Key highlights

  • GIVE invests predominantly in quality Australian shares that meet Perpetual’s ESG and values-based criteria.
  • It aims to outperform the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index, before fees and taxes, over rolling three-year periods.
  • The management fee is 0.65%, and the ETF was admitted to the ASX on 29 November 2021.

Environmental, social and governance screens have become a common feature of Australian share funds, and some active ETFs combine them with a manager’s stock selection. The Perpetual ESG Australian Share Active ETF (ASX:GIVE) was admitted to the ASX on 29 November 2021. Morningstar classifies it as Equity Australia Mid/Small Value, and it uses the S&P/ASX 300 TR index as its benchmark.

This article explains the exposure GIVE provides, based on the information on its ASX fund page. The page currently shows no holdings, sector, size or geographic data for the fund, so the article focuses on the fund’s stated objective, its category, its fee, its distribution history and its recent filings. It contains no return data or advice.

What the fund is designed to do

The fund aims to provide long-term capital growth and regular income through investment predominantly in quality Australian shares that meet Perpetual’s ESG and values-based criteria. It also aims to outperform the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index, before fees and taxes, over rolling three-year periods. The objective therefore combines an income element, a growth element and an ethical screen, with the benchmark used as the reference point for the manager’s stock selection.

Morningstar’s category description for the fund refers to Equity Australia Mid/Small funds, which invest primarily in small- to mid-sized Australian companies, defined as stocks in the bottom 30% of the capitalisation of the Australian equities market. Value stocks are generally characterised by low stock valuations, meaning low price ratios and high dividend yields, and by low growth rates in earnings, sales, book value and cash flow.

The category benchmark data shows an average of 91.42% in stocks and 4.66% in cash, with 54.10% of category assets in companies between $500 million and $1 billion and 14.23% below $500 million. The fund’s own beta is 0.33 and its standard deviation 10.17, both low, and its average daily trading volume is 9,617 units.

Asset mix, company size and geography

The ASX page does not show an asset allocation, company-size breakdown or geographic split for GIVE, with its fields recorded as zero or blank. The category comparison on the page shows that peers hold 91.42% in stocks, 4.66% in cash, 3.92% in other assets and 0.01% in bonds.

Because the fund’s own allocation data is not shown, its exposure is best understood through its stated objective: Australian-listed shares that meet the manager’s ESG and values-based criteria, with a bias toward quality companies.

Top holdings

The ASX page does not list holdings for GIVE, and its total holdings field is blank. Portfolio details are reported by the manager in its monthly investment updates and quarterly portfolio disclosures, which are lodged on the ASX. The latest of these on the page are a monthly investment update for August 2026, lodged on 24 September 2026, and a quarterly portfolio disclosure for June 2026, lodged on 31 August 2026.

Distributions

GIVE pays distributions twice a year. The most recent was a final distribution of $0.121 per unit, with an ex-date of 1 July 2026, a record date of 2 July 2026 and a payment date of 21 July 2026. Earlier distributions were $0.042 in January 2026, $0.317 in July 2025, $0.060 in January 2025 and $0.172 in July 2024, and the July payments have been the larger ones.

Fund snapshot and recent filings

On the ASX page, GIVE showed a last price of $2.98, down $0.01 or 0.33%, a bid-offer range of $2.98 to $3.00, a day range of $2.98 to $2.99 and a trading volume of 81 units against an average of 9,617. The management fee is 0.65% and the ISIN is AU0000187759. Its head office is at Angel Place, Level 14, 123 Pitt Street, Sydney.

Recent announcements include the units on issue and fund flows report for September 2026 on 7 October, the monthly investment update for August on 24 September, the full year report to 30 June 2026 on 17 September, the units on issue report for August on 7 September and the quarterly portfolio disclosure for June 2026 on 31 August 2026.

Because no holdings data appears on the ASX page, the fund’s manager disclosures are the main way to see how the portfolio is built. The monthly investment update and the quarterly portfolio disclosure referred to above are lodged with the ASX, and the full year report to 30 June 2026 contains the fund’s financial statements. Those documents are the source for any investor who wants to see the actual portfolio, rather than the stated objective.

What GIVE’s structure means for exposure

GIVE gives access to an actively managed portfolio of Australian shares screened for ESG and values-based criteria, with a 0.65% management fee and a three-year benchmark objective. Detailed holdings are not shown on the ASX page and are reported in the manager’s periodic disclosures.