Key Highlights

  • The fund holds 63 corporate bonds, with the top ten at 21.60%.
  • Australia represents 64.67% of the portfolio, and Germany 12.64%.
  • The management fee is 0.25% and reported turnover is 43.22%.
  • The October 2026 distribution of $0.110 is lower than the $0.112 paid in September.

Betashares Australian Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (ASX:CRED) employs a passive approach designed to track its index before fees and expenses, generally investing in index securities in proportion to their weightings. The fund was admitted to the ASX on 4 June 2018 and last traded at $22.22 on 13 October 2026. It reports a fund size of $1.88 billion.

Detail

Information

Ticker

ASX:CRED

Fund

Betashares Australian Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Category

Diversified Credit

Benchmark

Solactive Aus IG Corp Bond Slct TR AUD

Fund size

$1.88 billion

Management fee

0.25%

Total holdings

63

ASX admission date

4 June 2018

Issuers and holdings

The ten largest positions represent 21.60% of the fund. Emirates NBD leads at 2.66%, followed by Aroundtown (2.22%), Stockland Trust Management (2.16%), Aurizon Network (2.10%) and Vonovia (2.09%). E.ON (2.08%), Energie Baden-Wurttemberg International Finance (2.07%), Vicinity Centres (2.07%), Scentre Group Trust 1 (2.06%) and CDC Data Centres Australia (2.04%) complete the list.

Bonds represent 99.24% of the fund and cash 0.75%. Reported turnover is 43.22%.

Geographic mix

Australia accounts for 64.67% of the portfolio, above the 56.66% category figure. Germany holds 12.64%, well above the 3.78% category weighting, followed by New Zealand at 5.58% and the United States at 4.04%.

France holds 3.75%, the United Arab Emirates 3.68%, Spain 3.54% and the United Kingdom 2.03%.

Fee, risk and distributions

The management fee is 0.25% a year. The fund reports a beta of 0.94 and a standard deviation of 4.52. CRED pays distributions monthly, and the interim distribution of $0.110 per unit had an ex-date of 1 October 2026, a record date of 2 October and payment on 16 October, equal to an annual yield of 5.60%.

That is lower than the $0.112 paid in September and $0.114 in August, but higher than the $0.108 in July and $0.096 in June.

Category classification and liquidity

Morningstar places the fund in the Diversified Credit category, which covers funds investing primarily in Australian and/or global credit securities, typically with active credit selection aimed at higher returns than government bonds, where average credit quality is typically BBB or above and sub-investment grade and unrated issues are permitted.

Liquidity indicators add a further view. There are 84,695,947 units on issue, and average daily trading volume is 118,186 units. Over the five sessions from 7 to 13 October 2026, daily volume ranged from 73,900 to 174,600 units, with 75,787 recorded on 13 October while the market was still open. The bid-offer range stood at $22.18 to $22.25, and the day range at $22.14 to $22.22. These figures change through the trading day and reflect market activity rather than the fund's holdings.

Recent announcements

The issuer lodged the Units on Issue Disclosure for September 2026 on 6 October, a DRP Issue Price and Final Distribution Announcement on 1 October, an Estimated Distribution Announcement on 29 September and the Annual Report on 25 September.

Final Takeaway

CRED combines Australian and European corporate issuers in a 63-bond portfolio with a 0.25% fee. Its monthly distribution slipped to $0.110 from $0.114 two months earlier, and portfolio turnover is 43.22%. These points describe the fund and offer no forecast.