Key Highlights

  • VEU (ASX:VEU) holds 3,844 companies outside the United States, across developed and emerging markets.
  • Taiwan Semiconductor (4.70%), Samsung Electronics (2.23%) and SK hynix (1.83%) are the largest holdings.
  • Financial services is the largest sector at 24.12%, followed by technology at 21.89%.
  • Fund size is $6.25bn, with fees of 0.04%.

Vanguard All-World ex-US Shares Index ETF (ASX:VEU) traded at $115.24 during the trading session on 30 October 2026, down 0.21%, with 74,220 units changing hands. VEU is a broad international stock exposure that covers almost every listed company outside the United States, from large European banks and Japanese industrials to Taiwanese and Korean chipmakers. The fund was admitted to the ASX on 8 May 2009.

Fund Details

Fund size is $6.25bn, with 54,116,519 units on issue. The ISIN is AU000000VEU9 and management fees and costs are 0.04% a year, one of the lowest fees in the group. The benchmark is the FTSE All-World ex US NR AUD index.

The day's range was $115.04 to $116.49, against a previous close of $115.49. Average daily volume is about 74,326 units.

Stock Exposure and Geography

The fund holds 3,844 companies. The largest holdings are Taiwan Semiconductor at 4.70%, Samsung Electronics at 2.23%, SK hynix at 1.83%, ASML at 1.70%, Tencent at 0.84%, HSBC at 0.83%, Roche at 0.72%, Shell at 0.68%, Royal Bank of Canada at 0.67% and Novartis at 0.65%. The top ten total 14.91%.

By country, Japan accounts for 16.08%, Taiwan 9.37%, the United Kingdom 7.66%, Canada 7.66%, China 7.07%, South Korea 6.86%, Switzerland 5.26%, Germany 4.70%, France 4.61% and India 4.02%. Companies above $1bn make up 99.47% of holdings.

Sector Mix and Income

Sector weights are financial services 24.12%, technology 21.89%, industrials 14.38%, consumer cyclical 7.41%, basic materials 6.80%, healthcare 6.78%, energy 4.83%, consumer defensive 4.70%, communication services 4.39% and utilities 2.92%.

The annual yield is 2.11%. The most recent interim distribution was $0.237, with an ex-date of 18 September 2026, a record date of 21 September 2026 and a payment date of 16 October 2026.

Key Takeaways

VEU gives wide international exposure in one trade, with no concentration in any single country.

Taiwan and Korea add a large chip-sector weight that differs from European-led funds.

At 0.04%, the fee is among the lowest in this group of funds.

The 2.11% yield reflects dividend payments from the underlying companies.