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VanEck Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality (Hedged) ETF QHAL

Fund description: QHAL gives investors exposure to a diversified portfolio of quality international companies from developed markets (ex Australia) with returns hedged into Australian dollars. QHAL aims to provide investment returns before fees and other costs which track the performance of the Index.

Index description: The MSCI World ex Australia Quality 100% Hedged to AUD Index aims to capture the performance of quality stocks selected from the Parent Index, MSCI World ex Australia, by identifying companies with high quality scores determined by MSCI based on three key fundamental variables: high return on equity; stable year-on-year earnings growth; and low financial leverage.

Management style: Replication

Country of domicile: Australia

 as at 10-May-21

  • Exchange

    ASX

  • ASX code

    QHAL

  • Bloomberg index code

    HA724440

  • Index provider

    MSCI Inc.

  • NAV1

    $37.05

  • Units outstanding1

    9,221,019

  • Net assets1

    $341.6M

  • Number of holdings1

    297

  • Inception date2

    21-Mar-19

  • ASX commencement

    25-Mar-19
1As of the close of the previous trading day.
2The date the ETF was seeded prior to quotation on ASX.

as at 10-May-21

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.
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Key benefits

The world's highest quality companies
Access the world's highest quality companies based on key fundamentals including (i) high return on equity, (ii) earnings stability and (iii) low financial leverage
   
Outperformance potential
Investments focusing on companies with quality characteristics have delivered outperformance over the long term relative to global equity benchmarks

Diversified across countries, sectors and companies  
Offering investors a portfolio of approximately 300 companies across a range of geographies, sectors and economies
  
Australian dollar currency hedged

Trading information

  • ASX code

    QHAL

  • IRESS code

    QHAL.AXW

  • Units outstanding

    9,221,019

  • ISIN

    AU0000041204

Fees and other costs  

  • Management costs p.a.

    0.43%

Key risks

An investment in the ETF carries risks associated with: ASX trading time differences, financial markets generally, individual company management, industry sectors, foreign currency, currency hedging, country or sector concentration, political, regulatory and tax risks, fund operations and tracking an index. See the PDS for details.

Prices as at  10-May-21

NAV/
Last trade		 Volume:
30-day avg/
Previous day		 Daily change: NAV/
Last trade		 YTD change:
NAV/
Last trade		 Premium/
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Distribution charts		 NAV &
Premium /Discount
History		 NAV
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QHAL $37.05
$37.57		 35,181
19,866		 $-0.42 / -1.12%
$0.15 / +0.40%		 +8.40%
+9.73%
 $0.52
+1.41%

Performance history (%) View all ETFs » View all indices »

1 Mth 3 Mths 6 Mths 1 Yr 3 Yrs p.a. 5 Yrs p.a. 10 Yrs p.a. ETF Inception p.a.
Price return 4.59 10.87 22.63 34.40 -- -- -- 18.49
Income return 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.47 -- -- -- 1.48
Total return 4.59 10.87 22.63 35.87 -- -- -- 19.97
MSCI World ex Australia Quality 100% Hedged to AUD Index 4.61 10.91 22.86 36.49 18.02 17.08 15.25 20.51
MSCI World ex Australia 100% Hedged to AUD Index 4.01 11.32 27.41 40.60 -- -- -- 15.92
1 Mth 3 Mths 6 Mths 1 Yr 3 Yrs p.a. 5 Yrs p.a. 10 Yrs p.a. ETF Inception p.a.
Price return 4.65 3.87 12.72 41.80 -- -- -- 16.70
Income return 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.55 -- -- -- 1.51
Total return 4.65 3.87 12.72 43.35 -- -- -- 18.21
MSCI World ex Australia Quality 100% Hedged to AUD Index 4.65 3.93 12.94 44.04 16.34 15.80 15.19 18.76
MSCI World ex Australia 100% Hedged to AUD Index 4.26 6.15 18.59 48.70 -- -- -- 14.37
The tables above show past performance of the ETF from 21 March 2019. Index performance shown prior to 22 February 2019 is simulated based on the current Index methodology. Results are calculated to the last business day of the month and assume immediate reinvestment of distributions. ETF results are net of management fees and costs, but before brokerage fees or bid/ask spreads incurred when investors buy/sell on the ASX. Returns for periods longer than one year are annualised. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of current or future performance which may be lower or higher.
The MSCI World ex Australia 100% Hedged to AUD Index (‘MSCI World ex Aus Hedged’) is shown for comparison purposes as it is the widely recognised benchmark used to measure the performance of developed market large- and mid-cap companies, weighted by market capitalisation.  QHAL’s index measures the performance of 300 companies selected from MSCI World ex Aus Hedged based on MSCI quality scores, weighted by market cap x quality score at rebalance. Consequently QHAL’s index has fewer companies and different country and industry allocations than MSCI World ex Aus Hedged. Click here for more details.

Top ten holdings (%) View all daily holdings » as at 30-Apr-21

No. of holdings: 296
Security name
Ticker
 % of Fund net
assets
MICROSOFT CORP
MSFT US
 5.23
APPLE INC
AAPL US
 4.88
FACEBOOK INC
FB US
 3.91
ALPHABET INC
GOOG US
 3.03
ALPHABET INC
GOOGL US
 2.96
VISA INC
V US
 2.65
JOHNSON & JOHNSON
JNJ US
 2.42
NESTLE SA
NESN SW
 2.18
MASTERCARD INC
MA US
 2.15
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC
UNH US
 2.07
Top ten total (%) 31.48
These are not recommendations to buy or to sell any security.
Holdings:  Holdings data shows the direct investments of the VanEck Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality ETF (QUAL), the underlying fund into which QHAL primarily invests to obtain exposure to the securities in the index.  Accordingly the percentage holdings of QHAL will vary slightly to those shown above because of its cash and forward positions.

Country weightings (%) as at 30-Apr-21

  • Country

    Weightings (%)

  • United States

    72.8

  • Switzerland

    6.1

  • United Kingdom

    4.7

  • Japan

    3.5

  • Netherlands

    2.0

  • Denmark

    1.9

  • Canada

    1.5

  • Ireland

    1.5

  • Germany

    1.4

  • Sweden

    0.9

  • France

    0.8

  • China

    0.6

  • Finland

    0.4

  • Italy

    0.3

  • Spain

    0.2

  • New Zealand

    0.2

  • Israel

    0.1

  • Singapore

    0.1

  • Jordan

    0.0

  • Norway

    0.0

  • Belgium

    0.0

  • Other/Cash

    0.9

  • Total

    99.9

Sector weightings (%) as at 30-Apr-21

  • Sector

    Weightings (%)

  • Information Technology

    35.3

  • Health Care

    18.3

  • Consumer Staples

    12.8

  • Communication Services

    10.8

  • Industrials

    9.5

  • Consumer Discretionary

    5.4

  • Financials

    3.8

  • Materials

    2.5

  • Real Estate

    0.4

  • Energy

    0.3

  • Utilities

    0.0

  • Other/Cash

    0.9

  • Total

    100.0