Vanguard International Shares Index Fund (Hedged)

Vanguard®
International Shares
Index Fund (Hedged)
AUD Class
Vanguard fund profile
At a glance
Investment objective
As at 30 September 2014
The Vanguard Index Hedged International Shares Fund seeks to track the
return of the MSCI World ex-Australia Index (with net dividends reinvested)
hedged into Australian dollars before taking into account fees, expenses
and tax.
APIR code
Management costs
Buy spread
Sell spread
Commencement
Minimum investment
(wholesale)
Income distribution
VAN0105AU
0.21% p.a.
+0.18%
–0.13%
2 August 2000
$500,000
(no minimums apply for platforms)
The index
The MSCI World ex-Australia Index comprises securities (shares) listed on
the exchanges of the world’s major developed economies.
Quarterly
Investment policy
The Vanguard® International Shares Index Fund (Hedged) – AUD Class
meets its investment strategy by investing in the Vanguard International
Shares Index Fund, forward foreign exchange contracts and futures.
Vanguard may, at its discretion, commence investing directly in the
securities that are, have been or are expected to be in the index.
*
The fund is exposed to all of the securities in the index most of the time,
allowing for individual security weightings to vary marginally from the index
from time to time. The fund may be exposed to securities that have been
removed from or are expected to be included in the index.
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Vanguard International Shares Index Fund (Hedged) - AUD Class
Dated 30 September 2014
Overview
Holdings
Fund
Fund size (AUD)
Inception date
Management costs
Buy/sell spread
No. of securities
Benchmark5
Underlying fund
Benchmark
$3,257.6 million
2 August 2000
0.21% p.a
+0.18% / -0.13%
1,545
1,543
MSCI World ex-Australia Index (with net dividends
reinvested) hedged into Australian dollars
Vanguard International Shares Index Fund
Performance return1,2 (%)
1 month
3 months
6 months
1 year
3 years (pa)
5 years (pa)
10 years (pa)
Inception (pa)
Fund
Gross
Bmk
-0.64
1.58
6.85
18.66
23.02
15.01
9.05
4.73
-0.68
1.48
6.68
18.30
22.69
14.72
8.87
4.64
Fund
Total
Dist
Growth
-0.66
1.52
6.74
18.41
22.70
14.65
8.68
4.37
0.00
0.00
0.52
0.58
1.78
6.26
6.46
6.06
-0.66
1.52
6.22
17.83
20.92
8.39
2.22
-1.69
Year to year gross return1,2 (%)
Dec - Dec
YTD
2014
2013
2012
2011
June - June
Fund
Bmk
Fund
Bmk
8.52
n/a
32.50
19.03
-1.65
8.24
n/a
32.25
18.72
-1.92
1.58
24.91
24.91
0.67
27.05
1.48
24.64
24.56
0.42
26.72
Unit prices3
$0.7856
NB: Special buy/sell spread applied
Income distribution
30 September 2014
Country
1 Apple
United States
2 Exxon Mobil
United States
3 Microsoft
United States
4 Johnson & Johnson
United States
5 Wells Fargo & Co
United States
6 General Electric
United States
7 Nestle
Switzerland
8 JP Morgan Chase
United States
9 Procter & Gamble
United States
10 Chevron
United States
The Top 10 holdings represent 9.8% of the underlying fund
Regional allocation6 (%)
62.5
62.5
North America
18.3
18.3
Europe ex UK
8.5
8.5
Japan
8.7
8.7
UK
Asia Pacific (ex AUS ex
JPN)
1.8
1.8
Australia
0.0
0.0
Middle East
0.2
0.2
Emerging Markets
0.0
0.0
Other
0.0
0.0
Sector allocation6 (%)
9.4
9.4
Energy
5.1
5.1
Materials
Net asset value
Quarter ended
Top 10 holdings
Purchase
Withdrawal
$0.7856
$0.7853
11.1
11.1
Industrials
Consumer
Discretionary
4
Amount (CPU)
Reinvestment price
nil
n/a
12.0
12.1
9.7
9.7
Consumer Staples
12.6
12.6
Health Care
Notes
1. Past performance is not an indication of future performance
2. Returns assume reinvestment of all distributions. Returns for periods longer than 1 year are annualised.
Fund gross returns are before management costs and taxes, but after transaction and operational costs.
Fund total return is the fund gross return less management costs. Index returns do not allow for taxes,
management, transaction and operational costs.
3. Month end cumulative-distribution
4. Past distributions are not an indication of future distributions
5. Benchmark is calculated by Vanguard using MSCI data and methodology
6. Figures as per underlying fund
19.9
19.8
Financials
13.4
13.4
Information Technology
Telecom. Services
3.5
3.5
Utilities
3.3
3.3
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