ETFs

Summary: Net fund flow from bond and cash ETF sector; 6 ETFs issues additional units, 4 ETFs repurchase units; unit prices generally higher; ILB largest percentage price increase; XARO largest percentage price decrease.

Investor interest in the Australian bond and cash ETF sector declined a touch this week even as 6 of the 37 ETFs in the sector experienced net inflows while 4 experienced net outflows. However, the sector’s market capitalisation increased by 1.3% as the modest net outflow was overwhelmed by generally higher ETF prices.

In terms of unit price changes, the iShares Government Inflation ETF (code: ILB) had the largest price increase over the week (+3.91%). The ActiveX Ardea Real Outcome Bond Fund ETF (code: XARO) had the largest price fall over the week (-1.34%).

NAME	SYMBOL	CLOSE PRICE	WEEK CHANGE	*1M RETURNS(%)	*1Y RETURNS (%)	RUNNING YIELD (%)	FUND SIZE ($m)
BetaShares Australian High Interest Cash ETF	AAA	50.13	0.02	0.04	0.28	0.32	1,776.72
BetaShares Australian Government Bond ETF	AGVT	44.46	1.50	-1.49	-12.33	1.65	451.13
BetaShares Australian Major Bank Hybrids Index ETF	BHYB	9.83	0.04	-1.54	-1.25	2.45	161.29
iShares Core Cash ETF	BILL	100.31	-0.01	0.03	0.03	0.10	266.29
SPDR S&P/ASX Australian Bond Fund ETF	BOND	24.78	0.59	-1.08	-9.73	0.94	40.31
Betshares Legg Mason Australian Bond Fund	BNDS	24.19	0.60	-1.03	-9.29	1.44	203.35
Betashares Australian Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF	CRED	22.67	0.76	-1.46	-13.02	3.34	483.82
Daintree Hybrid Opportunities ETF	DHOF	9.33	0.00	0.74	-4.11	1.29	17.63
Elstree Hybrid Fund	EHF1	5.02	0.02	0.30	4.10	2.83	20.14
eInvest Core Income Fund	ECOR	47.25	-0.14	-0.42	-2.08	4.08	18.29
VanEck Vectors Australian Floating Rate ETF	FLOT	24.75	0.02	-0.10	-0.54	0.93	373.83
Betashares Sustainability Leaders Diversified Bond Hedged ETF	GBND	22.12	0.64	-1.18	-10.61	1.62	178.35
BetaShares Global Government Bond 20+ Year ETF – Currency Hedged	GGOV	18.28	0.45	-3.97	-15.95	1.11	7.32
SPDR S&P/ASX Australian Government Bond Fund ETF	GOVT	24.47	0.64	-1.25	-10.16	1.23	29.56
BetaShares Active Australian Hybrids Fund ETF	HBRD	10.03	0.04	-1.19	0.91	2.52	1,818.50
iShares Core Composite Bond ETF	IAF	102.49	2.19	-0.90	-8.72	1.54	1,747.39
iShares Treasury ETF	IGB	100.56	2.40	-1.00	-8.85	0.60	235.81
iShares Global High Yield Bond ETF	IHHY	92.47	1.31	-0.04	-6.58	3.90	182.59
iShares Core Global Corporate Bond ETF	IHCB	97.00	1.98	-0.18	-10.28	2.23	304.98
iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF	IHEB	76.21	2.45	0.13	-16.79	5.88	36.74
iShares Government Inflation ETF	ILB	122.38	4.61	-2.33	-8.00	0.80	485.83
iShares Enhanced Cash ETF	ISEC	100.55	0.07	0.03	0.04	0.16	303.33
Betashares Australian Composite Bond ETF	OZBD	45.87	1.24	-1.07	-	1.08	20.18
VanEck Vectors Australian Corporate Bond Plus ETF	PLUS	16.45	0.34	-0.82	-10.37	2.55	205.79
BetaShares Australian Bank Senior Floating Rate Bond ETF	QPON	25.61	0.07	-0.21	-1.11	0.79	562.24
Russell Australian Select Corporate Bond ETF	RCB	19.39	0.23	-0.51	-5.55	0.96	255.76
Russell Australian Government Bond ETF	RGB	19.60	0.61	-1.26	-11.04	1.73	76.93
Russell Australian Semi-Government Bond ETF	RSM	19.19	0.42	-0.37	-7.98	0.36	45.76
VanEck Vectors Australian Subordinated Debt ETF	SUBD	24.40	0.03	-0.17	-1.31	2.05	300.67
Vanguard Australian Corporate Fixed Interest ETF	VACF	48.76	0.98	-0.58	-7.54	1.34	577.24
Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF	VAF	45.80	1.02	-0.90	-8.67	1.62	1,350.11
Vanguard Global Aggregate Fixed Interest Index Hedged ETF	VBND	43.78	0.71	-0.36	-8.56	1.41	477.83
Vanguard International Credit Securities Index ETF	VCF	39.90	0.65	-0.18	-9.58	2.27	190.54
Vanguard Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Hedged ETF	VEFI	44.76	0.89	-0.38	-8.38	1.11	59.65
Vanguard Australian Government Bond Index ETF	VGB	47.02	1.10	-0.99	-9.04	0.74	601.62
Vanguard International Fixed Interest Index ETF	VIF	40.60	0.64	-0.72	-7.40	1.56	625.36
ActiveX Ardea Real Outcome Bond Fund ETF	XARO	23.59	-0.32	-0.25	-1.53	7.82	849.13

^{*1 month/1 year performance as at end of May 2022. Closing price as at end of week. Returns in AUD before fees}