asset_category: Smaller Companies
peer_benchmark: (ETF) Global Equities - Smaller Companies Index
broad_market_index: Developed -World Index
manager_contact_details: Array
ticker: VISM
release_schedule: NO COMMENTARY
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fund_features:
The Vanguard MSCI International Small Companies Index ETF seeks to track the return of the MSCI World ex-Australia Small Cap Index (with net dividends reinvested) in Australian dollars, before taking into account fees, expenses and tax. The Fund provides exposure to small companies listed in major developed countries.
- Offers low-cost access to a broadly diversified range of securities that allows investors to participate in the long-term growth potential typical of the international small companies sector.
- The Fund meets its investment objective by holding most of the securities in the index, allowing individual security weightings to vary marginally from the index from time to time.
- Futures traded on a licensed exchange may be used to gain market exposure without investing directly in securities.
- The Fund will be fully exposed to the fluctuating values of foreign currencies, as there will not be any hedging of foreign currencies to the Australian dollar.
- Minimum suggested investment timeframe is seven years.
structure: ETF