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  • AQTY
    VanEck MSCI Australian Quality Plus ETF

    AQTY
    VanEck MSCI Australian Quality Plus ETF

    • NAV
      $19.87

      as at 04-Jun-26
    • Total Net Assets
      $30.49M
    • 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.

    Key benefits

    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.


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    Index Key points

    Index name

    MSCI Australia IMI Quality Plus Index

    Overview

    The Index is based on a traditional market capitalisation-weighted parent index, the MSCI Australia IMI Index (the ‘Parent Index’), which includes large- and mid-capitalisation stocks. REITs are excluded from the Parent Index to form the eligible universe. The Index aims to capture the performance of high quality, value and low relative volatility securities selected from the eligible universe. Securities with the highest momentum scores in a subset of the eligible universe are included in the final selection.

    Summary of index methodology

    A score is calculated for each security in the eligible universe based on three style factors, as defined by MSCI: Quality, Value and Low Volatility.

    Securities in the top 50% ranked by market capitalisation coverage in the eligible universe are selected in the Index. The security weights are then determined by the relative strength of the score for each security.

    For securities in the bottom 50% ranked by market capitalisation coverage in the eligible universe, top-ranked securities are selected by assessing the relative strength of the score for each security. Then the top-ranked securities are selected by momentum score.

    Securities eligible for inclusion are then weighted by market capitalisation weight in the eligible universe. Security and subsector active weight caps to the eligible universe are applied.

    Each group is a 50% weighting in the Index. The Index includes a maximum of 50 companies.

    Rebalances

    The Index is reviewed and rebalanced on a quarterly basis, usually as of the close of the last business day of February, May, August and November.

    Index provider

    MSCI Inc. MSCI is not a related entity of VanEck Investments Limited.  

    Performance

    Holdings & allocations

    All holdings (%) as at 04-Jun-26 Download all holdings

    No. of holdings: 50
    Security name
    ASX code
    No. of securities held
    Market value % of Fund net
    assets
    Rio Tinto Ltd RIO AU 13,696 2,575,944 8.45
    Wesfarmers Ltd WES AU 31,471 2,473,935 8.11
    Anz Group Holdings Ltd ANZ AU 61,112 2,107,142 6.91
    Westpac Banking Corp WBC AU 54,410 1,917,408 6.29
    Bhp Group Ltd BHP AU 30,258 1,900,202 6.23
    National Australia Bank Ltd NAB AU 42,989 1,591,023 5.22
    Macquarie Group Ltd MQG AU 6,021 1,423,726 4.67
    Commonwealth Bank Of Australia CBA AU 7,639 1,250,733 4.10
    South32 Ltd S32 AU 174,556 829,141 2.72
    Woolworths Group Ltd WOW AU 21,895 772,018 2.53
    Coles Group Ltd COL AU 35,367 771,001 2.53
    Origin Energy Ltd ORG AU 69,662 755,833 2.48
    Brambles Ltd BXB AU 44,379 753,999 2.47
    Fortescue Metals Group Ltd FMG AU 35,317 742,363 2.44
    Woodside Energy Group Ltd WDS AU 23,655 741,111 2.43
    Santos Ltd STO AU 92,151 725,228 2.38
    Qbe Insurance Group Ltd QBE AU 32,216 721,638 2.37
    Telstra Group Ltd TLS AU 141,138 701,456 2.30
    Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co Ltd SOL AU 14,418 617,235 2.02
    Bluescope Steel Ltd BSL AU 18,472 603,665 1.98
    Apa Group APA AU 55,816 576,579 1.89
    Medibank Pvt Ltd MPL AU 116,124 548,105 1.80
    Als Ltd ALQ AU 21,401 507,632 1.67
    Orica Ltd ORI AU 19,538 444,880 1.46
    Ampol Ltd ALD AU 10,048 365,546 1.20
    Qube Holdings Ltd QUB AU 70,918 354,590 1.16
    Whitehaven Coal Ltd WHC AU 33,036 314,833 1.03
    Aurizon Holdings Ltd AZJ AU 70,977 307,330 1.01
    Perseus Mining Ltd PRU AU 56,770 287,824 0.94
    Dyno Nobel Ltd DNL AU 74,025 283,516 0.93
    Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd BEN AU 24,460 251,449 0.82
    Downer Edi Ltd DOW AU 27,898 218,441 0.72
    Challenger Ltd CGF AU 21,873 200,575 0.66
    Ventia Services Group Pty Ltd VNT AU 31,162 193,828 0.64
    Sims Ltd SGM AU 6,722 187,477 0.61
    Regis Resources Ltd RRL AU 30,333 186,548 0.61
    Amp Ltd AMP AU 106,752 157,993 0.52
    West African Resources Ltd WAF AU 44,561 137,693 0.45
    Nrw Holdings Ltd NWH AU 18,405 137,669 0.45
    New Hope Corp Ltd NHC AU 20,448 126,164 0.41
    Yancoal Australia Ltd YAL AU 16,703 120,429 0.40
    Viva Energy Group Ltd VEA AU 46,749 107,055 0.35
    Tpg Telecom Ltd TPG AU 26,901 96,844 0.32
    Perenti Global Ltd PRN AU 35,615 75,504 0.25
    Bega Cheese Ltd BGA AU 11,596 63,198 0.21
    Service Stream Ltd SSM AU 24,772 59,205 0.19
    Smartgroup Corp Ltd SIQ AU 4,924 57,709 0.19
    Helia Group Ltd HLI AU 10,982 51,506 0.17
    Karoon Gas Australia Ltd KAR AU 19,599 39,394 0.13
    Gemlife Communities Group GLF AU 7,617 35,800 0.12
    Other/Cash --   17,523 0.06
    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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