Key Highlights

  • The fund holds 1,482 companies in developed markets outside Australia, with the top ten at 32.71%.
  • Technology holds 38.80% against 30.99% for the category, and Industrials 4.94% against 10.60%.
  • The management fee is 0.18% and the fund size is $1.61 billion.
  • The October 2026 distribution of $0.212 is lower than the $0.644 paid in July.

Vanguard Ethically Conscious International Shares Index ETF (ASX:VESG) holds or is exposed to most of the securities in its index, allowing individual weightings to vary marginally. The fund was admitted to the ASX on 13 September 2018 and last traded at $121.70 on 13 October 2026. It reports a fund size of $1.61 billion and tracks the FTSE Developed ex Australia Choice Index.

Detail

Information

Ticker

ASX:VESG

Fund

Vanguard Ethically Conscious International Shares Index ETF

Category

Equity World Large Blend

Benchmark

FTSE Dev ex Australia Choice NR AUD

Fund size

$1.61 billion

Management fee

0.18%

Total holdings

1,482

ASX admission date

13 September 2018

Holdings

The ten largest positions represent 32.71% of the fund. NVIDIA leads at 6.81%, followed by Apple (6.05%), Microsoft (4.98%), Amazon.com (3.33%) and Alphabet Class A (2.61%). Broadcom (2.28%), Alphabet Class C (2.10%), Meta Platforms (1.66%), Micron Technology (1.42%) and Tesla (1.42%) complete the list.

Companies above $1 billion in market capitalisation represent 99.47%.

Sector and country exposure

Technology holds 38.80% against 30.99% for the category, Consumer Cyclical 10.17% and Communication Services 9.86% against 8.01%. Industrials is 4.94%, well below the 10.60% category weighting, and Utilities only 0.22%.

The United States accounts for 72.21%, Japan 6.69%, South Korea 3.14%, Switzerland 2.56% and Canada 2.54%.

Fee, risk and distributions

The management fee is 0.18% a year. The fund reports a beta of 1.39 and a standard deviation of 12.63. The interim distribution of $0.212 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 1.29%.

That is higher than the $0.209 paid in October 2025, but lower than the $0.644 paid in July, $0.439 in April and $0.284 in January.

Category classification and liquidity

Morningstar places the fund in the Equity World Large Blend category, which covers funds investing primarily in large companies listed around the globe, with the portfolio not defined by a single sector or region and the blend style applied where neither growth nor value characteristics predominate.

Liquidity indicators add a further view. There are 13,166,727 units on issue, and average daily trading volume is 18,882 units. Over the five sessions from 7 to 13 October 2026, daily volume ranged from 5,100 to 19,700 units, with 7,518 recorded on 13 October while the market was still open. The bid-offer range stood at $121.56 to $122.50, and the day range at $121.48 to $122.49. 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

VESG applies an ethical screen to a broad developed-market universe, leaving a portfolio with higher Technology and lower Industrials weightings than its category. The 0.18% fee is modest, and the October distribution fell well below July's. These points describe the fund and do not indicate outcomes.