Key Highlights

  • The fund holds 173 infrastructure companies using physical replication of its reference index.
  • The distribution has been $0.190 in each of the last five quarters reported.
  • The management fee is 0.20% and the fund size is $2.10 billion.
  • Utilities hold 50.73% of the portfolio, and the United States 58.25%.

VanEck FTSE Global Infrastructure (AUD Hedged) ETF (ASX:IFRA) employs a passive strategy of physically replicating its reference index by investing in the securities that comprise it, in proportion to their relative weightings. The fund was admitted to the ASX on 3 May 2016 and last traded at $24.29 on 13 October 2026. It reports a fund size of $2.10 billion.

Detail

Information

Ticker

ASX:IFRA

Fund

VanEck FTSE Global Infrastructure (AUD Hedged) ETF

Category

Equity Global Infrastructure - Currency Hedged

Benchmark

FTSE Dvlp Core Infra 50/50 NR Hdg AUD

Fund size

$2.10 billion

Management fee

0.20%

Total holdings

173

ASX admission date

3 May 2016

Holdings and hedging

The ten largest positions represent 35.91% of the fund. Aena leads at 5.29%, followed by Transurban Group (5.07%), NextEra Energy (4.87%), Union Pacific (3.99%) and Southern Co (3.27%). Duke Energy (3.04%), Enbridge (2.93%), National Grid (2.62%), Auckland International Airport (2.43%) and Williams Companies (2.34%) follow.

Hedging shows in the allocation: cash is -2.21%, bonds -0.35% and stocks 102.57%. Reported turnover is 26.50%.

Sector and country exposure

Utilities holds 50.73%, Industrials 30.30%, Energy 13.99% and Real Estate 3.80%, below the 7.37% category weighting. Technology and Communication Services each hold less than 1%.

The United States accounts for 58.25%, Canada 10.72%, Spain 6.42%, Australia 5.73% and the United Kingdom 4.45%. Japan holds 3.79% and New Zealand 2.46%.

Fee, risk and distributions

The management fee is 0.20% a year. The fund reports a beta of 1.00 and a standard deviation of 13.03. The interim distribution of $0.190 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 3.17%.

The same $0.190 amount was paid in July, April and January 2026 and in October 2025.

Category classification and liquidity

Morningstar places the fund in the Equity Global Infrastructure - Currency Hedged category, which covers funds investing primarily in listed or unlisted infrastructure securities issued by global entities focused on managing, owning or operating infrastructure and utilities assets, with currency risk predominantly hedged as a neutral position.

Liquidity indicators add a further view. There are 87,718,884 units on issue, and average daily trading volume is 143,769 units. Over the five sessions from 7 to 13 October 2026, daily volume ranged from 112,100 to 172,200 units, with 172,254 recorded on 13 October while the market was still open. The bid-offer range stood at $24.21 to $24.90, and the day range at $24.06 to $24.40. These figures change through the trading day and reflect market activity rather than the fund's holdings.

Recent announcements

The issuer published dividend component details on 8 October, Issued Units Outstanding as at 30 September 2026 on 7 October, Dividend Reinvestment Plan prices on 1 October, a final distribution notice on 30 September and the Annual Report on 28 September.

Closing Perspective

IFRA applies currency hedging to a global infrastructure index and pays a level $0.190 each quarter. The 0.20% fee is higher than the 0.15% charged by GLIN, which tracks the same index. These facts describe the fund and offer no forecast.