Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index
VAN0001AU
Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index VAN0001AU Strategy
The Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0+ Yr Index is a market value weighted index of securities (bonds) issued by the Commonwealth Government of Australia, Australian State Government financing authorities and treasury corporations, as well as investment-grade corporate issuers and overseas entities that issue debt in Australia, in Australian dollars. The Fund aims to hold an appropriate number of fixed and floating rate securities so as to produce a portfolio risk exposure consistent with that of the index.
The investment objective & strategy is a summary of the investment's principal strategy as written in the prospectus. This information is pulled from the most recent product disclosure document.
Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index News & Analysis
fixed-income
Higher risk fixed interest tops performance tables: bond fund recap FY 2021
Australian bonds lag while riskier credit benefits from economic recovery and central bank support.
funds
Defending, or on the defensive
The consensus position for several years has been to favour credit risk, to varying degrees, and this came unstuck.
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Index | Last price | Change | % Change |
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| All Ordinaries | 8,377.40 | 60.70 | 0.73% |
| CAC 40 | 7,274.48 | 19.89 | -0.27% |
| DAX 40 | 19,884.75 | 85.11 | -0.43% |
| Dow JONES (US) | 42,840.26 | 498.02 | 1.18% |
| FTSE 100 | 8,084.61 | 20.71 | -0.26% |
| HKSE | 19,720.70 | 31.81 | -0.16% |
| NASDAQ | 19,572.60 | 199.83 | 1.03% |
| Nikkei 225 | 39,040.72 | 338.82 | 0.88% |
| NZX 50 Index | 12,927.42 | 23.31 | 0.18% |
| S&P 500 | 5,930.85 | 63.77 | 1.09% |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 8,126.80 | 59.80 | 0.74% |
| SSE Composite Index | 3,368.07 | 1.96 | -0.06% |