Key Highlights

  • The fund holds 1,790 companies in Asia outside Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
  • Taiwan (28.74%), China (23.68%) and South Korea (21.91%) are the largest country weights.
  • The management fee is 0.40% and the fund size is $797.72 million.
  • The October 2026 distribution of $0.664 is lower than the $0.680 paid in October 2025.

Vanguard FTSE Asia ex Japan Shares Index ETF (ASX:VAE) 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 11 December 2015 and last traded at $108.75 on 13 October 2026. It reports a fund size of $797.72 million.

Detail

Information

Ticker

ASX:VAE

Fund

Vanguard FTSE Asia ex Japan Shares Index ETF

Category

Equity Asia Pacific w/o Japan

Benchmark

FTSE AP Ex JPN, AUS And NZL NR AUD

Fund size

$797.72 million

Management fee

0.40%

Total holdings

1,790

ASX admission date

11 December 2015

Holdings

The ten largest positions represent 37.51% of the fund. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing leads at 14.78%, followed by Samsung Electronics (7.04%), SK hynix (5.44%), Tencent Holdings (2.90%) and Alibaba Group (2.21%).

MediaTek holds 1.46%, DBS Group 0.99%, Delta Electronics 0.90% and Samsung Electronics preferred shares and China Construction Bank 0.87% each. Reported turnover is 2.07%.

Country and sector exposure

Taiwan accounts for 28.74% of the fund, China 23.68%, against 32.05% for the category, and South Korea 21.91%. India holds 13.96%, well above the 6.10% category figure. Hong Kong holds 3.67% and Singapore 3.47%.

Technology holds 43.89% against 45.05% for the category, Financial Services 17.59%, Consumer Cyclical 9.02% against 14.00% and Industrials 7.95%.

Fee, risk and distributions

The management fee is 0.40% a year. The fund reports a beta of 0.94 and a standard deviation of 19.76. The interim distribution of $0.664 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 1.35%.

That is higher than the $0.529 paid in July, $0.076 in April and $0.237 in January, but lower than the $0.680 paid in October 2025.

Category classification and liquidity

Morningstar places the fund in the Equity Asia Pacific w/o Japan category, which covers funds investing primarily in companies from the Asia Pacific region excluding Japan, with Asia Pacific securities typically at least 75% of the portfolio and possibly including emerging-market stocks.

Liquidity indicators add a further view. There are 7,175,008 units on issue, and average daily trading volume is 18,486 units. Over the five sessions from 7 to 13 October 2026, daily volume ranged from 7,200 to 16,300 units, with 16,344 recorded on 13 October while the market was still open. The bid-offer range stood at $108.40 to $112.29, and the day range at $108.00 to $110.65. 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 Estimated Distribution Announcement on 24 September.

Closing Perspective

VAE covers Asian markets outside Japan, with three economies making up roughly 74% of the portfolio and one company at 14.78%. Its 0.40% fee and 19.76 standard deviation are part of its profile. These facts describe the structure and do not forecast outcomes.