Perpetual Diversified Income Active 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 DIFF is $182 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
The issuer does not publish machine-readable holdings for this fund, so exposures and holdings overlap are not available. Return correlations still are.
Monthly returns
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.8 | 0.4 | −0.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 4.4YTD | ||
| 2025 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
Total return each month in %, distributions reinvested, before franking. The latest month runs to the last price date. The first year starts from listing.
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.
DIFF questions answered
Written from the latest data on this page. General information only, not financial advice.
How diversified is Perpetual Diversified Income Active ETF?
The issuer of Perpetual Diversified Income Active ETF doesn't publish its holdings in a form we can read, so we can't measure how diversified it is. It is classed as fixed income with a Australia focus; the product disclosure statement (PDS) and the issuer's fact sheet list what it owns.
Which ETFs does DIFF double up with most?
We can't compare holdings for DIFF, as the issuer doesn't publish them in a form we can read, and no fund's returns track it closely, so it offers a fairly distinct exposure.
How is Perpetual Diversified Income Active ETF managed – active or passive?
Perpetual Diversified Income Active ETF is actively managed. Rather than tracking an index, a fund manager at Perpetual decides what to buy and sell, aiming to do better than the market after fees.
Among Australian fixed income funds, active funds charge a median 0.42% a year and index funds 0.22%.
What will I pay in fees for DIFF?
DIFF charges a management fee of 0.59% a year, about $59 for every $10,000 invested. Only 31% of the 471 ASX ETFs we track charge more, and the median fee is 0.44%. Among Australian fixed income funds, the median is 0.23%.
Lower-cost funds with a similar focus include iShares Yield Plus ETF (IYLD) at 0.12%, Seed Financial Income Fund Active ETF (SFIF) at 0.55% and iShares Credit Income Active ETF (ICME) at 0.29%.
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 0.10% for DIFF.
Does Perpetual Diversified Income Active ETF follow a theme?
Its focus is income. It favours investments that pay higher, regular distributions. Over the past year it paid out 5.3% of its price, across 4 payments.
What is under the hood of DIFF?
The issuer doesn't publish DIFF's holdings in a form we can read. Its website and fact sheet list the full portfolio.
As an active fund it has no index rule: the manager decides which investments to hold and how much of each, within the limits set out in the PDS.
How well has Perpetual Diversified Income Active ETF performed?
Based on its category, Perpetual Diversified Income Active ETF aims mainly to pay a regular income, with capital growth secondary.
To 23 Oct 2026, with distributions reinvested, it returned 5.0% over 1 year (median −0.1%; ranked 2 of 36). The medians and rankings compare it with Australian fixed income funds. Since listing in 2025 it has returned 5.5% a year.
As an active fund, DIFF has no index to track. The fairer test is whether it beats similar funds and its market after fees, over several years.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.