Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF
VNQI
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- Financial Services
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- Asset Management
- Address
- 100 Vanguard Boulevard Malvern PA United States of America 19355
- IPO Date
- Nov 1, 2010
- CIK
- 0000857489
- Website
- investor.vanguard.com
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- Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (VNQI) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the performance of the S&P Global ex-U.S. Property Index, a free-float-adjusted, market-capitalization-weighted benchmark measuring the equity market performance of international real estate stocks in both developed and emerging markets outside the United States. The fund provides exposure to publicly traded equity real estate investment trusts (REITs) and real estate operating companies (REOCs) that derive more than 60% of their revenue from real estate-related activities; it holds approximately 722 securities across roughly 35 countries, with top allocations to Japan (22.79%), developed Asia (14.26%), emerging Asia (11.96%), Australasia (11.59%), and the Eurozone (10.86%), including leading holdings such as Goodman Group (4.07%), Mitsui Fudosan Co Ltd (2.80%), Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (2.66%), Vonovia SE (2.42%), and Emaar Properties PJSC (2.03%). Launched on November 1, 2010, and domiciled in the United States, the ETF is managed by Vanguard Group with a low expense ratio of 0.12%, total net assets of approximately $3.64 billion to $3.87 billion, and an annual dividend schedule featuring a trailing twelve-month yield around 4.23%. In recent developments, the fund's management team expanded with John Kraynak joining as co-manager effective February 18, 2025, alongside Michael Perre (since August 31, 2015) and Scott Geiger (since July 1, 2022); additionally, VNQI declared a significant dividend of $2.0404 per share on December 20, 2024 (ex-dividend date), payable December 24, 2024, reflecting a 28.21% increase from the prior year's distribution and contributing to robust income generation amid outperformance versus U.S.-focused REIT peers like VNQ in 2025. The ETF continues to emphasize broad geographic diversification and low-cost indexing, with no reported acquisitions, partnerships, or structural reorganizations in the last 1-2 years, though it has benefited from favorable international real estate valuations and a weaker U.S. dollar. Vanguard, headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, issues VNQI as part of its suite of low-expense index funds targeting institutional and retail investors seeking global real estate exposure for diversification, income, and inflation hedging.