Betashares Australian Investment Grade 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 $124 (0.25% a year), so CRED is $9 dearer.
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 · 53 securities · top 10 = 30.0%
Country
Sector
Monthly returns
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.6 | 1.4 | −2.8 | −0.1 | 1.9 | 1.3 | −0.5 | −0.1 | −1.5 | 0.8 | 0.9YTD | ||
| 2025 | 0.5 | 1.3 | −0.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.4 | −1.1 | −0.7 | 5.0 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.4 | −2.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | −1.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 7.1 |
| 2023 | 4.5 | −0.8 | 2.9 | 0.4 | −0.8 | −1.7 | 0.7 | 1.4 | −1.6 | −2.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 10.8 |
| 2022 | −1.6 | −2.7 | −4.5 | −3.1 | −0.7 | −3.1 | 4.2 | −2.1 | −2.4 | 0.5 | 1.7 | −1.2 | −14.3 |
| 2021 | −0.0 | −3.5 | −0.5 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 0.1 | −1.9 | −3.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | −3.3 |
| 2020 | 3.3 | 1.2 | −5.9 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.8 | −0.0 | 7.8 |
| 2019 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.9 | −0.2 | −0.8 | 1.2 | −1.7 | 11.3 |
| 2018 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.1 | −0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 3.7 |
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.
CRED questions answered
Written from the latest data on this page. General information only, not financial advice.
How diversified is Betashares Australian Investment Grade Bond ETF?
Betashares Australian Investment Grade Bond ETF holds 53 securities.
Its largest country exposure is Australia at 65.6%, based on holdings as at 2 Sept 2026.
Which ETFs does CRED double up with most?
CRED shares the most holdings with Betashares Interest Rate Hedged Australian Grade Corporate Bond ETF (HCRD) (99% overlap), Betashares Enhanced Credit (Geared) Complex ETF (ECRD) (50% overlap) and VanEck Australian Corporate Bond Plus ETF (PLUS) (33% overlap). Overlap is the share of the portfolio the two funds hold in common, looking through to the underlying securities.
At 99%, owning both CRED and HCRD would mostly double up on the same investments rather than spread your money further.
How is Betashares Australian Investment Grade Bond ETF managed – active or passive?
Betashares Australian Investment Grade 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 CRED?
CRED charges a management fee of 0.25% a year, about $25 for every $10,000 invested. That is cheaper than 75% of the 471 ASX ETFs we track, where the median fee is 0.44%. Among Australian fixed income funds, the median is 0.23%.
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 iShares Government Inflation ETF (ILB) at 0.18%.
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 0.08% for CRED.
Does Betashares Australian Investment Grade Bond ETF follow a theme?
No. Betashares Australian Investment Grade 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 CRED?
As at 2 Sept 2026, CRED's ten largest holdings are Emirates Nbd Bank Pjsc 5.913% Jun-35 (2.6%), Stockland Trust 5.346% Oct-35 (2.2%), Aurizon Network Pty Ltd 6.2% Dec-33 (2.1%), Vonovia SE 5.717% Sep-35 (2.1%), E.on SE 5.461% Oct-35 (2.1%), Enbw Intl Finance Bv 6.048% Oct-34 (2.1%), Aroundtown SA 6.65% Feb-36 (2.1%), Vicinity Centres Trust 5.836% Mar-36 (2.1%), Scentre Group Trst 1 5.9% Nov-34 (2.1%) and Cdc Data Centres Au Pty 6.631% Jul-36 (2.0%). Together they make up 21.3% of the fund.
It follows an index; the issuer's PDS sets out how that index chooses and weights its holdings.
How well has Betashares Australian Investment Grade Bond ETF performed?
Based on its category, Betashares Australian Investment Grade Bond ETF aims mainly to pay a regular income, with capital growth secondary.
To 23 Oct 2026, with distributions reinvested, it returned −1.9% over 1 year (median 0.4%; ranked 31 of 36), 6.7% a year over 3 years (median 4.5% a year; ranked 2 of 27) and 1.4% a year over 5 years (median 0.9% a year; ranked 11 of 22). The medians and rankings compare it with Australian fixed income funds. Since listing in 2018 it has returned 3.1% 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 CRED; 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 0.25% a year, and a much bigger gap is a warning sign.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.