Russell Investments High Dividend Australian Shares ETF
This fund trades thinly and its price-based statistics may be unreliable. Prefer the ASX-reported figures.
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 equity funds would cost $187 (0.37% a year), so RDV is $9 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
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 | 1.3 | 3.8 | −5.0 | 1.5 | −1.3 | 3.9 | 2.6 | −1.9 | −2.2 | 4.5 | 6.9YTD | ||
| 2025 | 3.4 | −2.6 | −1.9 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 5.7 | −2.0 | 0.7 | −3.1 | 0.5 | 12.5 |
| 2024 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 4.3 | −3.4 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 4.5 | −0.4 | 2.1 | −2.4 | 4.0 | −1.9 | 12.3 |
| 2023 | 4.7 | −3.3 | −1.3 | 1.9 | −3.4 | 2.4 | 3.8 | −2.0 | −1.5 | −3.8 | 3.7 | 7.4 | 8.2 |
| 2022 | −4.1 | 3.3 | 7.1 | −1.3 | −2.2 | −8.1 | 4.2 | 0.3 | −5.9 | 6.6 | 6.1 | −2.3 | 2.3 |
| 2021 | −0.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | −0.5 | 2.0 | −1.2 | −0.5 | −1.5 | 3.3 | 15.4 |
| 2020 | 3.2 | −8.6 | −24.0 | 6.8 | 4.6 | 2.2 | −2.2 | 3.7 | −4.3 | 2.4 | 14.8 | 0.9 | −5.9 |
| 2019 | 2.8 | 5.4 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 | −2.1 | 3.0 | −1.8 | 1.4 | −2.2 | 19.9 |
| 2018 | −1.6 | −1.1 | −4.6 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 0.9 | −1.8 | −6.2 | −0.7 | −0.3 | −9.1 |
| 2017 | −1.7 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 0.1 | −3.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | −0.1 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 9.9 |
| 2016 | −7.2 | −3.2 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 3.4 | −3.9 | 5.9 | −0.6 | 0.7 | −1.3 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 9.6 |
| 2015 | 4.4 | 5.9 | −0.1 | −2.0 | 0.5 | −4.6 | 3.6 | −8.5 | −3.9 | 5.5 | −0.3 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 2014 | −3.7 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 | −0.7 | 4.4 | 0.2 | −5.4 | 5.1 | −2.2 | 1.8 | 7.1 |
| 2013 | 6.2 | 6.9 | −1.2 | 5.2 | −5.0 | −1.5 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 4.2 | −1.8 | 1.6 | 23.9 |
| 2012 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.6 | −6.1 | −0.5 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 14.2 |
| 2011 | −0.7 | 1.9 | −0.7 | −0.7 | −1.8 | −3.6 | −4.5 | −1.4 | −4.0 | 7.6 | −5.0 | −3.0 | −15.3 |
| 2010 | −3.5 | 4.6 | −1.5 | 3.7 | 0.8 | −2.0 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
Total return each month in %, distributions reinvested, before franking. The latest month runs to the last price date. The first year starts from listing.
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Overlap is the share of the portfolio held in common, look-through. Correlation is of daily returns. High overlap means close substitutes.
RDV questions answered
Written from the latest data on this page. General information only, not financial advice.
How diversified is Russell Investments High Dividend Australian Shares ETF?
The issuer of Russell Investments High Dividend Australian Shares 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 equity with a Australia focus; the product disclosure statement (PDS) and the issuer's fact sheet list what it owns.
Which ETFs does RDV double up with most?
We can't compare holdings for RDV, as the issuer doesn't publish them in a form we can read, but its returns move most closely with Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY) (correlation 0.88), Betashares Australia 200 ETF (A200) (correlation 0.87) and iShares Core S&P/ASX 200 ETF (IOZ) (correlation 0.87). A correlation near 1 means the two funds tend to rise and fall together, so holding both adds little diversification.
How is Russell Investments High Dividend Australian Shares ETF managed – active or passive?
Russell Investments High Dividend Australian Shares ETF is passively managed: it follows an index and holds what that index holds, rather than relying on a manager's stock picks. Its index uses a dividend approach, so it is sometimes called "smart beta".
Among Australian equity funds, active funds charge a median 0.85% a year and index funds 0.34%.
What will I pay in fees for RDV?
RDV charges a management fee of 0.34% a year, about $34 for every $10,000 invested. That is cheaper than 63% of the 471 ASX ETFs we track, where the median fee is 0.44%. Among Australian equity funds, the median is 0.35%.
Lower-cost funds with a similar focus include Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY) at 0.25%, SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield ETF (SYI) at 0.20% and iShares S&P/ASX Dividend Opportunities ESG Screened ETF (IHD) at 0.23%.
If you would rather have a manager choose the investments, active options such as Ausbil Active Dividend Income Fund - Active ETF (DIVI) at 0.85% and Martin Currie Real Income Fund - Active ETF (R3AL) at 0.85% 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 RDV.
Does Russell Investments High Dividend Australian Shares ETF follow a theme?
Its focus is income. It favours investments that pay higher, regular distributions. Over the past year it paid out 4.0% of its price, across 4 payments.
What is under the hood of RDV?
The issuer doesn't publish RDV's holdings in a form we can read. Its website and fact sheet list the full portfolio.
Rather than simply weighting companies by market size, its index favours companies that pay higher dividends.
How well has Russell Investments High Dividend Australian Shares ETF performed?
Based on its category, Russell Investments High Dividend Australian Shares ETF aims mainly to pay a regular income, with capital growth secondary.
To 23 Oct 2026, with distributions reinvested, it returned 3.0% over 1 year (median 0.6%; ranked 21 of 65), 14.3% a year over 3 years (median 11.6% a year; ranked 11 of 54) and 8.4% a year over 5 years (median 6.6% a year; ranked 13 of 48). The medians and rankings compare it with Australian equity funds. Since listing in 2010 it has returned 6.5% 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 RDV; 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 0.34% a year, and a much bigger gap is a warning sign.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.