Key Highlights

  • The fund tracks the Nasdaq 100 Index and holds 102 companies, with the top ten at 46.38%.
  • Technology makes up 59.05% of the portfolio and the United States 97.27%.
  • The management fee is 0.51% and the fund size is $983.65 million.
  • The July 2026 distribution of $1.201 is higher than the $0.865 paid in July 2025.

Betashares Nasdaq 100 Currency Hedged ETF (ASX:HNDQ) employs a passive management approach with the aim of tracking the performance of the Nasdaq 100 Index, before fees and expenses. The fund was admitted to the ASX on 22 July 2020 and last traded at $58.37 on 13 October 2026. It reports a fund size of $983.65 million.

Detail

Information

Ticker

ASX:HNDQ

Fund

Betashares Nasdaq 100 Currency Hedged ETF

Category

Equity North America

Benchmark

NASDAQ 100 NR USD

Fund size

$983.65 million

Management fee

0.51%

Total holdings

102

ASX admission date

22 July 2020

Holdings

The ten largest positions represent 46.38% of the fund. NVIDIA leads at 8.52%, followed by Apple (7.42%), Microsoft (6.01%), Micron Technology (4.76%) and Amazon.com (4.45%). Advanced Micro Devices (3.38%), Alphabet Class A (3.15%), Tesla (2.93%), Alphabet Class C (2.92%) and Broadcom (2.80%) follow.

Reported turnover is 8.19%, and every holding exceeds $1 billion in market capitalisation.

Sector and country exposure

Technology accounts for 59.05%, against 41.35% for the category. Communication Services holds 12.68%, Consumer Cyclical 11.09% and Consumer Defensive 6.23%. Financial Services is only 0.20%, against 6.67% for the category.

The United States holds 97.27% of the portfolio, Canada 0.97%, the Netherlands 0.87% and Brazil 0.43%.

Fee, risk and distributions

The management fee is 0.51% a year, compared with 0.48% on the unhedged Betashares Nasdaq 100 ETF (ASX:NDQ). The fund reports a beta of 1.59 and a standard deviation of 21.24. The final distribution of $1.201 per unit had an ex-date of 1 July 2026, a record date of 2 July and payment on 16 July.

That is higher than the $0.865 paid in July 2025 and $0.726 in July 2024, and far above the $0.018 and $0.023 paid in the two January periods listed.

Category classification and liquidity

Morningstar places the fund in the Equity North America category, which covers funds investing primarily in the securities of companies listed in the United States and Canada, which typically account for at least 75% of the portfolio.

Liquidity indicators add a further view. There are 16,526,429 units on issue, and average daily trading volume is 57,172 units. Over the five sessions from 7 to 13 October 2026, daily volume ranged from 18,100 to 37,500 units, with 27,695 recorded on 13 October while the market was still open. The bid-offer range stood at $58.11 to $58.80, and the day range at $58.30 to $58.83. 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 and the Annual Report on 25 September. Disclosures for August and July followed on 4 September and 6 August, and Estimated Annual Distribution Component Information on 8 July.

Final Takeaway

HNDQ applies a currency hedge to Nasdaq 100 exposure, keeping the same technology tilt as the unhedged fund. The 0.51% fee and 21.24 standard deviation describe its profile. These details are structural and offer no forecast.