Alex Vynokur
Leading Australian financial services business Betashares today expanded its growing range of core investment solutions with the launch of four new multi-asset Diversified ETFs designed to make portfolio construction simpler and more cost-effective.
The new range includes three all-in-one, multi-asset ETFs offering curated combinations of growth and defensive assets:
- Betashares Diversified High Growth ETF (ASX: DVHG): 90% growth assets and 10% defensive assets.
- Betashares Diversified Growth ETF (ASX: DVGR): 75% growth assets and 25% defensive assets.
- Betashares Diversified Balanced ETF (ASX: DVBA): 60% growth assets and 40% defensive assets.
Each fund has a management fee of 0.19% p.a., making them the lowest-cost all-in-one diversified ETFs currently available in Australia.
Each fund invests in a professionally constructed passive blend of cost-effective ETFs traded on the ASX and provide exposure to Australian, developed-market and emerging-market equities, global listed infrastructure and Australian and global investment-grade bonds. The range of funds has been designed to provide different risk and return profiles to suit different investors.
Given the upcoming changes to capital gains tax, these all-in-one diversified ETFs offer Australian investors the potential for more tax-efficient outcomes compared to owning the underlying securities directly, which can be critical for building long term wealth.
An all-in-one portfolio for regular credit income
Betashares has also launched the Betashares Diversified Credit Income ETF (ASX: DCRD), an all-in-one portfolio constructed using a blend of Betashares credit income ETFs to provide exposure to senior floating-rate Australian bank bonds (ASX: QPON), subordinated bonds issued by the ‘big 4’ Australian banks (ASX: BSUB), and interest-rate-hedged Australian investment grade corporate bonds (ASX: HCRD).
DCRD simplifies the task of selecting and weighting individual credit income building blocks by providing exposure in a single trade, at an all-in cost of 0.22% p.a.
DCRD further builds on the company’s market leadership in the cash and fixed income ETF category, where Betashares’ assets under management total $18.6 billion, as at August 2026.
The fund intends to pay monthly distributions and expands the Betashares’ credit income fund range, which also includes HBRD, Betashares’ actively managed credit income solution, giving investors more options to access high quality, regular income from bank and corporate credit with reduced interest rate risk.
The fund launches at a point in the rate cycle where investment grade credit is currently offering yields well above the levels that prevailed through most of the past decade, with DCRD’s underlying bond portfolio having a yield to worst of approximately 5.28% p.a. net of fees (as at 7 August 2026, yield is subject to change). At the same time, income is getting harder to find elsewhere, with dividend yields on Australian shares sitting near historic lows, and bank hybrids being progressively phased out.
Diversified funds growing in popularity
The launch comes as diversified ETFs grow in popularity among investors and their financial advisers seeking a more convenient way to build and manage a portfolio.
Professionally constructed using a passive blend of cost-effective ETFs, these funds remove the need to select, monitor and rebalance several individual investments, making diversification simpler to access and easier to maintain over time.
The new funds expand Betashares’ range of core portfolio building blocks and complement the popular Betashares Diversified All Growth ETF (ASX: DHHF). The expanded range leverages Betashares’ long-standing track record of designing and managing professionally constructed multi-asset investment solutions.
Diversified ETFs, including DHHF, have increased in popularity, attracting over $1.1 billion in net inflows year to date and growing to approximately $10 billion in funds under management. Investors and their financial advisers have been increasingly using ETFs as the foundation of their portfolios because they offer a convenient, transparent and cost-effective way to achieve broad diversification, with diversified ETFs in particular serving as a strong core portfolio holding.
Betashares CEO, Mr Alex Vynokur, said the funds were designed to help more Australians build better portfolios through professionally constructed, easy to use, multi-asset ETFs.
“Building a strong portfolio requires thoughtful asset allocation, disciplined rebalancing and a focus on costs. These funds bring all three together in a single, professionally constructed investment solution, delivered through the familiar and convenient structure of an ETF,” Mr Vynokur said.
“DVHG, DVGR and DVBA give investors access to diversified portfolios spanning Australian and global shares, bonds and other defensive assets. DCRD provides exposure to a diversified portfolio of Australian corporate bonds, with the aim of delivering attractive regular monthly income and relative capital stability.
“Our growing range of professionally constructed, multi-asset ETFs give Australians a cost-effective way to build more diversified portfolios and invest with confidence over the long term,” Mr Vynokur concluded.