VanEck Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality ETF QUAL
Fund description: QUAL gives investors exposure to a diversified portfolio of quality international companies listed on exchanges in developed markets around the world (ex Australia). QUAL 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 Index is intended to capture the performance of quality stocks selected from the Parent Index, MSCI World ex Australia, by identifying companies with high quality scores based on three key fundamental factors: high return on equity; stable year-on-year earnings growth; and low financial leverage.
Management style: Replication
Country of domicile: Australia
as at 15-Apr-21
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Exchange
ASX -
ASX code
QUAL -
Bloomberg index code
M4CXMVIA -
Index provider
MSCI Inc. -
NAV1
$35.90 -
Units outstanding1
50,273,834 -
Net assets1
$1.8B -
Number of holdings1
296 -
Inception date2
29-Oct-14 -
ASX commencement
31-Oct-14
2The date the ETF was seeded prior to quotation on ASX.
as at 15-Apr-21
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Dividend frequency
1 each year -
Management costs p.a.
0.40% - Investment management team »
- Market Announcements
- QUAL Fact Sheet
- QUAL Fund Flyer
- White Paper: The long term case for Quality
- Learn about the Quality Factor
Key points
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
Trading information
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ASX code
QUAL -
IRESS code
QUAL.AXW -
Units outstanding
50,273,834 -
ISIN
AU00000QUAL9
Fees and other costs
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Management costs p.a.
0.40%
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, country or sector concentration, political, regulatory and tax risks, fund operations and tracking an index. See the PDS for details.
Prices as at 15-Apr-21
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 | 5.61 | 4.28 | 6.93 | 17.85 | 15.65 | 13.79 | -- | 14.06 |
Income return | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.33 | 1.73 | 2.27 | -- | 2.10 |
Total return | 5.61 | 4.28 | 6.93 | 19.18 | 17.38 | 16.06 | -- | 16.16 |
MSCI World ex Australia Quality Index | 5.60 | 4.30 | 7.02 | 19.44 | 17.62 | 16.32 | 17.14 | 16.48 |
MSCI World ex Australia Index | 5.09 | 6.33 | 12.38 | 23.55 | 13.16 | 13.67 | 13.47 | 13.20 |
1 Mth | 3 Mths | 6 Mths | 1 Yr | 3 Yrs p.a. | 5 Yrs p.a. | 10 Yrs p.a. | ETF Inception p.a. | ||
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Price return | 5.61 | 4.28 | 6.93 | 17.85 | 15.65 | 13.79 | -- | 14.06 | |
Income return | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.33 | 1.73 | 2.27 | -- | 2.10 | |
Total return | 5.61 | 4.28 | 6.93 | 19.18 | 17.38 | 16.06 | -- | 16.16 | |
MSCI World ex Australia Quality Index | 5.60 | 4.30 | 7.02 | 19.44 | 17.62 | 16.32 | 17.14 | 16.48 | |
MSCI World ex Australia Index | 5.09 | 6.33 | 12.38 | 23.55 | 13.16 | 13.67 | 13.47 | 13.20 |
Top ten holdings (%) View all daily holdings » as at 31-Mar-21
Security name |
Ticker
|
No. of securities held | Market value | % of Fund net assets |
|
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MICROSOFT CORP |
MSFT US
|
291,217 | 90,146,696 | 5.18 | |
APPLE INC |
AAPL US
|
520,801 | 83,523,720 | 4.80 | |
FACEBOOK INC |
FB US
|
168,874 | 65,303,563 | 3.75 | |
ALPHABET INC |
GOOG US
|
17,620 | 47,855,656 | 2.75 | |
ALPHABET INC |
GOOGL US
|
17,632 | 47,746,803 | 2.74 | |
JOHNSON & JOHNSON |
JNJ US
|
208,493 | 44,988,937 | 2.58 | |
VISA INC |
V US
|
158,938 | 44,182,948 | 2.54 | |
NESTLE SA |
NESN SW
|
256,412 | 37,680,561 | 2.17 | |
MASTERCARD INC |
MA US
|
79,025 | 36,941,969 | 2.12 | |
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC |
UNH US
|
72,835 | 35,580,277 | 2.04 | |
Top ten total (%) | 30.67 |
Country weightings (%) as at 31-Mar-21
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Country
Weightings (%) -
United States
73.2 -
Switzerland
6.3 -
United Kingdom
4.7 -
Japan
3.8 -
Netherlands
1.9 -
Denmark
1.8 -
Canada
1.6 -
Ireland
1.5 -
Germany
1.3 -
Sweden
0.9 -
France
0.8 -
China
0.6 -
Finland
0.4 -
Italy
0.3 -
Spain
0.2 -
Israel
0.2 -
New Zealand
0.1 -
Singapore
0.1 -
Jordan
0.0 -
Norway
0.0 -
Belgium
0.0 -
Other/Cash
0.0 -
Total
99.7
Sector weightings (%) as at 31-Mar-21
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Sector
Weightings (%) -
Information Technology
35.5 -
Health Care
18.9 -
Consumer Staples
13.1 -
Communication Services
10.2 -
Industrials
9.9 -
Consumer Discretionary
5.4 -
Financials
3.8 -
Materials
2.5 -
Real Estate
0.4 -
Energy
0.3 -
Utilities
0.0 -
Other/Cash
0.0 -
Total
100.0