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VAS (and Vanguard for that matter) is an industry leader with a long track record of serving the investor's best interest.
The largest 3 issuers (Vanguard, iShares and BetaShares), together attracted 72% of industry’s flows. 226 Exchange Traded Products trading on the ASX; New products: 31 new products launched in the year (vs. 40 in 2016), 3 products closed/matured
Vanguard has doubled down on its commitment to low cost investment in light of competitor BetaShares ’ launch of the world’s cheapest Australian equities ETF.
Betashares has captured bigger Australian inflows than its rivals, including global investment giants Vanguard, StateStreet and Blackrock.
All four Vanguard products have secured four Morningstar Gold ratings, with analyst Donna Lopata describing them as an "exceptional suite of listed multisector strategies". BetaShares is a reasonably new, and much smaller player A200 has around 240m in funds under management. VAS -> A200 Top companies in Australia. "What makes this series of diversified strategies so appealing is its low cost and sensible portfolio construction.
Since we all love Vanguard here, I have tried to match some of the popular Vanguard ETFs with BetaShares' offerings. The index for the fund is based on market capitalisation and provided by Solactive, which is the index provider for many other BetaShares ETFs. BetaShares Capital Limited (ABN 78 139 566 868, AFSL 341181) is the responsible entity … 0.14% vs 0.07%. Conservative is the only product where BetaShares differs from Vanguard in growth/income allocation. Both simply track the index. BetaShares points out that the fund's management cost is half that of the current lowest-fee Australian shares ETF available on the ASX, the Vanguard Australian Shares Index Fund, which charges 0.14%pa.
VGS -> WRLD International shares with vast majority invested in US. Products.