Key Highlights

  • The fund targets a 90% allocation to growth assets and 10% to income assets.
  • It holds 13 underlying funds, with the top ten at 96.30%.
  • The management fee is 0.27% and the fund size is $4.14 billion.
  • The October 2026 distribution of $0.437 is lower than the $1.215 paid in July.

Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF (ASX:VDHG) provides access to a range of sector funds, offering diversification across multiple asset classes. The issuer describes the fund as investing mainly in growth assets and targeting a 90% allocation to growth and 10% to income asset classes. The fund was admitted to the ASX on 22 November 2017 and last traded at $76.33 on 13 October 2026.

Detail

Information

Ticker

ASX:VDHG

Fund

Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF

Category

Multisector Aggressive

Fund size

$4.14 billion

Management fee

0.27%

Total holdings

13

Top ten holdings share

96.30%

ASX admission date

22 November 2017

Underlying funds

The portfolio is built from Vanguard funds. The Vanguard Australian Shares Index holds 27.00%, the International Shares Index 21.40% and the hedged International Shares Index 13.50%. The Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) holds 9.10%, International Small Companies 5.60%, Emerging Markets Shares Index 5.10% and VGS 5.10%.

Bond exposure comes through the Global Aggregate Bond Index (Hedged) at 3.70% and VBND at 3.30%, while VGAD, a hedged equity ETF, holds 2.50%. Reported turnover is 0.00%.

Asset and country allocation

Stocks represent 89.06% of the fund, bonds 9.61% and cash 1.26%. The United States accounts for 39.41% and Australia for 37.56%, followed by Japan (3.68%), the United Kingdom (2.24%) and Canada (2.22%).

Financial Services is the largest sector at 22.40%, followed by Technology at 19.25% and Basic Materials at 13.17%.

Fee, risk and distributions

The management fee is 0.27% a year. The fund reports a beta of 0.96 and a standard deviation of 8.12. The interim distribution of $0.437 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 3.45%.

That is higher than the $0.340 paid in January and $0.365 in October 2025, but lower than the $1.215 in July and $0.646 in April.

Category classification and liquidity

Morningstar places the fund in the Multisector Aggressive category, which covers funds investing primarily in a number of sectors, with more than 80% of assets in growth sectors that are typically defined as equity and property asset classes.

Liquidity indicators add a further view. There are 54,088,621 units on issue, and average daily trading volume is 65,782 units. Over the five sessions from 7 to 13 October 2026, daily volume ranged from 47,800 to 72,200 units, with 52,957 recorded on 13 October while the market was still open. The bid-offer range stood at $76.33 to $76.38, and the day range at $76.22 to $76.54. These figures change through the trading day and reflect market activity rather than the fund's holdings.

Recent announcements

Vanguard lodged Outstanding Securities for September 2026 on 7 October, a Distribution Tax Estimate on 5 October, DRP and Final Distributions notices on 2 October, and an Updated Estimated Distribution on 1 October.

Closing Perspective

VDHG packages equity and bond funds into one listed product, with 89.06% in stocks. Its 0.27% fee covers the fund-of-funds structure, and its quarterly distributions have ranged between $0.340 and $1.215. These points describe how the fund is assembled and not how it will behave.