Switzer Dividend Growth Fund - 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 equity funds would cost $187 (0.37% a year), so SWTZ is $321 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 | 2.8 | 2.0 | −5.5 | 1.2 | −0.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | −0.9 | −3.0 | 1.2 | 0.5YTD | ||
| 2025 | 3.2 | −4.0 | −1.7 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.2 | −0.0 | −1.3 | 1.2 | −1.3 | 2.0 | 6.2 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 3.4 | −4.5 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.6 | −2.8 | 2.4 | −2.4 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 3.9 | −2.4 | 0.7 | 1.9 | −2.0 | 0.3 | 1.9 | −1.2 | −1.7 | −3.3 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 6.0 |
| 2022 | −5.1 | 0.6 | 6.4 | 1.0 | −2.0 | −7.4 | 5.1 | 0.3 | −6.4 | 5.0 | 4.8 | −2.0 | −0.9 |
| 2021 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 0.0 | −0.8 | −1.1 | 3.0 | 17.4 |
| 2020 | 4.1 | −7.2 | −22.8 | 8.9 | 4.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 3.3 | −2.7 | 0.7 | 11.1 | −0.4 | −3.9 |
| 2019 | 2.8 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 2.5 | −1.7 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 2.3 | −2.7 | 18.9 |
| 2018 | −0.2 | −0.8 | −3.5 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 | −1.1 | −6.3 | −0.8 | −1.3 | −5.1 |
| 2017 | 3.2 | 0.4 | −2.7 | −0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 6.9 |
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.
SWTZ questions answered
Written from the latest data on this page. General information only, not financial advice.
How diversified is Switzer Dividend Growth Fund - Active ETF?
The issuer of Switzer Dividend Growth Fund - 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 equity with a Australia focus; the product disclosure statement (PDS) and the issuer's fact sheet list what it owns.
Which ETFs does SWTZ double up with most?
We can't compare holdings for SWTZ, 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 Switzer Dividend Growth Fund - Active ETF managed – active or passive?
Switzer Dividend Growth Fund - Active ETF is actively managed. Rather than tracking an index, a fund manager at Associate Global Partners decides what to buy and sell, aiming to do better than the market after fees.
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 SWTZ?
SWTZ charges a management fee of 0.89% a year, about $89 for every $10,000 invested. Only 16% of the 471 ASX ETFs we track charge more, and 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 Ausbil Active Dividend Income Fund - Active ETF (DIVI) at 0.85%.
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 0.63% for SWTZ.
Does Switzer Dividend Growth Fund - Active ETF follow a theme?
Its focus is income. It favours investments that pay higher, regular distributions. Over the past year it paid out 5.6% of its price, across 12 payments.
What is under the hood of SWTZ?
The issuer doesn't publish SWTZ'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 Switzer Dividend Growth Fund - Active ETF performed?
Based on its category, Switzer Dividend Growth Fund - Active ETF aims mainly to pay a regular income, with capital growth secondary.
To 23 Oct 2026, with distributions reinvested, it returned 0.5% over 1 year (median 0.6%; ranked 35 of 65), 6.6% a year over 3 years (median 11.6% a year; ranked 50 of 54) and 3.7% a year over 5 years (median 6.9% a year; ranked 39 of 48). The medians and rankings compare it with Australian equity funds. Since listing in 2017 it has returned 5.1% a year.
As an active fund, SWTZ 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.