VanEck Australian Corporate Bond Plus 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 PLUS is $49 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 3 Sept 2026 · 146 securities · top 10 = 23.8%
Country
Monthly returns
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.2 | 0.9 | −1.6 | −0.2 | 1.7 | 1.1 | −0.0 | −0.1 | −1.0 | 0.7 | 1.6YTD | ||
| 2025 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | −0.5 | −0.5 | 5.0 |
| 2024 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.5 | −1.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | −1.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 3.2 | −0.8 | 2.1 | 0.3 | −0.5 | −1.6 | 0.9 | 1.6 | −1.2 | −1.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 8.0 |
| 2022 | −1.2 | −1.6 | −3.8 | −2.2 | −0.5 | −2.2 | 3.5 | −1.8 | −1.5 | 0.1 | 1.6 | −0.8 | −10.1 |
| 2021 | 0.4 | −2.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.3 | −1.4 | −3.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | −2.1 |
| 2020 | 2.2 | 0.6 | −9.0 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | −0.2 | 5.5 |
| 2019 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | −0.4 | −0.2 | 0.9 | −1.1 | 8.9 |
| 2018 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | −0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | −0.1 | 1.2 | −0.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 3.9 |
| 2017 | −0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | −0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | −0.7 | 1.2 |
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.
PLUS questions answered
Written from the latest data on this page. General information only, not financial advice.
How diversified is VanEck Australian Corporate Bond Plus ETF?
VanEck Australian Corporate Bond Plus ETF holds 146 securities.
Its country exposure is almost entirely Australia (100.0%), based on holdings as at 3 Sept 2026.
Which ETFs does PLUS double up with most?
PLUS shares the most holdings with Vanguard Australian Corporate Fixed Interest Index ETF (VACF) (40% overlap), iShares Core Corporate Bond ETF (ICOR) (37% overlap) and Betashares Australian Investment Grade Bond ETF (CRED) (33% overlap). Overlap is the share of the portfolio the two funds hold in common, looking through to the underlying securities.
None of these overlaps is above half, so pairing PLUS with one of them adds some genuinely different holdings.
How is VanEck Australian Corporate Bond Plus ETF managed – active or passive?
VanEck Australian Corporate Bond Plus 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 PLUS?
PLUS charges a management fee of 0.32% a year, about $32 for every $10,000 invested. That is cheaper than 65% 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 VanEck Australian Subordinated Debt ETF (SUBD) at 0.29%, Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF (VAF) at 0.10% and iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF) 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 Betashares Western Asset Australian Bond Active ETF (BNDS) at 0.42% 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 PLUS.
Does VanEck Australian Corporate Bond Plus ETF follow a theme?
No. VanEck Australian Corporate Bond Plus 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 PLUS?
As at 3 Sept 2026, the largest issuers among PLUS's holdings are Emirates Nbd Bank Pjsc (2.6% across 3 bonds), Woolworths Group Ltd (2.5% across 3 bonds), Scentre Group Trust 1 (2.4% across 2 bonds), Qantas Airways Ltd (2.3% across 2 bonds), Westconnex Finance Co Pty Ltd (2.1% across 2 bonds), Ausgrid Finance Pty Ltd (1.8% across 2 bonds), Sydney Airport Finance Co Pty Ltd (1.7% across 2 bonds), Ausnet Services Holdings Pty Ltd (1.6%), Brisbane Airport Corp Pty Ltd (1.5% across 2 bonds) and Metropolitan Life Global Funding I (1.5% across 2 bonds).
It follows an index; the issuer's PDS sets out how that index chooses and weights its holdings.
How well has VanEck Australian Corporate Bond Plus ETF performed?
Based on its category, VanEck Australian Corporate Bond Plus ETF aims mainly to pay a regular income, with capital growth secondary.
To 23 Oct 2026, with distributions reinvested, it returned −0.1% over 1 year (median 0.4%; ranked 19 of 36), 5.6% a year over 3 years (median 4.5% a year; ranked 5 of 27) and 1.8% a year over 5 years (median 0.9% a year; ranked 10 of 22). The medians and rankings compare it with Australian fixed income funds. Since listing in 2017 it has returned 3.0% 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 PLUS; 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 0.32% a year, and a much bigger gap is a warning sign.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.