About this fund

Fund objectives

Vanguard Global Balanced Fund seeks to provide long-term capital growth together with some current income by investing primarily in a combination of equity and fixed income securities of issuers located anywhere in the world.

Investment strategy

The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in a combination of equity securities of companies (approximately two-thirds of the portfolio) and fixed income securities (approximately one-third of the portfolio). The fund’s holdings may be selected from all economic sectors and industry groups, and located anywhere in the world, providing exposure to a broad range of developed and emerging markets. The fund employs an active management strategy. Its independent sub-advisor follows a distinct approach in managing the fund’s assets to maintain a balance between its equity and fixed income components.

Fund facts

Inception date
Jun 20 2018
Total assets
Asset class
Multi-Asset
Sub Advisors
Wellington Management Company LLP
Distribution Per Unit
$0.11
Distribution frequency
Quarterly
Benchmark
Global Balanced Composite Index CAD
Minimum initial investment
$500.00
Minimum additional investment
$100.00
Minimum monthly PAC
$25.00

Performance

Risk and Volatility

As at Dec 31 2025

Beta
Alpha
Standard Deviation
Sharpe Ratio

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Portfolio data

Asset allocation

As at Dec 31 2025

Percentage
Bond 31.29%
Short-term reserves 2.46%
Stock 66.25%
Characteristics
StocksFundAs at
Number of stocks 83 Dec 31 2025
Median market capital 125.0 B Dec 31 2025
Price earning / ratio (P/E) 18.1 x Dec 31 2025
Price / book ratio (P/B) 2.3 x Dec 31 2025
Return on equity (ROE) 15.2% Dec 31 2025
Earnings growth rate 9.7% Dec 31 2025
BondsFundAs at
Number of bonds 502 Dec 31 2025
YTM (Yield to Maturity) effective 4.8% Dec 31 2025
Average Duration 5.9 Years Dec 31 2025
Average maturity 8.3 Years Dec 31 2025
Average coupon 4.1% Dec 31 2025
Cash Investment 2.8% Dec 31 2025
Market allocation

As at Dec 31 2025

CountryRegionFundBenchmarkVariance +/-
United States of AmericaNorth America 55.65% 69.31% -13.66%
JapanPacific 12.55% 6.31% 6.24%
United KingdomEurope 9.16% 3.74% 5.42%
FranceEurope 7.34% 2.55% 4.79%
TaiwanEmerging Markets 3.13%
SwitzerlandEurope 2.97% 2.39% 0.58%
Republic Of KoreaPacific 2.50% 1.67% 0.83%
AustriaEurope 1.96% 0.08% 1.88%
Hong KongPacific 1.51% 0.55% 0.96%
FinlandEurope 1.30% 0.28% 1.02%
GermanyEurope 0.99% 2.32% -1.33%
ChinaEmerging Markets 0.83%
NetherlandsEurope 0.10% 1.15% -1.05%
SingaporePacific 0.00% 0.38% -0.38%
SwedenEurope 0.00% 0.84% -0.84%
Distribution by credit quality (% of funds)

As at Dec 31 2025

Distribution by credit issuer (% of funds)

As at Dec 31 2025

Distribution by credit maturity (% of funds)

As at Dec 31 2025

Top 10 Holdings

As at Sep 30 2025

Holding name% of market valueSectorRegionMarket valueShares
Alphabet Inc 1.82083% Technology US $6,059,351.86 17,910
Microsoft Corp 1.69150% Technology US $5,628,969.40 7,809
Johnson & Johnson 1.68595% Health Care US $5,610,501.66 21,742
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.60607% Technology TW $5,344,659.27 88,411
Bank of America Corp 1.54377% Financials US $5,137,348.20 71,553
Merck & Co Inc 1.51663% Health Care US $5,047,043.71 43,209
Erste Group Bank AG 1.36796% Financials AT $4,552,274.53 33,275
AstraZeneca PLC 1.36212% Health Care US $4,532,865.54 42,454
Unilever PLC 1.32702% Consumer Staples GB $4,416,044.40 53,683
Northrop Grumman Corp 1.32328% Industrials US $4,403,615.41 5,193

Prices and distribution

Prices

Nav Price (CAD)
$15.69
Change
-$0.04-0.28%
As at Jan 23 2026
NAV 52-week high
$15.79
As at Jan 24 2026
NAV 52-week low
$13.26
As at Jan 24 2026
NAV 52-week difference
$2.53
Change
+16.02%
As at Jan 24 2026
Historical Prices

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Inception date

Jun 20 2018

Date NAV (CAD)
Jan 23 2026 $15.6854
Jan 22 2026 $15.7301
Jan 21 2026 $15.7130
Jan 20 2026 $15.5658
Jan 19 2026 $15.6971
Jan 16 2026 $15.7891
Jan 15 2026 $15.7849
Jan 14 2026 $15.7483
Jan 13 2026 $15.6717
Jan 12 2026 $15.6768
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Distribution history

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

12 month trailing yield

3.02%

(Dec 31 2025)

Distribution yield

3.50%

(Dec 31 2025)

TypeEx-dividend dateRecord datePayment dateCash distribution per unitReinvestment distribution per unitTotal distribution per unit
Income Dec 30 2025 Dec 29 2025 Dec 31 2025 $0.11213 $0.11213
CGCH Dec 30 2025 Dec 29 2025 Dec 31 2025 $0.08248 $0.08248
Income Oct 01 2025 Sep 30 2025 Oct 02 2025 $0.07727 $0.07727
Income Jul 02 2025 Jun 30 2025 Jul 03 2025 $0.11810 $0.11810
Income Apr 01 2025 Mar 31 2025 Apr 02 2025 $0.06788 $0.06788
Income Dec 27 2024 Dec 24 2024 Dec 30 2024 $0.09481 $0.09481
Income Sep 27 2024 Sep 26 2024 Oct 01 2024 $0.06957 $0.06957
Income Jun 28 2024 Jun 27 2024 Jul 02 2024 $0.11451 $0.11451
Income Mar 22 2024 Mar 21 2024 Mar 25 2024 $0.06150 $0.06150
Income Dec 22 2023 Dec 21 2023 Dec 27 2023 $0.07959 $0.07959
Annual distributions

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YearEligible dividendsNon eligible dividendsOther incomeCapital gainsReturn of capitalForeign incomeForeign tax paidTotal distribution per unit
2019 $0.00852 $0.00000 $0.00063 $0.04017 $0.00000 $0.22502 $0.02098 $0.25336
2020 $0.00439 $0.00000 $0.00047 $0.00000 $0.00000 $0.19199 $0.02207 $0.17478
2021 $0.00130 $0.00000 $0.00059 $0.00000 $0.00000 $0.23238 $0.02688 $0.20739
2022 $0.00013 $0.00000 $0.00083 $0.00000 $0.00000 $0.31986 $0.02844 $0.29238
2023 $0.00000 $0.00000 $0.00086 $0.00000 $0.00000 $0.33829 $0.02941 $0.30975
2024 $0.00000 $0.00000 $0.00103 $0.00000 $0.00000 $0.36992 $0.03056 $0.34039

Purchase information

Currency

Base currency: CAD

Fund codes

  • CUSIP: 92211N101
  • ISIN: CA92211N1015
  • SEDOL: BZ57K99

The management expense ratio (MER) is the audited MER, including waivers and absorptions, and is expressed as an annualized percentage of the daily average net asset value. For the index ETFs, MERs are as of December 31, 2024, and for the factor ETFs, asset allocation ETFs and mutual funds MERs are as of March 31, 2025. Based on MERs without any waivers or absorptions, the MER would have been 0.06% for VCE, 0.05% for VCN, 0.22% for VDY, 0.39% for VRE, 0.17% for VUN, 0.16% for VUS, 0.09% for VFV, 0.09% for VSP, 0.30% for VGG, 0.31% for VGH, 0.23% for VIU, 0.22% for VI, 0.22% for VDU, 0.22% for VEF, 0.32% for VIDY, 0.23% for VE, 0.23% for VA, 0.25% for VEE, 0.22% for VXC, 0.09% for VAB, 0.17% for VGV, 0.17% for VCB, 0.11% for VSB, 0.11% for VSC, 0.17% for VLB, 0.23% for VBU, 0.39% for VBG, 0.33% for VGAB, 0.25% for VCNS, 0.24% for VBAL, 0.24% for VGRO, 0.25% for VCIP, 0.24% for VEQT, 0.32% for VRIF, 0.40% for VVO, 0.38% for VVL, and 0.38% for VMO. For mutual funds, the MER before waivers would have been 0.78% for VIC300, 0.74% for VIC400, 0.71% for VIC200, 0.71% for VIC100, 0.99% for VIC500, and 1.29% for VIC600. Vanguard Investments Canada Inc. expects to continue absorbing or waiving certain fees indefinitely but may, in its discretion, discontinue this practice at any time. For recently launched funds, MER information is not yet available.