Key Highlights

  • QUAL (ASX:QUAL) holds 306 global companies selected on quality measures, including Microsoft, Meta and Apple.
  • Microsoft (5.89%), Meta (5.46%) and Apple (5.34%) are the largest holdings.
  • Technology makes up 39.36% of the portfolio, with healthcare at 14.59%.
  • Fund size is $9.08bn, with fees of 0.40% and an annual yield of 3.46%.

VanEck MSCI International Quality ETF (ASX:QUAL) traded at $62.60 during the trading session on 30 October 2026, up 0.38%, with 102,804 units changing hands. QUAL is a large, unhedged global quality exposure. It holds companies that the index provider rates highly on quality measures, drawn from developed markets outside Australia. The fund was admitted to the ASX on 31 October 2014.

Fund Details

Fund size is $9.08bn, with 145,685,882 units on issue. The ISIN is AU00000QUAL9 and management fees and costs are 0.40% a year. The fund sits in the Equity World Large Blend category and is benchmarked to the MSCI World ex Australia Quality NR AUD index.

The day's range was $62.50 to $62.88, against a previous close of $62.36. Average daily volume is about 131,632 units.

Holdings and Geography

The fund holds 306 companies. The largest are Microsoft at 5.89%, Meta at 5.46%, Apple at 5.34%, Nvidia at 4.96%, Broadcom at 4.09%, Eli Lilly at 3.47%, ASML at 2.85%, Visa at 2.60%, Alphabet at 2.38% and Johnson & Johnson at 2.00%. The top ten total 39.10%.

By country, the United States accounts for 79.28%, Switzerland 4.21%, Japan 3.79%, the Netherlands 3.53% and the United Kingdom 3.52%. Companies above $1bn make up 99.65% of holdings, and turnover is 24.70%.

Income Profile

The annual yield is 3.46%. The most recent final distribution was $2.160, with an ex-date of 1 July 2026, a record date of 2 July 2026 and a payment date of 27 July 2026.

Key Takeaways

QUAL offers a broad, quality-tilted global exposure with a US weight of around four-fifths.

The top ten holdings make up around 39%, so the rest of the 306 companies still matter.

Being unhedged, the fund's Australian dollar value moves with the US dollar and other currencies.

The 3.46% yield is paid from the underlying companies' dividends.