Vanguard Malvern Funds Vanguard Core Plus (VPLS US)
VPLS US$74.91
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Share price activity
Displays share price activity. Volume = number of shares traded, Turnover = value of shares traded, VWAP = volume-weighted average price for the day, sourced from Morningstar.
- Last (Price)
- 74.91
- Change
- ▼ -0.13 (-0.17)
- Bid / Ask
- 72.27 - 84.64
- Volume
- 81,390
- Turnover
- 5,237,183
- Open
- 75.06
- Day Range
- 74.83 - 75.06
- VWAP
- 74.92
- Prev Close
- 75.03
- Last Trade
- 28/10 3:59pm
Fund profile
Displays who issues the fund, how it is structured and invests, its Morningstar category and benchmark, size, headline costs and dates, sourced from Morningstar. Fund size counts every class of the fund; ETF net assets is this listing alone.
Fund size
$2.37B
OCT 2026
Distributions
Monthly
Since inception
2.9 yrs
DEC 2023
- Legal name
- Vanguard Core-Plus Bond ETF
- Issuer
- Vanguard
- Type
- Exchange-Traded Fund
- Structure
- Open Ended Investment Company
- Management style
- Actively managed
- Morningstar category
- Intermediate Core-Plus Bond
- Category index
- Bloomberg US Universal TR USD
- Benchmark
- Bloomberg US Universal TR USD
- ETF net assets
- $2.37B
- Units on issue
- 31.7M
- Management fee
- 0.17% p.a.
- Domicile
- United States
- Base currency
- USD
- Inception
- 7 DEC 2023
- Listed
- 7 DEC 2023
- Index provider
- Bloomberg Index
Objective and strategy
The investment seeks to track the performance of a Bloomberg U.S. Universal Float Adjusted Index a broad, market-weighted bond index. The Target Index includes U.S. government and agencyobligations, corporate bonds, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backedsecurities, and emerging market bonds, all denominated in the U.S. dollar andwith maturities of at least one year. Under normal circumstances, the fundinvests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings forinvestment purposes, in the bonds that make up the Target Index.
Asset allocation
Displays how the fund is split between shares, bonds, cash and other assets, sourced from Morningstar.
US equity 0.00%Non-US equity 0.00%
| Asset class | Net % | Long % | Short % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Bond | 98.39 | 99.34 | 0.96 |
| Cash | 1.55 | 3.12 | 1.56 |
| Other | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.00 |
Sector exposure
Displays the share of the fund held in each sector, sourced from Morningstar.
Cyclical 100.00%Sensitive 0.00%Defensive 0.00%
- Basic Materials
- 100.00%
- Consumer Cyclical
- 0.00%
- Financial Services
- 0.00%
- Real Estate
- 0.00%
- Communication Services
- 0.00%
- Energy
- 0.00%
- Industrials
- 0.00%
- Technology
- 0.00%
- Consumer Defensive
- 0.00%
- Healthcare
- 0.00%
- Utilities
- 0.00%
Region exposure
Displays the share of the fund held in each region, sourced from Morningstar.
Developed markets 100.00%Emerging markets 0.00%
- North America
- 100.00%
- Latin America
- 0.00%
- United Kingdom
- 0.00%
- Europe Developed
- 0.00%
- Europe Emerging
- 0.00%
- Africa / Middle East
- 0.00%
- Japan
- 0.00%
- Australasia
- 0.00%
- Asia Developed
- 0.00%
- Asia Emerging
- 0.00%
Country exposure
Displays the twelve countries the fund holds most of, sourced from Morningstar.
- United States
- 100.00%
Style box
Displays where the fund's shareholdings sit on Morningstar's style box: size (large, mid, small) down and investment style (value, blend, growth) across, sourced from Morningstar.
LargeMidSmallValueBlendGrowth
- Style
- Small Value
Size score
-27
Small
Mid
Large
Value-growth score
-50
Value
Blend
Growth
Market capitalisation
Displays the share of the fund's shareholdings in giant, large, mid, small and micro cap companies, sourced from Morningstar.
- Giant
- 0.00%
- Large
- 0.00%
- Mid
- 0.00%
- Small
- 0.00%
- Micro
- 100.00%
Micro 100%
- Average market cap
- $1.79B
- Number of holdings
- 2,965
- Shares held
- 1
Portfolio statistics · 30 SEP 2026
Displays the valuation, yield, size, concentration and quality of the fund's shareholdings taken together (trailing twelve months), sourced from Morningstar.
- Price / earnings
- 59.99
- Price / book
- 1.69
- Price / sales
- 0.52
- Price / cash flow
- 8.90
- Dividend yield
- 1.82%
- Assets in top 10
- 8.32%
- Return on equity
- 0.80%
- Net margin
- 0.25%
- Earnings growth (3 yr)
- -53.95%
Top holdings · top 10 = 8.32% of assets
Displays the fund's ten largest holdings and their weight in the portfolio, sourced from Morningstar.
| Holding | % Weight | First bought | Market value | Currency | Units held | Sector | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal National Mortgage Association | 1.23 | — | 24.1M | USD | 24.6M | — | United States | |
| United States Treasury Notes | 1.00 | — | 19.7M | USD | 20.0M | — | United States | |
| PMT LOAN TRUST 2026-INV1 | 0.90 | — | 17.7M | USD | 18.1M | — | United States | |
| United States Treasury Notes | 0.89 | — | 17.4M | USD | 18.0M | — | United States | |
| Federal National Mortgage Association | 0.76 | — | 15.0M | USD | 15.6M | — | United States | |
| United States Treasury Notes | 0.75 | — | 14.8M | USD | 15.0M | — | United States | |
| United States Treasury Notes | 0.71 | — | 14.0M | USD | 14.5M | — | United States | |
| Ahmc 2026-Cnf1 A1 | 0.69 | — | 13.5M | — | 14.0M | — | — | |
| United States Treasury Notes | 0.69 | — | 13.5M | USD | 13.9M | — | United States | |
| United States Treasury Notes | 0.69 | — | 13.5M | USD | 13.7M | — | United States |
Trailing returns · 30 SEP 2026
Displays total returns after fees at net asset value, the return at the ASX market price, the return before fees, and where the fund ranks among funds in its Morningstar category, sourced from Morningstar.
Fund (NAV) Market price
1M
-2.8
3M
-3.5
6M
-2.3
YTD
-2.4
1Y
-1.3
| Period | Fund (NAV) % | Market price % | Before fees % | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | -2.76 | -2.74 | -2.75 | 45 / 564 |
| 3 months | -3.51 | -3.47 | -3.46 | 33 / 563 |
| 6 months | -2.30 | -2.40 | -2.21 | 20 / 558 |
| Year to date | -2.44 | -2.38 | -2.29 | 24 / 558 |
| 1 year | -1.31 | -1.33 | -1.11 | 20 / 549 |
Returns to 30 SEP 2026, periods of 3 years and longer annualised. Rank is the percentile in the Morningstar category at 30 SEP 2026 (1 = best) over the funds ranked.
Calendar year returns
Displays the total return after fees and the capital (price) return for each calendar year, with the fund's rank in its Morningstar category, sourced from Morningstar.
Total Capital
2024
2.8
2025
8.1
| Year | Total % | Capital % | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.10 | 3.30 | 16 / 530 |
| 2024 | 2.85 | -1.65 | 29 / 585 |
Risk statistics · 30 SEP 2026
Displays how the fund has moved relative to its category index: alpha (return beyond the index), beta (sensitivity to it), R-squared (how much the index explains), volatility and risk-adjusted returns, sourced from Morningstar.
| 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha | 0.80 | — | — | — |
| Beta | 1.04 | — | — | — |
| R-squared | 98.17 | — | — | — |
| Standard deviation | 4.29 | — | — | — |
| Sharpe ratio | -1.17 | — | — | — |
| Sortino ratio | -1.21 | — | — | — |
| Tracking error | 0.61 | — | — | — |
| Information ratio | 0.88 | — | — | — |
| Upside capture % | 120.85 | — | — | — |
| Downside capture % | 104.89 | — | — | — |
| Maximum drawdown % | -1.92 | — | — | — |
Measured against Bloomberg US Agg Bond TR USD with USTREAS T-Bill Auction Ave 3 Mon as the risk-free rate, to 30 SEP 2026. Maximum drawdown is on gross returns at the latest quarter end.
Portfolio risk score
Displays Morningstar's Portfolio Risk Score for the fund's holdings, how closely the ETF tracks its index day to day, the estimated cost of holding it against the index, the cost of trading it at market size, and its best and worst quarters since inception, sourced from Morningstar.
Risk score
14.8
Cash 0
Global shares 100
Morningstar Portfolio Risk Score at 30 SEP 2026.
- Market impact cost %
- 0.003
- Best quarter
- 5.45% · SEP 2024
- Worst quarter
- -2.62% · DEC 2024
Fees and costs
Displays the fund's ongoing costs as a percentage of assets per year: the PDS management fees and costs, performance fee and transaction costs that make up the total cost ratio (the RG 97 forward estimate, and what was charged last financial year), and the buy / sell spread, sourced from Morningstar.
- Management fees and costs
- 0.17% p.a.
- PDS dated
- 28 JAN 2026
Distributions
Displays the most recent distribution paid per unit and its key dates, sourced from Morningstar.
- Latest distribution
- 0.2931
- Ex Date
- 1 OCT 2026
- Record Date
- 1 OCT 2026
- Pay Date
- 5 OCT 2026
- NAV at ex date
- 73.71
- Paid this year
- 2.6094
Distributions by year
Displays the total distributions paid per unit in each calendar year, sourced from Morningstar.
2024
3.6
2023
3.4
2022
0.1
| Year | Per unit ($) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.5630 |
| 2023 | 3.3982 |
| 2022 | 0.1389 |
Distribution history
Displays the most recent distributions by ex date, sourced from Morningstar.
| Ex Date | Per unit ($) |
|---|---|
| 1 OCT 2026 | 0.2931 |
| 1 SEP 2026 | 0.3000 |
| 3 AUG 2026 | 0.3056 |
| 1 JUL 2026 | 0.2909 |
| 1 JUN 2026 | 0.2911 |
| 1 MAY 2026 | 0.2842 |
| 1 APR 2026 | 0.2945 |
| 2 MAR 2026 | 0.2632 |
| 2 FEB 2026 | 0.2868 |
| 18 DEC 2025 | 0.3255 |
| 1 DEC 2025 | 0.2891 |
| 3 NOV 2025 | 0.2912 |
Sustainability rating · 31 AUG 2026
Displays the Morningstar Sustainability Rating (1 to 5 globes, more is better) and the portfolio ESG risk score behind it (lower is less risk), against the average of the fund's global category, sourced from Morningstar and Sustainalytics.
Average
ESG risk score
20.29
Negligible
Low
Medium
High
Severe
Category average 20.41
- Rank in category
- 48th percentile of 3,379 funds
- Environmental risk
- 4.21
- Social risk
- 8.47
- Governance risk
- 5.06
- Portfolio covered
- 73.4%
ESG risk of holdings
Displays the share of the covered portfolio held in companies with negligible, low, medium, high and severe ESG risk, sourced from Morningstar and Sustainalytics.
- Negligible
- 2.49%
- Low
- 51.59%
- Medium
- 32.85%
- High
- 7.85%
- Severe
- 5.21%
9.09% of assets are in companies with high or severe controversies.
Carbon · 31 AUG 2026
Displays the portfolio carbon risk score (lower is less exposure to the transition to a low-carbon economy), the share of the portfolio in companies with fossil fuel revenue, and whether the fund earns Morningstar's Low Carbon Designation, sourced from Morningstar and Sustainalytics.
Carbon risk score
12.67
Low
Medium
High
Severe
Category average 10.31
- Carbon risk
- Medium Risk
- Fossil fuel involvement
- 14.35%
- Category average
- 11.52%
- Portfolio covered
- 48.2%
Fund managers
Displays the people Morningstar lists as managers of the fund, sourced from Morningstar.
- Daniel Shaykevich
- Brian W. Quigley
- Arvind Narayanan
- Michael Chang
Tenure
Displays how long the managers have run the fund: the average and longest tenure, who has served longest, the latest appointment and how many other funds the team manages, sourced from Morningstar.
- Number of managers
- 4
- Average tenure
- 2.8 years
- Longest tenure
- 2.8 years
- Longest serving
- Daniel Shaykevich, Brian W. Quigley, Arvind Narayanan, Michael Chang · since 7 DEC 2023
- Most recent appointment
- Daniel Shaykevich, Brian W. Quigley, Arvind Narayanan, Michael Chang · since 7 DEC 2023
- Managed since
- 7 DEC 2023
- Other funds managed
- 34
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