Vanguard has announced the distribution amounts (or dividends) and payment date for its ASX exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
Investors who own any of the 25 Australian Vanguard ETFs, including the largest on the market, the Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (ASX: VAS), will receive their dividends on 16 April.
According to the schedule, the ex-dividend date is 1 April, and the record date is 2 April.
How much will ETF investors get?
Here is a summary of the dividend amounts that investors in some of the most popular ASX ETFs will receive on 16 April.
The ASX VAS, which seeks to track the performance of the S&P/ASX 300 Index (ASX: XKO) before fees, will pay 72.8373 AU cents per unit.
The Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF (ASX: VHY), which tracks the FTSE Australia High Dividend Yield Index, will pay 244.9839 AU cents per unit.
The Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF (ASX: VDHG) provides exposure to 16,000 ASX and international shares. The VDHG ETF will pay 93.7006 AU cents per unit.
The Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF (ASX: VGS) provides exposure to 1,500 listed companies from developed nations outside Australia. This ETF will pay 147.7026 AU cents per unit.
The Vanguard MSCI Australian Large Companies Index ETF (ASX: VLC) tracks the MSCI Australian Shares Large Cap Index before fees. It will pay 107.1923 AU cents per unit.
The Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF (ASX: VAF) tracks the Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0+ Yr Index before fees. It will pay 25.1104 AU cents per unit.
The Vanguard Australian Property Securities Index ETF (ASX: VAP) tracks the performance of the S&P/ASX 300 A-REIT Index before fees. It will pay 83.3816 AU cents per unit.
The Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (ASX: VGE), which tracks the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index (with net dividends reinvested) in Australian dollars before fees, will pay 15.9942 AU cents per unit.
The Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF (ASX: VETH) tracks the FTSE Australia 300 Choice Index before fees. It will pay 37.3359 AU cents per unit.
The Vanguard MSCI International Small Companies Index ETF (ASX: VISM) will pay 62.7420 AU cents per unit. The VISM ETF tracks the MSCI World ex-Australia Small Cap Index (with net dividends reinvested) in Australian dollars before fees.
A distribution reinvestment plan (DRP) is available for all 25 ETFs.
DRP elections must be made by 5pm on the record date, which is 2 April.
You can check out the half-year reports for each of these ETFs here.
