SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield 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 SYI is $80 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
Look-through exposure as at 2 Sept 2026 · 56 securities · top 10 = 68.3%
Country
Sector
Monthly returns
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.2 | 5.6 | −2.7 | 1.5 | −1.1 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 20.2YTD | ||
| 2025 | 3.9 | −2.1 | −1.6 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 5.7 | −2.6 | 1.7 | −2.8 | 1.3 | 15.0 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | −0.2 | 2.7 | −2.7 | −0.4 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 2.9 | −1.3 | 3.5 | −2.0 | 8.1 |
| 2023 | 6.2 | −3.2 | 2.1 | 0.4 | −6.2 | 3.4 | 1.8 | −0.7 | −1.3 | −2.3 | 1.7 | 6.9 | 8.3 |
| 2022 | −1.1 | 1.1 | 6.5 | 0.0 | −1.7 | −9.2 | 4.7 | 2.4 | −6.2 | 0.2 | 11.0 | −1.7 | 4.6 |
| 2021 | −2.5 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 3.0 | −0.3 | 4.0 | 2.5 | −1.4 | −4.4 | −0.3 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 12.6 |
| 2020 | 3.0 | −7.8 | −22.2 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 2.9 | −1.5 | 4.0 | −5.0 | 3.3 | 12.9 | 3.3 | 1.5 |
| 2019 | 1.9 | 7.1 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.7 | −2.9 | 4.6 | −1.9 | 0.6 | −1.3 | 19.8 |
| 2018 | −0.3 | 0.7 | −4.9 | 2.6 | −0.0 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 0.9 | −2.7 | −6.1 | 0.1 | −1.2 | −6.2 |
| 2017 | −1.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 0.1 | −3.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | −0.4 | −0.1 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 6.6 |
| 2016 | −7.1 | −1.9 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 2.2 | −3.8 | 6.6 | −0.5 | 1.1 | −0.6 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 12.3 |
| 2015 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 1.3 | −2.9 | 0.8 | −5.2 | 3.6 | −8.7 | −4.2 | 4.5 | −0.6 | 1.9 | −1.8 |
| 2014 | −4.0 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | −1.2 | 3.7 | 0.7 | −5.6 | 4.8 | −3.0 | 2.4 | 3.8 |
| 2013 | 6.2 | 7.2 | −0.1 | 4.8 | −7.4 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 2.8 | −3.0 | 1.1 | 23.1 |
| 2012 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 1.3 | −5.8 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 2.2 | −0.5 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 16.9 |
| 2011 | 0.8 | 1.7 | −0.2 | 0.2 | −2.3 | −3.2 | −3.7 | −1.4 | −4.8 | 8.3 | −4.2 | −2.8 | −11.6 |
| 2010 | −1.3 | −1.4 | 1.0 | −1.7 |
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.
SYI questions answered
Written from the latest data on this page. General information only, not financial advice.
How diversified is SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield ETF?
SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield ETF holds 56 securities, and its ten largest positions make up 68.3% of the fund, more concentrated than the 51.2% typical of Australian equity funds. That makes it fairly concentrated.
Its country exposure is almost entirely Australia (100.0%), and its biggest sector is Financials at 45.3%, based on holdings as at 2 Sept 2026.
Which ETFs does SYI double up with most?
SYI shares the most holdings with Global X S&P/ASX 200 High Dividend ETF (ZYAU) (60% overlap), iShares S&P/ASX Dividend Opportunities ESG Screened ETF (IHD) (52% overlap) and Betashares S&P Australian Shares High Yield ETF (HYLD) (51% overlap). Overlap is the share of the portfolio the two funds hold in common, looking through to the underlying securities.
At 60%, owning both SYI and ZYAU would mostly double up on the same investments rather than spread your money further.
How is SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield ETF managed – active or passive?
SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield 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 SYI?
SYI charges a management fee of 0.20% a year, about $20 for every $10,000 invested. That is cheaper than 83% of the 471 ASX ETFs we track, where the median fee is 0.44%. Among Australian equity funds, the median is 0.35%.
It is the cheapest of the 13 income Australian equity funds we track.
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 0.07% for SYI.
Does SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield ETF follow a theme?
Its focus is income. It favours investments that pay higher, regular distributions. Over the past year it paid out 7.0% of its price, across 4 payments.
What is under the hood of SYI?
As at 2 Sept 2026, SYI's ten largest holdings are Csl Ltd (11.9%), Anz Group Hldgs Li (9.9%), Natl Australia Bk (9.7%), Westpac Bkg Corp (8.8%), Telstra Group Ltd (7.5%), Qbe Ins Group (4.8%), Coles Group Ltd (4.5%), Evolution Mining (4.2%), Santos Limited (3.8%) and Computershare Ltd (3.0%). Together they make up 68.3% of the fund.
Rather than simply weighting companies by market size, its index favours companies that pay higher dividends.
How well has SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield ETF performed?
Based on its category, SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield ETF aims mainly to pay a regular income, with capital growth secondary.
To 23 Oct 2026, with distributions reinvested, it returned 17.5% over 1 year (median 0.6%; ranked 1 of 65), 17.7% a year over 3 years (median 11.6% a year; ranked 5 of 54) and 12.4% a year over 5 years (median 6.6% a year; ranked 5 of 48). The medians and rankings compare it with Australian equity funds. Since listing in 2010 it has returned 7.7% 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 SYI; 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 0.20% a year, and a much bigger gap is a warning sign.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.