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    • AQTY
    VanEck MSCI Australian Quality Plus ETF

    AQTY
    VanEck MSCI Australian Quality Plus ETF

    • NAV
      $20.44

      as at 17-Aug-26
    • Total Net Assets
      $35.45M
    • Dividend Frequency
      2 each year
    • Management fee (p.a.)
      0.35%
    • Number of securities
      49
    • 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 17-Aug-26 Download all holdings

    No. of holdings: 49
    Security name
    ASX code
    No. of securities held
    		 Market value % of Fund net
    assets
    Wesfarmers Ltd WES AU 36,053 3,058,737 8.63
    Anz Group Holdings Ltd ANZ AU 70,009 2,651,941 7.48
    Rio Tinto Ltd RIO AU 15,689 2,640,929 7.45
    Westpac Banking Corp WBC AU 62,331 2,185,948 6.17
    Bhp Group Ltd BHP AU 34,663 2,156,039 6.08
    National Australia Bank Ltd NAB AU 49,247 1,943,287 5.48
    Macquarie Group Ltd MQG AU 6,898 1,797,619 5.07
    Commonwealth Bank Of Australia CBA AU 8,751 1,443,915 4.07
    Woolworths Group Ltd WOW AU 25,082 1,008,547 2.85
    Brambles Ltd BXB AU 50,839 996,444 2.81
    South32 Ltd S32 AU 199,968 983,843 2.78
    Origin Energy Ltd ORG AU 79,804 956,850 2.70
    Coles Group Ltd COL AU 40,515 949,672 2.68
    Woodside Energy Group Ltd WDS AU 27,098 890,169 2.51
    Santos Ltd STO AU 105,566 849,806 2.40
    Qbe Insurance Group Ltd QBE AU 36,905 836,636 2.36
    Telstra Group Ltd TLS AU 161,684 777,700 2.19
    Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co Ltd SOL AU 16,516 753,625 2.13
    Fortescue Metals Group Ltd FMG AU 40,459 718,147 2.03
    Bluescope Steel Ltd BSL AU 21,161 697,043 1.97
    Medibank Pvt Ltd MPL AU 133,029 671,796 1.90
    Apa Group APA AU 63,942 638,141 1.80
    Als Ltd ALQ AU 24,516 551,610 1.56
    Orica Ltd ORI AU 22,382 499,566 1.41
    Ampol Ltd ALD AU 11,511 456,987 1.29
    Perseus Mining Ltd PRU AU 65,035 368,098 1.04
    Dyno Nobel Ltd DNL AU 84,802 319,704 0.90
    Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd BEN AU 28,021 312,434 0.88
    Aurizon Holdings Ltd AZJ AU 81,310 303,286 0.86
    Whitehaven Coal Ltd WHC AU 37,846 293,685 0.83
    Amp Ltd AMP AU 122,292 281,272 0.79
    Regis Resources Ltd RRL AU 34,749 263,050 0.74
    Challenger Ltd CGF AU 25,057 242,802 0.69
    Downer Edi Ltd DOW AU 31,959 237,775 0.67
    Ventia Services Group Pty Ltd VNT AU 35,699 208,482 0.59
    Sims Ltd SGM AU 7,700 198,814 0.56
    West African Resources Ltd WAF AU 51,049 178,672 0.50
    Nrw Holdings Ltd NWH AU 21,084 152,648 0.43
    Viva Energy Group Ltd VEA AU 53,554 147,274 0.42
    New Hope Corp Ltd NHC AU 23,424 131,409 0.37
    Yancoal Australia Ltd YAL AU 19,135 112,705 0.32
    Tpg Telecom Ltd TPG AU 30,817 110,941 0.31
    Perenti Global Ltd PRN AU 40,800 96,696 0.27
    Bega Cheese Ltd BGA AU 13,284 79,837 0.23
    Smartgroup Corp Ltd SIQ AU 5,641 74,179 0.21
    Service Stream Ltd SSM AU 28,378 71,229 0.20
    Helia Group Ltd HLI AU 12,581 70,579 0.20
    Karoon Gas Australia Ltd KAR AU 22,453 39,293 0.11
    Gemlife Communities Group GLF AU 8,725 39,263 0.11
    Other/Cash --   -1,097 -0.00
    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”.

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