ETFs

Summary: No net fund flow to/from bond and cash ETF sector; no ETFs issue additional units nor repurchase units; GBND largest percentage price increase; IHEB largest percentage price decrease.

Investor interest in the Australian bond and cash ETF sector remained stable this week as none of the 36 ETFs in the sector experienced net inflows nor net outflows. The sector’s market capitalisation decreased by 0.1% as prices fell in general.

In terms of unit price changes, the BetaShares Sustainability Leaders Diversified Bond Hedged ETF (code: GBND) had the largest price increase over the week (+0.49%). The iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (code: IHEB) had the largest price decline over the week (-1.23%).

NAME	SYMBOL	CLOSE PRICE	WEEK CHANGE	*1M RETURNS(%)	*1Y RETURNS (%)	RUNNING YIELD (%)	FUND SIZE ($m)
BetaShares Australian High Interest Cash ETF	AAA	50.07	0.00	0.02	0.14	16.75	2,629.35
BetaShares Australian Government Bond ETF	AGVT	48.89	-0.08	0.33	-4.38	58.02	196.81
BetaShares Australian Major Bank Hybrids Index ETF	BHYB	10.11	-0.04	0.99	-	16.48	90.00
iShares Core Cash ETF	BILL	100.24	0.00	-	0.01	1.53	338.98
SPDR S&P/ASX Australian Bond Fund ETF	BOND	26.55	-0.05	0.10	-3.44	50.17	48.48
Betshares Legg Mason Australian Bond Fund	BNDS	26.00	0.01	0.12	-3.10	33.86	193.84
Betashares Australian Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF	CRED	25.67	0.01	0.29	-3.23	131.66	516.54
Daintree Hybrid Opportunities ETF	DHOF	9.97	-0.02	0.70	4.15	6.00	12.48
Elstree Hybrid Fund	EHF1	5.16	0.00	0.30	-	10.70	16.98
eInvest Core Income Fund	ECOR	50.32	0.00	0.16	0.67	62.89	18.97
eInvest Income Maximiser Fund	EMAX	47.27	-0.07	0.50	2.81	277.03	2.57
VanEck Vectors Australian Floating Rate ETF	FLOT	24.95	0.02	0.02	0.11	22.50	337.91
Betashares Sustainability Leaders Diversified Bond Hedged ETF	GBND	24.37	0.12	-0.51	-3.44	55.85	180.62
BetaShares Global Government Bond 20+ Year ETF – Currency Hedged	GGOV	22.22	-0.03	-2.79	-4.93	60.81	3.57
SPDR S&P/ASX Australian Government Bond Fund ETF	GOVT	26.45	-0.03	0.08	-3.57	59.24	29.38
BetaShares Active Australian Hybrids Fund ETF	HBRD	10.28	-0.04	0.82	3.81	25.48	1,603.43
iShares Core Composite Bond ETF	IAF	109.72	-0.03	0.08	-3.06	178.26	1,844.96
iShares Treasury ETF	IGB	107.03	0.00	-0.04	-3.31	126.70	142.88
iShares Global High Yield Bond ETF	IHHY	102.12	-0.30	1.30	2.36	404.80	128.09
iShares Core Global Corporate Bond ETF	IHCB	107.95	-0.23	-0.16	-1.46	365.81	306.99
iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF	IHEB	95.33	-1.19	2.21	-2.80	390.08	42.05
iShares Government Inflation ETF	ILB	131.58	-0.03	2.19	0.94	77.10	340.00
iShares Enhanced Cash ETF	ISEC	100.45	-0.03	-	0.07	12.35	243.26
VanEck Vectors Australian Corporate Bond Plus ETF	PLUS	17.99	0.04	0.21	-2.36	40.00	233.57
BetaShares Australian Bank Senior Floating Rate Bond ETF	QPON	25.87	-0.01	0.06	-0.23	23.67	685.87
Russell Australian Select Corporate Bond ETF	RCB	20.08	-0.04	0.57	-1.58	26.39	284.00
Russell Australian Government Bond ETF	RGB	21.34	0.01	2.63	-3.96	64.68	76.07
Russell Australian Semi-Government Bond ETF	RSM	20.01	-0.02	1.10	-2.65	48.42	60.37
VanEck Vectors Australian Subordinated Debt ETF	SUBD	25.22	0.02	0.34	2.07	48.00	266.35
Vanguard Australian Corporate Fixed Interest ETF	VACF	51.79	0.04	0.24	-1.82	89.01	669.92
Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF	VAF	48.74	-0.01	0.16	-2.99	118.66	1,357.20
Vanguard Global Aggregate Fixed Interest Index Hedged ETF	VBND	47.76	0.17	-0.53	-2.06	338.36	456.25
Vanguard International Credit Securities Index ETF	VCF	44.17	-0.07	-0.20	-1.57	322.24	209.73
Vanguard Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Hedged ETF	VEFI	48.44	0.05	-0.57	-2.17	303.85	87.29
Vanguard Australian Government Bond Index ETF	VGB	50.17	0.05	0.13	-3.23	73.60	534.61
Vanguard International Fixed Interest Index ETF	VIF	43.72	0.01	-0.81	-2.41	329.12	647.67
ActiveX Ardea Real Outcome Bond Fund ETF	XARO	25.27	-0.12	0.42	-0.62	52.29	893.66

^{*1 month/1 year performance as at end of December 2021. Closing price as at end of week. Returns in AUD before fees}