Vanguard Global Value Equity 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 Global ex-Australia equity funds would cost $297 (0.59% a year), so VVLU is $152 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 30 June 2026 · 954 securities · top 10 = 5.3%
Country
Sector
Monthly returns
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | −0.6 | 1.7 | −3.0 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 1.4 | −2.0 | 2.6 | 14.7YTD | ||
| 2025 | 5.3 | −2.3 | −2.7 | −4.4 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 5.8 | −0.3 | −0.3 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 18.0 |
| 2024 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 5.6 | −1.8 | −1.1 | −1.9 | 9.8 | −5.4 | −0.9 | 3.6 | 6.1 | −1.8 | 17.8 |
| 2023 | 3.8 | 3.8 | −2.6 | −0.8 | −1.3 | 4.2 | 6.5 | 0.9 | −1.7 | −4.6 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 18.8 |
| 2022 | 3.3 | −3.2 | 0.5 | −0.9 | 2.1 | −8.7 | 3.3 | 1.5 | −6.0 | 12.9 | 1.5 | −3.3 | 1.5 |
| 2021 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 10.2 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 2.1 | −2.7 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 38.0 |
| 2020 | −1.0 | −10.9 | −20.7 | 11.0 | 0.5 | −2.8 | −0.9 | 3.4 | −2.5 | 1.9 | 15.3 | −0.3 | −11.3 |
| 2019 | 9.4 | 4.7 | −3.1 | 5.9 | −7.9 | 4.0 | 1.6 | −4.3 | 13.0 | −5.6 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 22.3 |
| 2018 | −0.8 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.0 | −7.8 | −2.2 | −8.4 | −13.0 |
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.
VVLU questions answered
Written from the latest data on this page. General information only, not financial advice.
How diversified is Vanguard Global Value Equity Active ETF?
Vanguard Global Value Equity Active ETF holds 954 securities, and its ten largest positions make up 5.3% of the fund, more spread out than the 36.4% typical of Global ex-Australia equity funds. That makes it widely diversified.
Its largest country exposure is United States at 67.9%, and its biggest sector is Financials at 36.5%, based on holdings as at 30 June 2026.
Which ETFs does VVLU double up with most?
VVLU shares the most holdings with VanEck MSCI International Value ETF (VLUE) (24% overlap), VanEck MSCI International Value (AUD Hedged) ETF (HVLU) (24% overlap) and Vanguard International Shares High Yield ETF (VIHY) (23% 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 VVLU with one of them adds some genuinely different holdings.
How is Vanguard Global Value Equity Active ETF managed – active or passive?
Vanguard Global Value Equity Active ETF is actively managed. Rather than tracking an index, a fund manager at Vanguard decides what to buy and sell, aiming to do better than the market after fees.
Among Global ex-Australia equity funds, active funds charge a median 0.75% a year and index funds 0.45%.
What will I pay in fees for VVLU?
VVLU charges a management fee of 0.28% a year, about $28 for every $10,000 invested. That is cheaper than 72% of the 471 ASX ETFs we track, where the median fee is 0.44%. Among Global ex-Australia equity funds, the median is 0.55%.
It is the cheapest of the 6 value Global ex-Australia equity funds we track.
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 0.05% for VVLU.
Does Vanguard Global Value Equity Active ETF follow a theme?
Not a theme as such, but it follows a value investment style: it tilts towards companies that look cheap against their earnings or assets.
Other ASX funds using a value approach include Dimensional Australian Value Trust - Active ETF (DAVA), Dimensional Global Value Trust - Active ETF (DGVA), CB GLBL Infrastructure Value (Hedged) Active ETF (CIVH) and CB GLBL Infrastructure Value Active ETF (CUIV).
What is under the hood of VVLU?
As at 30 June 2026, VVLU's ten largest holdings are Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (0.6%), Verizon Communications Inc (0.6%), EOG Resources Inc (0.6%), Comcast Corp (0.6%), CVS Health Corp (0.5%), General Motors Co (0.5%), Citigroup Inc (0.5%), Pfizer Inc (0.5%), Cigna Group/The (0.5%) and Barclays PLC (0.5%). Together they make up 5.3% of the fund.
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 Vanguard Global Value Equity Active ETF performed?
Based on its category, Vanguard Global Value Equity Active ETF aims to grow your capital faster than its market after fees.
To 23 Oct 2026, with distributions reinvested, it returned 19.2% over 1 year (median 6.3%; ranked 11 of 121), 19.7% a year over 3 years (median 16.5% a year; ranked 22 of 82) and 14.6% a year over 5 years (median 9.2% a year; ranked 9 of 66). The medians and rankings compare it with Global ex-Australia equity funds. Since listing in 2018 it has returned 11.8% a year.
As an active fund, VVLU 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.