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  • IFRA
    VanEck FTSE Global Infrastructure (AUD Hedged) ETF

    IFRA
    VanEck FTSE Global Infrastructure (AUD Hedged) ETF

    • NAV
      $25.07

      as at 18-May-26
    • Total Net Assets
      $1.90B
    • Dividend Frequency
      4 each year
    • Management fee (p.a.)
      0.20%
    • Number of securities
      136
    • Inception Date
      29-Apr-16
    The NAV is generally calculated daily after all markets are closed for that day based on the closing price of the securities on the relevant foreign stock exchange. The NAV is then converted to AUD based on the relevant London WM Reuters 4pm exchange rate. This means, due to Australia’s time zone, that the NAV will generally not be updated until around 3pm next business day.
    IFRA SQUARE

    Overview

    Fund Description

    Our global infrastructure ETF, IFRA gives investors exposure to a diversified portfolio of infrastructure securities listed on exchanges in developed markets around the world. Our global infrastructure ETF aims to provide investment returns, before fees and other costs, which track the performance of the Index. 

    Key benefits

    Global infrastructure exposure

    Access to a diversified portfolio that provides targeted exposure to listed global infrastructure companies.

    Infrastructure provides investors with stable income

    Global infrastructure assets have provided investors with inflation-linked and regulated income.

    Diversified across companies and sub-sectors

    Company and sector capping provides comprehensive exposure with diversification across companies and sub-sectors.

    Australian dollar currency hedged


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    Index Key points

    Underlying Index: FTSE Developed Core Infrastructure 50/50 Hedged into Australian Dollars Index (FDCICAHN).

    The Index comprises:
    The eligible universe of securities is the FTSE Global Equity Index Series.
    FTSE screens the eligible universe to include only companies in subsectors related to core infrastructure businesses according to Industry Benchmark Classification plus the infrastructure related subsector, specialty REITs.

    Only companies with at least 65% of their revenue attributable to core infrastructure activities are included.

    The weight of each company is then capped to limit the exposure to particular infrastructure subsectors as follows:

    • 50% Utilities;
    • 30% Transportation; and
    • 20% Others eg Pipelines

    Companies within Transportation are further capped as follows:

    • 17.5% Heavy construction; transportation services; and business support services;
    • 12.5% Railroads; travel & tourism.

    Individual stocks are capped at 5%

    Hedging:
    The Index is notionally hedged into Australian dollars by rolling one-month forward foreign exchange contracts. As a result the Index is not fully hedged and retains some exposure to currency movements.

    Index provider:
    FTSE International Limited (FTSE), a member of the London Stock Exchange. FTSE is not a related body corporate of VanEck Investments Limited.

    Performance

    Holdings & allocations

    All holdings (%) as at 18-May-26 Download all holdings

    No. of holdings: 136
    Holding name
    Ticker
    No. of securities held
    Market value % of Fund net
    assets
    Transurban Group TCL AU 6,938,291 100,466,454 5.29
    Nextera Energy Inc NEE US 749,086 93,174,033 4.90
    Aena Sme Sa AENA SM 2,341,200 87,268,751 4.59
    Union Pacific Corp UNP US 207,644 79,805,973 4.20
    Enbridge Inc ENB CN 781,907 60,513,860 3.18
    Southern Co/The SO US 456,506 59,759,987 3.14
    Duke Energy Corp DUK US 322,305 55,307,613 2.91
    Williams Cos Inc/The WMB US 436,667 47,390,747 2.49
    National Grid Plc NG/ LN 2,053,669 47,322,697 2.49
    Csx Corp CSX US 651,745 42,062,758 2.21
    American Tower Corp AMT US 167,712 41,533,827 2.19
    Auckland International Airport Ltd AIA NZ 6,041,996 40,836,028 2.15
    American Electric Power Co Inc AEP US 221,645 39,532,918 2.08
    Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd CP CN 313,284 37,262,158 1.96
    Tc Energy Corp TRP CN 372,325 35,579,019 1.87
    Norfolk Southern Corp NSC US 78,409 35,059,242 1.84
    Sempra SRE US 270,435 34,087,246 1.79
    Dominion Energy Inc D US 353,572 33,369,183 1.76
    Kinder Morgan Inc KMI US 697,228 32,901,260 1.73
    Canadian National Railway Co CNR CN 189,178 29,599,297 1.56
    Oneok Inc OKE US 224,051 29,345,570 1.54
    Targa Resources Corp TRGP US 76,153 29,222,929 1.54
    Entergy Corp ETR US 184,985 28,316,911 1.49
    Flughafen Zurich Ag FHZN SW 69,864 26,898,166 1.42
    Xcel Energy Inc XEL US 245,189 26,750,388 1.41
    Cheniere Energy Inc LNG US 76,396 26,438,987 1.39
    Exelon Corp EXC US 418,760 25,721,703 1.35
    Aeroports De Paris Sa ADP FP 144,144 24,450,430 1.29
    Consolidated Edison Inc ED US 149,330 22,218,540 1.17
    Public Service Enterprise Group Inc PEG US 206,878 22,206,480 1.17
    Wec Energy Group Inc WEC US 134,891 20,643,029 1.09
    Pg&E Corp PCG US 908,281 20,110,717 1.06
    Crown Castle Inc CCI US 155,558 19,540,097 1.03
    Ameren Corp AEE US 111,797 16,769,944 0.88
    Atlas Arteria Ltd ALX AU 3,472,770 16,738,751 0.88
    Atmos Energy Corp ATO US 66,302 16,534,519 0.87
    Fortis Inc/Canada FTS CN 209,630 16,036,288 0.84
    Centerpoint Energy Inc CNP US 269,941 15,732,264 0.83
    Edison International EIX US 157,898 15,096,098 0.79
    Ppl Corp PPL US 306,617 14,961,422 0.79
    Eversource Energy ES US 155,568 14,795,099 0.78
    Pembina Pipeline Corp PPL CN 208,262 14,259,082 0.75
    Fraport Ag Frankfurt Airport Services W FRA GR 134,327 14,090,573 0.74
    Firstenergy Corp FE US 227,328 14,074,428 0.74
    American Water Works Co Inc AWK US 80,686 14,070,036 0.74
    Nisource Inc NI US 197,662 12,853,486 0.68
    Cms Energy Corp CMS US 125,379 12,633,358 0.66
    East Japan Railway Co 9020 JP 363,238 11,761,957 0.62
    Evergy Inc EVRG US 95,355 10,917,507 0.57
    Sba Communications Corp SBAC US 37,971 10,785,814 0.57
    Alliant Energy Corp LNT US 106,408 10,715,868 0.56
    Cellnex Telecom Sa CLNX SM 203,006 9,445,661 0.50
    Ast Spacemobile Inc ASTS US 77,435 9,392,586 0.49
    Terna - Rete Elettrica Nazionale TRN IM 582,045 9,299,306 0.49
    Central Japan Railway Co 9022 JP 293,417 9,178,541 0.48
    Emera Inc EMA CN 125,171 9,058,716 0.48
    Clp Holdings Ltd 2 HK 660,801 8,952,694 0.47
    Kansai Electric Power Co Inc/The 9503 JP 402,934 8,065,117 0.42
    Tokyo Gas Co Ltd 9531 JP 135,201 7,805,831 0.41
    Hydro One Ltd H CN 131,604 7,706,115 0.41
    United Utilities Group Plc UU/ LN 308,377 7,535,807 0.40
    Snam Spa SRG IM 736,626 7,532,952 0.40
    Osaka Gas Co Ltd 9532 JP 147,187 7,313,452 0.38
    Chubu Electric Power Co Inc 9502 JP 303,877 7,287,650 0.38
    Centrica Plc CNA LN 1,907,942 7,031,140 0.37
    Pinnacle West Capital Corp PNW US 49,352 6,877,637 0.36
    Naturgy Energy Group Sa NTGY SM 149,690 6,714,175 0.35
    Power Assets Holdings Ltd 6 HK 566,136 6,554,216 0.34
    Firstgroup Plc FGP LN 1,991,013 6,109,738 0.32
    Essential Utilities Inc WTRG US 116,179 6,043,874 0.32
    Severn Trent Plc SVT LN 109,817 6,041,177 0.32
    Hong Kong & China Gas Co Ltd 3 HK 4,503,920 5,913,216 0.31
    Oge Energy Corp OGE US 87,111 5,757,103 0.30
    Hutchison Port Holdings Trust HPHT SP 18,382,904 5,392,765 0.28
    Apa Group APA AU 444,969 4,574,281 0.24
    Idacorp Inc IDA US 22,335 4,390,247 0.23
    Viasat Inc VSAT US 43,854 4,381,419 0.23
    Italgas Spa IG IM 254,648 4,095,833 0.22
    Red Electrica Corp Sa RED SM 168,181 4,020,684 0.21
    Elia Group Sa/Nv ELI BB 18,228 3,936,794 0.21
    South Bow Corp SOBO CN 74,203 3,865,977 0.20
    Korea Electric Power Corp 015760 KS 106,597 3,739,130 0.20
    Pnm Resources Inc PNM US 41,312 3,429,731 0.18
    New Jersey Resources Corp NJR US 41,432 3,334,934 0.18
    Mtr Corp Ltd 66 HK 552,709 3,306,853 0.17
    Getlink Se GET FP 107,159 3,232,795 0.17
    Black Hills Corp BKH US 31,213 3,225,729 0.17
    Portland General Electric Co POR US 46,441 3,132,830 0.16
    Tokyo Electric Power Co Holdings Inc 9501 JP 620,525 3,047,804 0.16
    Ck Infrastructure Holdings Ltd 1038 HK 254,566 2,947,137 0.16
    Spire Inc SR US 23,928 2,881,990 0.15
    One Gas Inc OGS US 24,561 2,855,987 0.15
    Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc 9508 JP 189,090 2,854,413 0.15
    Brookfield Infrastructure Corp BIPC CN 49,400 2,745,993 0.14
    Mdu Resources Group Inc MDU US 84,003 2,637,966 0.14
    Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp AQN CN 318,272 2,568,993 0.14
    Northwestern Energy Group Inc NWE US 25,299 2,526,190 0.13
    Aurizon Holdings Ltd AZJ AU 593,241 2,473,815 0.13
    Enagas Sa ENG SM 78,141 2,146,418 0.11
    Atco Ltd/Canada ACO/X CN 30,505 2,144,096 0.11
    Globalstar Inc GSAT US 17,793 2,030,965 0.11
    Iridium Communications Inc IRDM US 32,940 1,997,061 0.11
    Avista Corp AVA US 33,357 1,919,362 0.10
    Pennon Group Plc PNN LN 195,294 1,841,722 0.10
    Tohoku Electric Power Co Inc 9506 JP 195,321 1,728,889 0.09
    Chesapeake Utilities Corp CPK US 9,593 1,699,630 0.09
    American States Water Co AWR US 15,862 1,682,256 0.09
    Ses Sa SESG FP 129,924 1,626,993 0.09
    Mge Energy Inc MGEE US 15,134 1,585,598 0.08
    California Water Service Group CWT US 24,517 1,466,534 0.08
    Helios Towers Plc HTWS LN 309,168 1,372,189 0.07
    Toho Gas Co Ltd 9533 JP 119,581 1,335,056 0.07
    Tokyo Metro Co Ltd 9023 JP 94,686 1,279,865 0.07
    Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc HE US 67,082 1,253,834 0.07
    Chorus Ltd CNU AU 151,190 1,247,318 0.07
    Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane Spa INW IM 112,423 1,203,973 0.06
    Northwest Natural Holding Co NWN US 17,086 1,182,666 0.06
    Netlink Nbn Trust NETLINK SP 1,019,123 1,124,099 0.06
    Sjw Group SJW US 13,670 1,079,125 0.06
    Chugoku Electric Power Co Inc/The 9504 JP 129,425 1,009,479 0.05
    Shikoku Electric Power Co Inc 9507 JP 69,821 929,951 0.05
    Ren - Redes Energeticas Nacionais Sgps RENE PL 145,161 833,355 0.04
    Evn Ag EVN AV 14,718 694,149 0.04
    Hokkaido Electric Power Co Inc 9509 JP 82,234 680,383 0.04
    Superloop Ltd SLC AU 170,492 598,427 0.03
    Telecom Plus Plc TEP LN 29,924 582,315 0.03
    Hokuriku Electric Power Co 9505 JP 73,371 559,046 0.03
    Eutelsat Communications Sa ETL FP 105,679 488,964 0.03
    Vector Ltd VCT NZ 99,039 414,607 0.02
    Korea Gas Corp 036460 KS 10,869 381,255 0.02
    Rai Way Spa RWAY IM 32,988 300,971 0.02
    Saibu Gas Holdings Co Ltd 9536 JP 12,181 235,780 0.01
    Hokkaido Gas Co Ltd 9534 JP 29,750 200,149 0.01
    Shizuoka Gas Co Ltd 9543 JP 17,153 199,423 0.01
    Okinawa Electric Power Co Inc/The 9511 JP 19,713 160,708 0.01
    Samchully Co Ltd 004690 KS 764 93,957 0.00
    Other/Cash --   678,678 0.04
    Total 100.00
    These are not recommendations to buy or to sell any security.

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