Vinva Global Alpha Fund - Active ETF (ASX: V1AC)
31 August 2026
Performance Review
The Vinva Global Alpha Fund - Active ETF (ASX: V1AC) has a track record of 19 years and 2 months and has outperformed the All Countries World (AUD) benchmark since inception in July 2007, providing investors with an annualised return of 10.45% compared with the benchmark's return of 8.55% over the same period.
The Manager has delivered these returns with 0.02% more volatility than the benchmark, contributing to a Sharpe ratio which has fallen below 1 five times over the past five years and which currently sits at 0.68 since inception. The fund has provided positive monthly returns 83% of the time in rising markets and 22% of the time during periods of market decline, contributing to an up-capture ratio since inception of 67% and a down-capture ratio of 88%.
The Vinva Global Alpha Fund - Active ETF (ASX: V1AC) rose by +0.35% in August, a difference of -0.34% compared with the All Countries World (AUD) benchmark which rose by +0.69%. Over the past 12 months, the fund's best monthly return was +3.24% compared with the benchmark's best return of +6.24%, and its worst monthly return was -4.99% vs the benchmark's worst return over the same period of -7.18%.
Fund rank in Peergroups
| Fund | 1 month | 3 months | 6 months | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 7 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinva Global Alpha Fund - Active ETF (ASX: V1AC) | Performance: | 0.35% | 2.04% | 1.56% | -4.51% | 8.54% | 5.81% | 6.74% |
| Rank in Peer Group (out of 160): | 102 | 104 | 130 | 133 | 118 | 81 | 99 | |
| Peergroup - Equity Long - Large Cap - Global | Performance: | 1.72% | 3.12% | 6.93% | 7.68% | 13.46% | 7.60% | 11.36% |
| Performance vs peergroup: | -1.37% | -1.08% | -5.37% | -12.19% | -4.93% | -1.79% | -4.62% | |
| Benchmark - All Countries World Index (AUD) | Performance: | 0.69% | 2.19% | 6.04% | 9.75% | 15.63% | 10.90% | 12.73% |
| Performance vs benchmark (Alpha): | -0.34% | -0.16% | -4.48% | -14.26% | -7.09% | -5.09% | -6.00% | |
| Fund | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinva Global Alpha Fund - Active ETF (ASX: V1AC) | Performance: | 14.23% | 9.82% | 28.05% | -0.02% | 19.28% | -15.74% | 22.05% | 29.62% | 3.00% | -5.29% |
| Rank in Peer Group (out of 160): | 51 | 3 | 46 | 95 | 85 | 74 | 59 | 44 | 128 | 138 | |
| Drawdown: | -5.62% | -6.82% | -2.68% | -7.25% | -4.15% | -17.94% | -5.51% | -2.85% | -7.57% | -10.72% | |
| Peergroup - Equity Long - Large Cap - Global | Performance: | 19.65% | -2.04% | 25.66% | 13.53% | 22.37% | -17.63% | 20.95% | 23.16% | 11.80% | 4.10% |
| Performance vs peergroup: | -5.41% | +11.86% | +2.39% | -13.56% | -3.09% | +1.89% | +1.11% | +6.47% | -8.80% | -9.39% | |
| Benchmark - All Countries World Index (AUD) | Performance: | 14.43% | 0.35% | 27.10% | 6.09% | 25.57% | -12.97% | 21.92% | 29.68% | 13.65% | 4.13% |
| Performance vs benchmark (Alpha): | -0.20% | +9.46% | +0.95% | -6.11% | -6.29% | -2.77% | +0.14% | -0.06% | -10.65% | -9.43% | |
Fund returns
| Year | Jan % | Feb % | Mar % | Apr % | May % | Jun % | Jul % | Aug % | Sep % | Oct % | Nov % | Dec % | YTD % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -4.99 | -1.85 | -4.25 | 3.24 | 0.69 | 2.14 | -0.45 | 0.35 | NA | NA | NA | NA | -5.29 |
| 2025 | 3.77 | -1.08 | -4.75 | -1.90 | 5.62 | 1.59 | 0.15 | -0.89 | 0.76 | 1.48 | 0.14 | -1.53 | 3.00 |
| 2024 | 6.35 | 6.42 | 1.45 | -2.85 | 0.59 | 2.89 | 2.89 | -0.42 | -1.12 | 2.66 | 4.91 | 2.89 | 29.62 |
| 2023 | 2.89 | 0.46 | 6.07 | 5.31 | -0.23 | 2.56 | -0.13 | 2.30 | -5.51 | 1.79 | 4.19 | 0.90 | 22.05 |
| 2022 | -2.85 | -7.22 | -2.83 | -0.61 | -2.19 | -3.11 | 6.13 | -3.32 | -3.06 | 6.00 | 2.87 | -5.83 | -15.74 |
| 2021 | -0.79 | -0.67 | 4.85 | 4.48 | -1.05 | 4.49 | 3.76 | 0.99 | -4.15 | 1.23 | 1.99 | 3.08 | 19.28 |
| 2020 | 6.56 | -3.44 | -3.95 | 1.77 | 1.78 | -1.60 | 0.90 | 2.26 | 0.23 | 0.38 | -1.26 | -3.18 | -0.02 |
| 2019 | 2.52 | 3.74 | 3.67 | 5.02 | -2.68 | 5.03 | 3.89 | 2.29 | -1.28 | -0.52 | 4.61 | -0.91 | 28.05 |
| 2018 | 1.82 | 0.41 | -1.54 | 1.70 | 2.76 | 2.78 | 2.06 | 6.42 | 0.35 | -2.66 | -2.07 | -2.25 | 9.82 |
| 2017 | -2.61 | 2.17 | 1.87 | 4.69 | 3.26 | -3.57 | -2.12 | 1.94 | 1.73 | 4.99 | 3.45 | -1.93 | 14.23 |
| 2016 | -1.50 | -1.48 | -1.90 | -0.80 | 6.62 | -5.66 | 2.87 | 1.69 | -1.57 | -0.88 | 3.49 | 3.38 | 3.71 |
| 2015 | 2.78 | 5.51 | 0.63 | -0.94 | 4.25 | -2.75 | 8.16 | -2.10 | -1.31 | 4.39 | -1.59 | -2.03 | 15.26 |
| 2014 | -2.04 | 2.75 | -3.62 | -0.33 | 1.17 | -0.87 | -0.26 | 0.97 | 5.39 | -0.67 | 7.95 | 3.80 | 14.54 |
| 2013 | 4.80 | 3.41 | 1.92 | 2.99 | 10.06 | 3.05 | 5.45 | -2.14 | -1.51 | 1.88 | 6.36 | 4.64 | 48.69 |
| 2012 | -3.36 | 4.32 | 8.23 | 0.45 | 1.70 | -1.94 | -0.33 | 4.18 | 1.70 | 0.46 | 1.22 | 0.81 | 18.31 |
| 2011 | 1.83 | 0.67 | -1.92 | -1.48 | 2.80 | -0.32 | -2.25 | 0.52 | 4.25 | -0.84 | 3.48 | 2.92 | 9.80 |
| 2010 | 0.42 | -0.69 | 3.81 | -0.73 | 2.13 | -3.41 | 0.13 | -0.09 | -2.19 | 4.84 | 0.78 | -2.27 | 2.41 |
| 2009 | -0.08 | -5.75 | -1.49 | 4.99 | -1.86 | -0.75 | 5.27 | 1.72 | -0.76 | 0.57 | 3.50 | 1.58 | 6.59 |
| 2008 | -1.71 | -5.95 | 2.80 | 1.93 | -1.40 | -9.70 | 4.24 | 9.09 | 6.57 | 1.00 | -5.81 | -2.10 | -2.65 |
| 2007 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | -2.85 | 5.59 | -4.13 | -1.94 | 1.01 | -1.48 | -4.03 |
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Annual Returns
Over the past 12 months, the fund has returned -4.51% compared with the benchmark which has returned +9.75%, for a difference of -14.26%. Since inception in July 2007, the fund has returned +10.45% per annum, a difference of +1.90% relative to the benchmark which has returned +8.55% on an annualised basis over the same period.
Cumulative Returns
On a cumulative basis (assuming reinvestment of distributions), $100 invested since inception would have become $671. The same amount invested in the benchmark over the same period would have become $481.
Annual Returns %
Volatility and Risk
Annual Standard Deviation
The fund's returns over the past 12 months have been achieved with a volatility of 8.12% vs the index's 12.17%. The annualised volatility of the fund's returns since inception in July 2007 is 11.32% vs the index's 11.3%. Over all other periods, the fund's volatility relative to the benchmark has been varied.
Sharpe Ratio
The fund's Sharpe ratio has ranged from a high of 0.69 for performance over the most recent 48 months to a low of -1.01 over the latest 12 months, and is 0.68 for performance since inception. By contrast, the All Countries World (AUD) Index's Sharpe for performance since July 2007 is 0.53.
Annual Standard Deviation
Sharpe Ratio
Performance in Positive Markets
Since inception in July 2007 in the months where the market was positive, the fund has provided positive returns 83% of the time
Performance in Negative Markets
Since inception in July 2007 in the months where the market was negative, the fund has provided positive returns 22% of the time, contributing to a down-capture ratio for returns since inception of 88.24%. Over all other periods, the fund's down-capture ratio has ranged from a high of 110.22% over the most recent 24 months to a low of 95.54% over the latest 48 months. A down-capture ratio less than 100% indicates that, on average, the fund has outperformed in the market's negative months.
Average Return in +ve Market %
Average Return in -ve Market %
Sortino Ratio
The fund's Sortino ratio (which excludes volatility in positive months) has ranged from a high of 1.01 for performance over the most recent 48 months to a low of -1.12 over the latest 12 months, and is 1.06 for performance since inception. By contrast, the All Countries World (AUD) Index's Sortino for performance since July 2007 is 0.71.
Drawdown
Over the past 12 months, the fund's largest drawdown was -12.08% vs the index's -9.7%, and since inception in July 2007 the fund's largest drawdown was -19.32% vs the index's maximum drawdown over the same period of -36.85%.
Sortino Ratio
Drawdown%
Quintile Ranking vs. Average Equity Long - Large Cap - Global as of July 2026
The performance of the Vinva Global Alpha Fund - Active ETF (ASX: V1AC) ranked it in the second quintile for Volatility, Downside Deviation and Largest Drawdown over 5 & 7 years. Over 3 years the fund ranked in the second quintile for Volatility, while it ranked in the first quintile for Volatility over 1 year.
Over the past 12 months, the fund has returned -4.51% compared with the peer group which has returned an average of +7.68%, for a difference of -12.19%.
The fund's returns over the past 12 months have been achieved with a volatility of 8.12% vs the peer group's average volatility of 12.46%. The annualised volatility of the fund's returns since inception in July 2007 is 11.32% vs the peer group's 13.92%. Over all other periods, the fund's returns have been consistently less volatile than the peer group.