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    • AQTY
    VanEck MSCI Australian Quality Plus ETF

    AQTY
    VanEck MSCI Australian Quality Plus ETF

    • NAV
      $20.45

      as at 28-Jul-26
    • Total Net Assets
      $35.46M
    • 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 28-Jul-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 36,009 3,212,723 9.06
    Anz Group Holdings Ltd ANZ AU 69,924 2,602,571 7.34
    Rio Tinto Ltd RIO AU 15,671 2,499,995 7.05
    Westpac Banking Corp WBC AU 62,256 2,366,973 6.67
    Bhp Group Ltd BHP AU 34,621 2,055,449 5.80
    National Australia Bank Ltd NAB AU 49,187 2,026,996 5.72
    Macquarie Group Ltd MQG AU 6,889 1,766,822 4.98
    Commonwealth Bank Of Australia CBA AU 8,740 1,562,537 4.41
    Woolworths Group Ltd WOW AU 25,052 996,819 2.81
    Brambles Ltd BXB AU 50,778 977,477 2.76
    Coles Group Ltd COL AU 40,466 962,686 2.71
    Qbe Insurance Group Ltd QBE AU 36,861 940,693 2.65
    South32 Ltd S32 AU 199,724 902,752 2.55
    Woodside Energy Group Ltd WDS AU 27,065 873,929 2.46
    Origin Energy Ltd ORG AU 79,706 848,072 2.39
    Santos Ltd STO AU 105,437 819,245 2.31
    Telstra Group Ltd TLS AU 161,487 809,050 2.28
    Fortescue Metals Group Ltd FMG AU 40,410 755,667 2.13
    Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co Ltd SOL AU 16,495 748,543 2.11
    Medibank Pvt Ltd MPL AU 132,866 688,246 1.94
    Bluescope Steel Ltd BSL AU 21,135 676,320 1.91
    Apa Group APA AU 63,863 656,512 1.85
    Als Ltd ALQ AU 24,486 534,285 1.51
    Orica Ltd ORI AU 22,354 529,119 1.49
    Ampol Ltd ALD AU 11,497 447,233 1.26
    Aurizon Holdings Ltd AZJ AU 81,211 342,710 0.97
    Dyno Nobel Ltd DNL AU 84,699 318,468 0.90
    Perseus Mining Ltd PRU AU 64,955 316,980 0.89
    Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd BEN AU 27,986 312,044 0.88
    Whitehaven Coal Ltd WHC AU 37,799 269,507 0.76
    Challenger Ltd CGF AU 25,026 263,774 0.74
    Amp Ltd AMP AU 122,144 261,388 0.74
    Downer Edi Ltd DOW AU 31,920 251,849 0.71
    Ventia Services Group Pty Ltd VNT AU 35,654 214,637 0.61
    Regis Resources Ltd RRL AU 34,707 213,101 0.60
    Sims Ltd SGM AU 7,692 198,684 0.56
    Nrw Holdings Ltd NWH AU 21,059 149,308 0.42
    West African Resources Ltd WAF AU 50,987 147,862 0.42
    Viva Energy Group Ltd VEA AU 53,489 141,746 0.40
    New Hope Corp Ltd NHC AU 23,395 123,760 0.35
    Tpg Telecom Ltd TPG AU 30,779 108,958 0.31
    Yancoal Australia Ltd YAL AU 19,111 108,359 0.31
    Perenti Global Ltd PRN AU 40,750 88,020 0.25
    Bega Cheese Ltd BGA AU 13,268 81,996 0.23
    Smartgroup Corp Ltd SIQ AU 5,635 73,199 0.21
    Service Stream Ltd SSM AU 28,344 70,010 0.20
    Helia Group Ltd HLI AU 12,566 64,589 0.18
    Karoon Gas Australia Ltd KAR AU 22,424 38,345 0.11
    Gemlife Communities Group GLF AU 8,716 38,089 0.11
    Other/Cash --   3,019 0.01
    Total 100.00
    These are not recommendations to buy or to sell any security.

    Dividends

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