- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 100 Vanguard Blvd Malvern PA United States of America 19355
- IPO Date
- Apr 16, 2026
- Business
- Vanguard Developed Markets ex-US Growth Index ETF is an exchange-traded fund launched in 2026 that seeks to track the performance of the S&P Developed Ex-U.S. LargeMidCap Growth Index. The fund provides investors with diversified exposure to large- and mid-cap growth-oriented equity securities issued by companies in developed markets outside the United States. Its portfolio includes holdings across technology, financial services, industrials, consumer discretionary, health care, telecommunications, materials, utilities, consumer staples, energy and real estate sectors; principal underlying holdings include SK hynix Inc., ASML Holding NV, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Royal Bank of Canada, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Tokyo Electron Ltd., The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Schneider Electric SE and AstraZeneca PLC. The fund invests primarily in developed markets across Europe, the Pacific region, Canada and the Middle East, with material country exposures including Japan, South Korea, Canada, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Australia. It offers ETF shares traded on the Cboe BZX U.S. Equities Exchange under the ticker VDG; quarterly income distributions; and an expense ratio of 0.08%. Vanguard Developed Markets ex-US Growth Index ETF commenced operations on April 14, 2026, and is advised by Global Equity Index Management, a unit of Vanguard Capital Management. Portfolio management is conducted by Jeffrey D. Miller, Christine D. Franquin and Nicole Brubaker. The fund is part of The Vanguard Group Inc., an investor-owned investment management organization founded in 1975 and headquartered in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Vanguard’s principal recent strategic development for the fund was its April 2026 launch alongside the Vanguard Developed Markets ex-US Value Index ETF, enabling investors to apply growth or value style allocations to developed international equity exposures, to complement broad developed-market products or to combine with emerging-markets funds for broader international-equity allocations.