Don’t you wonder if now is the time to start analysing the Vanguard International Fixed Interest Index (Hedged) ETF (ASX: VIF) and BetaShares Legg Mason Equity Income Fund (Managed Fund) ETF (ASX: EINC)? These Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) aim to provide exposure to the Fixed interest – International and Australian shares sectors, respectively.
Is the VIF ETF a good investment? Here’s where you start…
The Vanguard VIF ETF provides investors with exposure to high-quality securities issued by governments from around the world.
According to our most recent data, the VIF ETF had $654.34 million of money invested. With VIF’s total funds under management (FUM) figure over $100 million, the ETF meets our team’s minimum investment criteria for FUM levels. As a general rule, our team draws the line at $100 million for ETFs in the Fixed interest – International sector because we believe that, relative to smaller ETFs, achieving this amount of FUM lowers the chance that the ETF issuer will close the ETF.
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A quick take of the EINC ETF
The BetaShares EINC Fund provides investors with an actively managed portfolio of high-yielding Australian companies. Legg Mason Asset Management is the investment manager for this fund.
With our numbers for December 2021, EINC’s FUM stood at $27.03 million. Given it has less than $100 million invested, ask yourself (or your adviser) if the ETF is still too small (and if you should wait to buy into it). If you’re concerned the ETF might not be established enough, compare it alongside one of the other Active ETF (e.g. ETMF) sector ETFs, using our full list of ETFs.
Are the fees for the EINC ETF bad?
BetaShares, the ETF issuer, charges a yearly management fee of 0.85% for the EINC ETF. Meaning, if you invested $2,000 for a full 12-month period you could expect to pay a base management fee of around $17.00.
The management fee is above the average for all ETFs on our list of ASX ETFs, but keep in mind the ETF may be able to justify the higher price tag with superior performance over time.
Did you know: you can get our full ETF review of EINC by clicking here?
