Key Highlights

  • Betashares Managed Risk Australian Shares Complex ETF (ASX:AUST) is listed in the Equity Australia Large Blend category and a management fee of 0.49%.
  • The largest sector weighting is Financial Services at 32.59%, with stock making up 100.00% of reported asset allocation.
  • The latest final distribution is $0.245 per unit, with a payment date of 16 Jul 2026.


Betashares Managed Risk Australian Shares Complex ETF (ASX:AUST) is an exchange traded fund listed on the ASX within the Equity Australia Large Blend category. It was admitted to the exchange on 10 November 2015, and its benchmark is the S&P/ASX 200 TR AUD. The fund holds a broadly diversified portfolio of approximately 200 of the largest equity securities listed on the ASX, weighted by market capitalisation and rebalanced quarterly, and sells ASX SPI 200 futures contracts to manage volatility and cushion downside risk.

The management fee listed for the fund is 0.49%. The fund’s head office is listed in Sydney. The sections below walk through the latest trading snapshot, portfolio composition, distribution information, risk measures and recent announcements for the fund.

Latest Trading Snapshot

The last price was $17.78, lower by $0.03 or 0.22% on the session, against a previous close of $17.82. Trading volume stood at 14,348 units, with a bid and offer range of $17.76 to $17.90. The day range was $17.77 - $17.78. Average volume is shown as 2,383 units. The page shows no fund size or units outstanding figure for the fund at this stage. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Portfolio Composition and Allocation

Asset allocation data lists stock at 100.00%. Morningstar sector data shows the largest weightings in Financial Services (32.59%), Basic Materials (27.27%) and Consumer Cyclical (6.90%). Compared with the category average, the largest overweight among the sectors listed is Financial Services, at 32.59% against 30.04%. The largest underweight is Industrials, at 5.72% against 6.74% for the category.

By geography, Australia accounts for 95.82%, United States accounts for 2.70%, New Zealand accounts for 0.60% and United Kingdom accounts for 0.52%. The fund has 200 total holdings. The holdings listed include BHP Group (12.24%), Commonwealth Bank of Australia (9.73%), National Australia Bank (4.32%), Westpac Banking Corporation (4.31%) and ANZ Group Holdings (4.09%). The top ten holdings together represent 48.83% of the portfolio. The reported turnover ratio is 7.60%.

Distribution Information

The most recent distribution listed is a final distribution of $0.245 per unit, with an ex-date of 01 Jul 2026, a record date of 02 Jul 2026 and a payment date of 16 Jul 2026. The distribution chart lists July 2026 ($0.245), January 2026 ($0.294), July 2025 ($0.212), January 2025 ($0.312) and July 2024 ($0.274). The latest payment is lower than the one before it, a reminder that amounts vary between periods.

Risk Measures and Recent Announcements

The fund has a beta of 0.80, a beta below 1, indicating lower sensitivity to market moves than the broader market on that measure, alongside a standard deviation of 8.39. Recent announcements include Units on Issue Disclosure - September 2026 (06/10/2026), Annual Report (25/09/2026) and Estimated Annual Distribution Component Information (08/07/2026).

Category and Market Context

The Equity Australia Large Blend category sits within a market where banks and miners carry large weights. For that reason, comparing a fund with its category on sector exposure, number of holdings and top-holding concentration helps explain why two Australian equity ETFs can behave differently even when both hold mainly domestic shares.

Key Risks and Considerations

Market risk applies to any equity fund, and concentration in particular sectors can add to it. Here, Financial Services and Basic Materials together make up 59.86% of the sector weightings listed. Index-based and active funds also carry different forms of strategy risk, and distributions can change from period to period.

What to Watch Ahead

Items that readers following Betashares Managed Risk Australian Shares Complex ETF (ASX:AUST) may track include the next monthly units-on-issue disclosure, distribution announcements and any portfolio or investment updates from the manager. Changes in the sector and asset mix, trading volumes and the fund’s size over time will also show how the portfolio is evolving. This article is informational and does not constitute investment advice.

The Bottom Line

Betashares Managed Risk Australian Shares Complex ETF (ASX:AUST) is a Equity Australia Large Blend fund admitted to the ASX on 10 November 2015, with the latest ASX data showing a last price of $17.78 and a move of -0.22% on the session, a portfolio led by financial services at 32.59%, and a latest final distribution of $0.245 per unit. Reading these figures alongside the fund’s category, fee, structure and risk measures gives a fuller picture of how the ETF is built and how it has been trading.