iShares 15+ Year Australian Government Bond ETF
Performance
Total return to 23 Oct 2026, distributions reinvested, before franking. ASX figures are to 30 Sept 2026 and gross of franking, so they run higher for franked Australian funds.
What it costs to hold
Management fee plus trading costs, compared with similar funds.
A typical fund among Australian fixed income funds would cost $131 (0.26% a year), so ALTB is $44 cheaper.
Spread is the average gap between buying and selling prices on the ASX. Fees are shown on a flat balance, not compounded on growth. Excludes tax and any adviser or platform fees.
Calendar-year returns
Where the money is
Look-through exposure as at 2 Sept 2026 · 6 securities · top 10 = 100.0%
Country
Sector
Monthly returns
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | −0.4 | 2.6 | −3.3 | −0.5 | 2.7 | 0.9 | −2.2 | −1.2 | −2.6 | 3.1 | −1.0YTD | ||
| 2025 | −0.9 | 2.4 | −1.2 | 2.3 | −1.2 | 2.2 | −1.3 | −0.4 | 0.7 | 1.2 | −2.1 | −1.4 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 2.4 | −0.7 | −5.4 | 2.7 | −0.3 | 0.6 |
Total return each month in %, distributions reinvested, before franking. The latest month runs to the last price date. The first year starts from listing.
Top holdings
Most similar funds
Overlap is the share of the portfolio held in common, look-through. Correlation is of daily returns. High overlap means close substitutes.
ALTB questions answered
Written from the latest data on this page. General information only, not financial advice.
How diversified is iShares 15+ Year Australian Government Bond ETF?
iShares 15+ Year Australian Government Bond ETF holds 6 securities.
Its country exposure is almost entirely Australia (100.0%), based on holdings as at 2 Sept 2026.
Which ETFs does ALTB double up with most?
ALTB shares the most holdings with iShares Government Inflation ETF (ILB) (79% overlap), iShares Treasury ETF (IGB) (76% overlap) and iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF) (62% overlap). Overlap is the share of the portfolio the two funds hold in common, looking through to the underlying securities.
At 79%, owning both ALTB and ILB would mostly double up on the same investments rather than spread your money further. Of these, IAF has the lowest fee, at 0.10% a year against 0.15% for ALTB.
How is iShares 15+ Year Australian Government Bond ETF managed – active or passive?
iShares 15+ Year Australian Government Bond ETF is passively managed: it follows an index and holds what that index holds, rather than relying on a manager's stock picks.
Among Australian fixed income funds, active funds charge a median 0.43% a year and index funds 0.22%.
What will I pay in fees for ALTB?
ALTB charges a management fee of 0.15% a year, about $15 for every $10,000 invested. That is cheaper than 90% of the 471 ASX ETFs we track, where the median fee is 0.44%. Among Australian fixed income funds, the median is 0.24%.
Lower-cost funds with a similar focus include Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF (VAF) at 0.10%, iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF) at 0.10% and SPDR S&P/ASX Australian Government Bond ETF (GOVT) at 0.10%.
If you would rather have a manager choose the investments, active options such as Betashares Australian Hybrids Active ETF (HBRD) at 0.55% and Macquarie Subordinated Debt Active ETF (MQSD) at 0.29% cost more.
The fee is taken from the fund's assets and is already reflected in its returns. You'll also pay brokerage when you buy or sell, and the bid-ask spread, which has averaged 0.12% for ALTB.
Does iShares 15+ Year Australian Government Bond ETF follow a theme?
No. iShares 15+ Year Australian Government Bond ETF is a broad fixed income fund: it aims to cover a wide slice of its market (Australia) rather than one theme or sector.
What is under the hood of ALTB?
As at 2 Sept 2026, the largest issuers among ALTB's holdings are AUSTRALIA (COMMONWEALTH OF) RegS (76.2% across 3 bonds), Treasury Corporation of Victoria Mtn (7.8% across 3 bonds), Queensland Treasury Corporation (5.5% across 3 bonds), TREASURY CORPORATION OF VICTORIA MTN RegS (4.0%), TREASURY CORPORATION OF VICTORIA RegS (1.8%), NORTHERN TERRITORY TREASURY CORP RegS (1.6%), NEW SOUTH WALES TREASURY CORPORATI RegS (1.3% across 2 bonds), Treasury Corporation of Victoria (0.9%) and Tasmanian Public Finance Corporati Mtn (0.8%).
It follows an index; the issuer's PDS sets out how that index chooses and weights its holdings.
How well has iShares 15+ Year Australian Government Bond ETF performed?
Based on its category, iShares 15+ Year Australian Government Bond ETF aims mainly to pay a regular income, with capital growth secondary.
To 23 Oct 2026, with distributions reinvested, it returned −6.3% over 1 year (median 0.4%; ranked 36 of 36). The medians and rankings compare it with Australian fixed income funds. Since listing in 2024 it has returned −0.8% a year.
Tracking difference is the gap between a fund's return and its index's return. We don't hold index returns, so we can't measure it for ALTB; the issuer reports it in the monthly fact sheet. As a guide, a well-run index fund trails its index by about its fee, here 0.15% a year, and a much bigger gap is a warning sign.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.