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A200 vs VAS

Betashares Australia 200 ETF against Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF

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What it costs in the first year, on $10,000
$5
$4 in fees + $1 in spread
$8
$7 in fees + $1 in spread

A200 costs $3 less in the first year on $10,000 than VAS.

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The fee on the average balance over the year, plus half the average spread on everything bought. Brokerage is your broker's, so it isn't counted.

BetasharesA200
VanguardVAS
Management fee
a year, on what you hold
0.04%
0.03% less · Lower management fee
0.07%
Bid/ask spread
on average, the gap between the buy and sell price
0.018%
0.018%
What it invests in
Australian shares · The whole market
Australia’s largest 200 companies
Australian shares · The whole market
Australia’s largest 300 companies
How it’s run
Index fund
Not currency hedged
Index fund
Not currency hedged
Fund size
invested in it
$11.1bn
$26.7bn
Distribution yield
paid over the past year
3.37%
3.13%
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. The returns below are as the ASX's monthly report files them.
Return, past year
distributions reinvested
+4.0%
+3.2%
Return, 3 years
a year, on average
+12.7%
+12.4%
Return, 5 years
a year, on average
+9.4%
+8.7%
Fee changes
the latest, since 2021
0.07% → 0.04%
Feb 2023
0.1% → 0.07%
Jul 2023

Cost a year at every amount

A200VAS
$0$250$500$750$1k$2k$5k$10k$20k$50k$100k$250k$500k$1M
Invested $10,000 · yours
A200$4.90
VAS$7.91
Cost in the first year

Each fund's management fee and half its average spread, on every amount from $1,000 to $1,000,000; the dashed line is your amount. The gap grows with the amount because both are percentages.

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As of the ASX's September 2026 report, A200 charges a management fee of 0.04% a year and VAS 0.07%; with half the average spread on buying, that's $5 against $8 in the first year on $10,000. Figures from the ASX's Investment Products report for September 2026. Each row says which figure is lower or higher; it doesn't say which fund suits you.

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