Betashares Ethical Diversified Balanced 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 multi-asset funds would cost $155 (0.31% a year), so DBBF is $63 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 · 583 securities · top 10 = 18.4%
Country
Sector
Monthly returns
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | −1.6 | −0.3 | −4.3 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 3.7 | −0.7 | 0.6 | −1.3 | 1.3 | 1.6YTD | ||
| 2025 | 1.1 | −0.6 | −2.9 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | −0.0 | 0.7 | −1.0 | −1.0 | 2.9 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 1.8 | −2.9 | −0.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | −0.3 | 3.5 | −0.6 | 12.3 |
| 2023 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 0.3 | −3.1 | −2.6 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 13.4 |
| 2022 | −5.2 | −2.3 | 0.0 | −3.4 | −2.0 | −4.5 | 5.6 | −1.4 | −5.7 | 4.1 | 1.8 | −3.4 | −15.8 |
| 2021 | −0.2 | −1.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 | −0.2 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 2.9 | −2.4 | −0.5 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 10.5 |
| 2020 | 2.7 | −2.6 | −13.7 | 7.9 | 4.8 | −0.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | −1.3 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 4.8 |
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.
DBBF questions answered
Written from the latest data on this page. General information only, not financial advice.
How diversified is Betashares Ethical Diversified Balanced ETF?
Betashares Ethical Diversified Balanced ETF holds 583 securities.
Its largest country exposure is Australia at 37.0%, based on holdings as at 2 Sept 2026.
Which ETFs does DBBF double up with most?
DBBF shares the most holdings with Betashares Ethical Diversified Growth ETF (DGGF) (80% overlap), Betashares Ethical High Growth ETF (DZZF) (61% overlap) and Betashares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI) (32% overlap). Overlap is the share of the portfolio the two funds hold in common, looking through to the underlying securities.
At 80%, owning both DBBF and DGGF would mostly double up on the same investments rather than spread your money further.
How is Betashares Ethical Diversified Balanced ETF managed – active or passive?
Betashares Ethical Diversified Balanced ETF is passively managed: it follows an index and holds what that index holds, rather than relying on a manager's stock picks.
Among multi-asset funds, active funds charge a median 0.39% a year and index funds 0.27%.
What will I pay in fees for DBBF?
DBBF charges a management fee of 0.39% a year, about $39 for every $10,000 invested. That is cheaper than 55% of the 471 ASX ETFs we track, where the median fee is 0.44%. Among multi-asset funds, the median is 0.27%.
Lower-cost funds with a similar focus include Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF (VDHG) at 0.27%, Betashares Diversified All Growth ETF (DHHF) at 0.19% and Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR) at 0.27%.
If you would rather have a manager choose the investments, active options such as Schroder Real Return Active ETF (GROW) at 0.69% 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 0.24% for DBBF.
Does Betashares Ethical Diversified Balanced ETF follow a theme?
No. Betashares Ethical Diversified Balanced ETF is a broad multi-asset fund: it aims to cover a wide slice of its market (Multi-region) rather than one theme or sector.
It also applies environmental, social and governance (ESG) screens, excluding companies that fail the issuer's ethical criteria.
What is under the hood of DBBF?
As at 2 Sept 2026, DBBF's 7 largest holdings are Betashares Ethical Australian (28.2%), Betashares Global Sustainabili (22.5%), Betashares Australian Sustaina (20.0%), Betashares Sustainability Lead (18.7%), Betashares Global Sustainabili (10.0%), Aud - Australia Dollar (0.6%) and Usd - United States Dollar (0.0%). Together they make up 100.0% of the fund. Some holdings are other ETFs, which we look through to their own holdings when measuring exposure and overlap.
It follows an index; the issuer's PDS sets out how that index chooses and weights its holdings.
How well has Betashares Ethical Diversified Balanced ETF performed?
Based on its category, Betashares Ethical Diversified Balanced ETF aims to grow your capital in line with the index it tracks.
To 23 Oct 2026, with distributions reinvested, it returned −1.1% over 1 year (median 3.7%; ranked 13 of 13), 8.0% a year over 3 years (median 10.9% a year; ranked 10 of 11) and 3.0% a year over 5 years (median 5.8% a year; ranked 8 of 9). The medians and rankings compare it with multi-asset funds. Since listing in 2019 it has returned 3.9% 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 DBBF; 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 0.39% a year, and a much bigger gap is a warning sign.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.