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Vanguard FTSE Asia Ex Japan Shares Index ETF (ASX: VAE) - Share Price and Research

Current share price for VAE : $92.450 0.46 (0.50%)+

Vanguard FTSE Asia Ex Japan Shares Index ETF (VAE) is an Exchange Traded Fund - commonly known as an ETF. For more details about how ETFs work, feel free to check out our What is an ETF? overview. Vanguard FTSE Asia Ex Japan Shares Index ETF (VAE) provides low-cost exposure to securities listed in Asia excluding Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. The Funds seek to track the returns of the Funds' respective indices, before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.

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General Information

Vanguard FTSE Asia ex Japan Shares ETF
Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd
Equity Asia Pacific w/o Japan
MSCI AC Asia Ex Japan NR AUD
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Investment Fund
9 Dec 2015
$634.45 million (as at 31 Aug 2025)
$91.1158 (as at 11 Sep 2025)
$91.1158 (as at 11 Sep 2025)

VAE ETF performance (31 Aug 2025)

NOTE : returns for periods greater than 1 year are annualised
  1 Month % 3 Month % 6 Month % 1 Year % p.a. 2 Year % p.a. 3 Year % p.a. 5 Year % p.a. 10 Year % p.a.
Total return -0.11 8.41 10.81 23.15 15.86 12.26 7.44 -
Growth return -0.11 7.56 9.73 20.43 13.33 9.72 5.23 -
Income return (Yield) 0 0.85 1.08 2.72 2.53 2.54 2.21 -

Market index (MSCI AC Asia Ex Japan NR AUD)
Total return -0.55 8.13 10.82 23.32 16.72 12.75 7.31 8.45

Asset Allocation (31 Aug 2025)

Australian Equities 0%
International Equities 98.25%
Cash 1.14%
Property & Infrastructure 0.61%
Fixed Interest 0%
Alternatives 0%
Asset Allocation

Objectives and Strategy

Seeks to track the return of the FTSE Asia Pacific ex Japan, Australia and New Zealand Index (with net dividends reinvested) in Australian dollars, before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.
The Fund will hold or be exposed to most of the securities in the Index, allowing for individual security weightings to vary marginally from the Index from time to time. The Fund may be exposed to securities that have been removed from or are expected to be included in the Index.

Offer information

MER 0.40% (as at 1 Sep 2025)
Indirect Cost Ratio (ICR) 0.40% (as at 30 Jun 2024)
Performance fee (not included in ICR) 0
Minimum initial investment

Top 10 holdings (as at 31 Jul 2025)

Holding Type % of Portfolio
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd Equity 10.86%
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