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Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF VAS.AX

Issuer: Vanguard Equity - Australia
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Last price 108.62 AUD Change: Down −0.40 Percent change: Down −0.37%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 hour ago Quotes may be delayed

Management expense ratio
0.07%
ASX report, Sep 2026
Net assets
A$26.7B
As of 30 Sep 2026
Holdings
Holdings unavailable
12-month distribution yield
3.18%
Quarterly
Asset class
Equity
ASX category

Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) is an exchange-traded fund listed on the ASX in Australia, issued by Vanguard. Its category is Equity - Australia (equity). Its last price was A$108.62 on 22 Oct 2026. Its management expense ratio is 0.07% a year, from the ASX Investment Products report dated 30 Sep 2026. It reported net assets of A$26.68 billion as of 30 Sep 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of A$3.45 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 3.18%, paid quarterly.

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Fees

Management expense ratio
0.07% a year
Reported for
September 2026

Source: ASX Investment Products report (opens in a new tab) Month end

Size and reporting

Net assets
A$26,675,090,868
Funds under management as of
30 Sep 2026

Source: ASX Investment Products report (opens in a new tab) Month end

Top holdings

Holdings are not available for this fund

ASX funds do not publish a standard machine-readable holdings report like the US Form N-PORT, so holdings are not shown here. The issuer's website lists them.

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Breakdowns are not available

They are worked out from the fund's holdings report. ASX funds do not publish a standard machine-readable holdings report like the US Form N-PORT, so holdings are not shown here. The issuer's website lists them.

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
A$3.4493
4 payments per unit
12-month yield
3.18%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Quarterly
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
1 Oct 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months (A$3.4493) ÷ latest price (A$108.62) × 100 = 3.18%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (20 payments)
VAS.AX distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
1 Oct 2026A$1.2907
1 Jul 2026A$0.4900
1 Apr 2026A$0.8479
2 Jan 2026A$0.8208
1 Oct 2025A$1.0959
1 Jul 2025A$0.6502
1 Apr 2025A$0.7274
2 Jan 2025A$0.9799
1 Oct 2024A$1.0357
1 Jul 2024A$0.6721
2 Apr 2024A$0.8479
2 Jan 2024A$0.7162
2 Oct 2023A$1.2881
3 Jul 2023A$0.8890
3 Apr 2023A$0.5770
3 Jan 2023A$0.7497
3 Oct 2022A$1.4506
1 Jul 2022A$2.1595
1 Apr 2022A$1.9959
4 Jan 2022A$0.6965

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Checked · 2 days ago Amounts are adjusted for later unit splits

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