Inception Date
      29-May-26
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    Overview

    Fund description

    AQTY gives investors access to a portfolio of ASX-listed companies selected for their fundamental quality characteristics, supported by valuation discipline and lower relative volatility. AQTY aims to provide investment returns, before fees and other costs, which track the performance of the Index.

    Why consider AQTY?

    Quality, outcome engineered

    In Australia, quality is often assumed through banks and large defensives. This portfolio is built for the realities of a narrow, cyclical market and deliberately engineered to moderate sector tilts, so the outcome reflects portfolio construction, not index bias.

    Defensive when it matters, not just in theory

    Quality is often advocated as a defensive exposure. But in Australia it can still fall alongside the market. By incorporating price stability and valuation discipline the portfolio is designed to cushion the downside when markets weaken, without giving up the upside when they recover.

    A more balanced source of performance

    Returns are driven by multiple complementary signals that blend quality with valuation and stability rather than relying on a single factor regime. This reduces dependence on any environment and aims to deliver more consistent risk-adjusted outcomes through cycles.

    Who is TICKER suitable for?

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    Performance

    Holdings & allocations

    All holdings (%) as at 25-Sep-26 Download all holdings

    No. of holdings: 50
    Security name
    ASX code
    No. of securities held
    Market value
    % of Fund net
    assets
    Anz Group Holdings Ltd ANZ AU 73,078 2,735,310 7.77
    Wesfarmers Ltd WES AU 35,137 2,595,570 7.37
    Westpac Banking Corp WBC AU 73,685 2,514,869 7.14
    Csl Ltd CSL AU 12,703 2,275,361 6.46
    Bhp Group Ltd BHP AU 36,513 2,228,023 6.33
    National Australia Bank Ltd NAB AU 48,902 1,865,611 5.30
    Macquarie Group Ltd MQG AU 6,655 1,614,170 4.58
    Commonwealth Bank Of Australia CBA AU 9,211 1,381,466 3.92
    South32 Ltd S32 AU 186,596 923,650 2.62
    Santos Ltd STO AU 106,883 913,850 2.60
    Computershare Ltd CPU AU 22,096 906,599 2.57
    Qbe Insurance Group Ltd QBE AU 39,179 897,983 2.55
    Coles Group Ltd COL AU 38,153 873,704 2.48
    Rio Tinto Ltd RIO AU 5,226 869,920 2.47
    Woolworths Group Ltd WOW AU 22,361 855,755 2.43
    Suncorp Group Ltd SUN AU 44,997 844,594 2.40
    Woodside Energy Group Ltd WDS AU 26,474 836,843 2.38
    Transurban Group TCL AU 63,397 827,331 2.35
    Telstra Group Ltd TLS AU 165,491 791,047 2.25
    Insurance Australia Group Ltd IAG AU 94,279 735,376 2.09
    Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co Ltd SOL AU 14,514 701,462 1.99
    Apa Group APA AU 56,190 601,233 1.71
    Bluescope Steel Ltd BSL AU 18,595 570,867 1.62
    Medibank Pvt Ltd MPL AU 116,901 533,069 1.51
    Als Ltd ALQ AU 21,544 457,164 1.30
    Orica Ltd ORI AU 19,676 456,090 1.30
    Ampol Ltd ALD AU 10,115 453,152 1.29
    Ramsay Health Care Ltd RHC AU 7,839 436,084 1.24
    Perseus Mining Ltd PRU AU 56,334 374,058 1.06
    Dyno Nobel Ltd DNL AU 74,403 300,588 0.85
    Aurizon Holdings Ltd AZJ AU 71,453 262,233 0.74
    Amp Ltd AMP AU 98,103 260,954 0.74
    Regis Resources Ltd RRL AU 30,542 236,090 0.67
    Challenger Ltd CGF AU 21,699 224,368 0.64
    Ventia Services Group Ltd VNT AU 32,979 200,842 0.57
    Downer Edi Ltd DOW AU 27,974 186,307 0.53
    Sims Ltd SGM AU 6,767 167,483 0.48
    West African Resources Ltd WAF AU 44,909 158,529 0.45
    Nrw Holdings Ltd NWH AU 18,528 151,930 0.43
    Viva Energy Group Ltd VEA AU 47,062 150,598 0.43
    Nib Holdings Ltd/Australia NHF AU 20,753 134,687 0.38
    New Hope Corp Ltd NHC AU 20,594 120,475 0.34
    Yancoal Australia Ltd YAL AU 16,815 96,518 0.27
    Perenti Global Ltd PRN AU 35,712 79,638 0.23
    Bega Cheese Ltd BGA AU 11,674 71,095 0.20
    Data#3 Ltd DTL AU 6,089 68,867 0.20
    Service Stream Ltd SSM AU 24,937 62,093 0.18
    Smartgroup Corp Ltd SIQ AU 5,278 61,225 0.17
    Helia Group Ltd HLI AU 11,057 59,708 0.17
    Nufarm Ltd NUF AU 13,864 42,562 0.12
    Other/Cash --   42,208 0.12
    Total 100.00
    These are not recommendations to buy or to sell any security.

    Dividends

    Election of Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRP)

    You can elect DRP by logging into MUFG’s Investor Centre. Once you are logged in, please proceed to the “Payments and Tax” tab and select “Reinvestment Plans”.

    Documents & insights

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    Market announcements

    Frequently asked questions

    An Australian quality ETF aims to invest in a portfolio of ASX-listed quality companies, by identifying financially sound companies with high return on equity and stable earnings growth. The VanEck MSCI Australian Quality Plus ETF (AQTY) is an Australian quality ETF that has been engineered for the tightly concentrated Australian market. AQTY combines quality with complementary signals like value and lower relative volatility, and seeks to deliver a quality outcome through market cycles.

    Learn more about quality investing.

    The Australian quality ETF, AQTY, utilises a ‘quality plus’ approach that was developed specifically for the Australian market. The approach starts with ASX-listed companies in the MSCI Australia IMI Index ex REITs. Each company is assessed and given a Quality Plus score, which considers quality, value and low volatility fundamentals. Weightings are applied to create a portfolio with exposure to around 50 Australian companies with strong profitability, resilient earnings and attractive valuations. Read more about the differentiated approach used by the Australian quality ETF, AQTY.

    AQTY is the first Australian quality plus ETF. While an Australian quality ETF invests in ASX-listed quality companies, a traditional Australian shares ETF typically invests in ASX companies according to their size (market capitalisation). An example is an ETF that tracks a market capitalisation weighted index such as the S&P/ASX 200.

    AQTY, an Australian quality ETF, tracks a Quality Plus Index designed to moderate sector bias and deliver more consistent risk-adjusted outcomes through cycles. Read more about AQTY’s sector weightings.

    The unique approach of AQTY, an Australian quality ETF, aims to reduce downside risk by incorporating price stability and valuation discipline alongside the quality factor. AQTY’s portfolio is designed to cushion the downside when markets weaken, without giving up the upside when they recover. This approach highlights why quality is often referred to as an investment approach for all seasons.

    Read more about the development of AQTY, an Australian quality ETF engineered to deliver a quality outcome in a narrow, cyclical market.

    Australian quality ETF, AQTY, is rebalanced quarterly to hold a maximum of 50 Australian companies selected for their fundamental quality characteristics, along with valuation, lower relative volatility and momentum metrics. Example companies held by AQTY, an Australian quality ETF, may include Wesfarmers, Macquarie Group and Woolworths Group. See the current full list of AQTY’s holdings.

    Past performance is not indicative of future performance.

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