New ETFs Listed on the ASX in 2026: Every Launch, Fee, and Verdict

The Australian ETF market is on a tear. 36 new ETFs have listed on the ASX and Cboe Australia in the first half of 2026 — spanning diversified portfolios, critical minerals, hedged global tech, AI thematics, space, humanoid robotics, fixed-term bonds, silver miners, active credit, options-overlay income, quant systematic equity, and sustainable investing.

This page tracks every single one. We update it as new funds list, so bookmark and check back. Below we cover what each ETF does, how its fees stack up against competitors, whether it fills a genuine gap or competes in a crowded space, and our verdict on whether it deserves a spot in your portfolio.

June was the biggest launch month with 9 new ETFs — 7 of them active — including major moves from Franklin Templeton (FEIF, FGSE), Magellan/Vinva (V1AC), Macquarie (MQXS), BlackRock (WYNC), Coolabah (GFXD), Lioncrest/Frazis (ROAR), and Betashares (COMP). March, April and June are tied at 9 launches each — but June is the moment active ETFs finally hit critical mass on the ASX.

2026 launches at a glance

36 launches across 21 issuers in 6.5 months — running well ahead of any prior year's pace.

The 2026 issuance story so far is dominated by six themes:

Active ETFs finally at critical mass — June alone brought 7 active ETFs, with Franklin Templeton (FGSE, FEIF), Macquarie (MQXS), Magellan/Vinva (V1AC), BlackRock (WYNC), Coolabah (GFXD) and Lioncrest (ROAR) all launching in a single month. Add earlier active launches (SPHX, ZILR, HGCQ, B1SM, PGI2, ASUS, FIRE, MONY) and 2026 has become the year active ETFs went mainstream on the ASX.
Diversified all-in-one portfolios — VanEck's three-strong Core+ range (VBAL, VGRO, VHGR) targets a market currently led by Vanguard's VDBA/VDGR/VDHG and Betashares' DHHF. See our breakdown of VDHG vs DHHF vs GHHF for context on the incumbents.
Critical minerals and resources — Three pure-play miner launches: VOLT (lithium), CPPR (copper) and SLVM (silver miners). 2026 is the year ASX investors finally got tight pure-play exposure to specific battery and electrification metals.
Vanguard's brand expansion — Five Vanguard launches: V500 and V5AH (S&P 500 unhedged + hedged), VTEK and VTKH (global tech unhedged + hedged), and VIHY (international high yield).
Hedged global equities and derivative income — Currency-hedged and options-overlay launches include V5AH, VTKH, GHRP, WYNC (BlackRock's futures-overlay covered call) and PGI2 (Plato's global income overlay). See the hedged vs unhedged ETFs guide.
New frontiers of thematic and sustainable investing — HMND (humanoid robotics), RCKT (space industry), MOON (broader space tech), and ASUS (Ausbil active sustainable equity) push thematic ETFs beyond the standard AI software trade.

Vanguard remains the single most active issuer with 5 ETFs in 6 months. Betashares, VanEck and Global X are tied at 4 launches each. Franklin Templeton and ETF Shares delivered 2 apiece. June 2026 brought first-time ETF issuance from Franklin Templeton, Macquarie, Vinva and Coolabah, and earlier in the year Ausbil, Plato and First Sentier also made their ETF debuts — a meaningful expansion of the ASX issuer base.

Fees: who's cheapest, who's not

The MER spread across 2026's launches is enormous — from Vanguard's V500 and Betashares' COMP at 0.07% at one end, to Bell Asset Management's B1SM at 1.34% at the other. That's nearly a 20× difference for a single year of launches.

The fee distribution tells you something about issuer strategy:

Sub-0.20% (6 ETFs): V500, COMP (0.07%), V5AH (0.09%), MONY (0.15%), FSCF (0.20%), 31BB (0.22%) — competing aggressively on cost. Betashares' COMP at 0.07% is the cheapest broad Australian bond ETF ever launched.
0.20% – 0.50% (16 ETFs): The bulk of the market — most passive and lighter-active ETFs land here, including new FGSE (0.40%), MQXS (0.45%), WYNC (0.39%) and MOON (0.50%).
0.50% – 1.0% (10 ETFs): Niche thematic and active strategies (RCKT, HMND, FEIF, SLVM, GFXD, PGI2, V1AC, FIRE, BDCI, ROAR).
Above 1.0% (4 ETFs): Active and complex ETFs charging premium fees (SPHX, HGCQ, ZILR, B1SM, plus performance fees on top for several including GFXD and V1AC).

If you want to understand how fees compound and whether expensive ETFs are actually worth it, read Is the Cheapest ETF Always the Best?.

Genuinely new vs me-too: the 2026 scorecard

Not every new ETF fills a gap. Some genuinely give Australian investors exposure they couldn't get before; others are simply a new wrapper for an idea already represented by 2-3 existing funds.

11 of 36 launches are genuinely new to the ASX:

RCKT — first ASX-listed space industry ETF
MOON — first ASX-listed space tech ETF (broader mandate than RCKT)
VOLT — first ASX-listed pure-play lithium miners ETF
SLVM — first ASX-listed dedicated silver miners ETF
HMND — first dedicated humanoid robotics ETF
VTKH — first all-world hedged technology ETF
31BB — first ASX-listed fixed-maturity bond ETF that targets a defined 2031 wind-up date
COMP — first Betashares broad-market bond ETF at 0.07% (equal-cheapest bond ETF on the ASX)
WYNC — first ASX-listed options-overlay global income ETF with a futures leg to soften the upside cap
MQXS — first systematic global small-caps active ETF on the ASX
ROAR — first quant-driven global growth active ETF with a rotation-heavy Frazis-style approach

The other 25 launches enter spaces where Australian investors already had decent options. That doesn't make them bad — VanEck's Core+ trio, Vanguard's V500, GHRP, CPPR, and Franklin Templeton's FGSE all bring genuine improvements (active overlay with real assets, lower fees, tighter mandates, brand convenience, 20-year track records). But the bar for "should I switch?" is higher when an incumbent already has the category locked up.

June 2026 — the biggest month

FGSE — Franklin Global Systematic Equity Fund (Active ETF)

Listed: 10 June 2026 | MER: 0.40% p.a.

Franklin Templeton listed its 20-year-old global systematic equity strategy as an ASX active ETF. FGSE is a quantitatively driven, benchmark-aware exposure to global developed equities, managed by the Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions (FTIS) team. It analyses thousands of companies daily across quality, valuation, sentiment and other factors, constructing a style-neutral, diversified portfolio targeting outperformance of the MSCI World ex Australia Index with a controlled tracking error of 2-3% p.a.

Track record (underlying managed fund):

Period	FGSE strategy	MSCI World ex Aus
1 year to April 2026	+15.16%	+15.06%
3 years (p.a.)	+19.00%	+16.52%

That's a genuine +2.5% p.a. after-fee outperformance over 3 years.

Competitors on the ASX:

ETF	Focus	MER	AUM
VGS	Passive MSCI World ex Aus	0.18%	$16.4B
BGBL	Passive MSCI World ex Aus	0.08%	$4.4B
QUAL	Global Quality factor	0.40%	$8.1B

Verdict: A genuinely credible active option in the crowded global equity space. Same fee as QUAL but with a 20-year track record backing the systematic approach and Lonsec + Zenith Recommended ratings. The question is whether ~+2.5% p.a. of after-fee outperformance persists — if it does, the 0.40% MER is a bargain vs BGBL at 0.08%. If it fades, passive wins. See Active vs Passive ETFs — the data that settles the debate.

FEIF — Western Asset Enhanced Income Fund (Active ETF)

Listed: 10 June 2026 | MER: TBC (approx. 0.55%)

Franklin Templeton listed the Western Asset Enhanced Income Fund as an active ETF on the ASX. FEIF targets 1.5-2% p.a. above the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index over rolling three-year periods, using a short-duration credit strategy managed by Western Asset's Anthony Kirkham. The underlying fund returned +6.12% 1Y and +7.54% p.a. 3Y to April 2026, versus the benchmark's +3.79% and +4.16%.

Verdict: Fills a specific gap between pure cash ETFs like AAA and duration-heavy bond funds like VAF — an actively managed short-duration credit strategy with a real track record. See Every bond & fixed income ETF on the ASX.

GFXD — Coolabah Active Global Bond Complex ETF

Listed: 12 June 2026 | MER: 0.69% + 20.5% performance fee

Coolabah Capital's global corporate credit ETF, targeting the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Corporate Bond Index + 1-2% p.a. after fees. Genuinely institutional-grade active credit: 40-50 proprietary quant valuation models, AI-assisted mispricing signals, trading 50-100 times per day at $250-500M average daily volume across the underlying fund. Can go long and short credit (unusual for a retail bond ETF) — matches interest rate duration to the benchmark to isolate credit alpha.

Verdict: A genuinely institutional bond strategy packaged as an ETF, but with a performance fee structure that gets expensive in good years. For investors who want actively managed global credit as a satellite fixed income holding, GFXD is genuinely differentiated. For pure cheap Aussie bond beta, VAF at 0.10% remains the default. See the Cash ETFs guide for how it compares to short-duration options.

MQXS — Macquarie Global Small Companies Active ETF

Listed: 1 June 2026 | MER: 0.45% p.a.

Macquarie's systematic global small-cap ETF — a segment of the market most Australian investors barely touch. Aims to outperform the MSCI World ex Australia Small Cap Index using a quant approach that analyses prices, volumes, earnings, expenses, trends, valuations, ratios, carbon footprints, and even the "tone" of company announcements to identify small-caps most likely to outperform. Portfolio is style-neutral, sector-neutral, and country-neutral.

Verdict: Genuinely underserved category. VISM is the passive alternative at 0.33% — MQXS is 12bp more expensive but adds a quant selection layer that may justify the difference over time. See Every international shares ETF on the ASX.

V1AC — Vinva Global Alpha Fund (Active ETF) — formerly MGOC

Rebranded: 5 June 2026 | MER: 0.89% p.a.

Not a new launch — a manager transition. On 5 June 2026, the $4.72B Magellan Global Fund (formerly ASX: MGOC) transitioned to Vinva Investment Management, replacing Magellan's traditional fundamental stock-picking with Vinva's systematic quantitative approach. Same ticker family, same fund shell, completely different investment approach.

Verdict: Existing MGOC holders should understand their fund is now fundamentally different. New investors should ask why they'd pay 0.89% MER for Vinva's quant approach when BGBL tracks the same broad global universe at 0.08% — a 10x fee gap that requires meaningful outperformance to overcome. Give the new strategy 2-3 years of live data before drawing conclusions.

WYNC — iShares World Equity High Income Complex ETF

Listed: 18 June 2026 | MER: 0.39% p.a.

BlackRock's answer to the covered-call ETF critique. WYNC holds a diversified portfolio of global developed-market equities, sells call options on major indices to collect premiums, and simultaneously buys index futures to offset some of the upside cap that traditional covered calls create. Targets a beta of ~0.9 to the MSCI World — participating in most of the market's upside while delivering substantially more current income.

Verdict: Different from other covered-call ETFs on the ASX — the futures leg is the key innovation. Traditional covered calls consistently lag the underlying index over long periods (see the covered call NAV-erosion evidence). WYNC's futures overlay is designed to buy back some of that lost upside. Give it 12-24 months to prove the futures leg is doing what BlackRock says.

ROAR — Lion Active ETF

Listed: 1 June 2026 | MER: ~0.99% p.a.

Michael Frazis's quant-driven momentum-growth approach, packaged as an ASX active ETF. ROAR targets global mid- and large-cap growth stocks (market cap over $1 billion) using the same systematic rotation approach as the wholesale Frazis Fund — buying sectors as they show momentum, exiting when trends break.

Verdict: Different from the wholesale Frazis Fund (separate governance, different team, different risk/return target) — a more diversified expression of the same quant approach. Caveats: brand new, small AUM, thin daily volume. For pure passive growth exposure, NDQ or FANG remain cheaper and more liquid.

COMP — Betashares Bloomberg AusBond Composite ETF

Listed: 5 June 2026 | MER: 0.07% p.a.

Betashares' cheapest broad Australian bond ETF ever launched. COMP tracks the Bloomberg AusBond Composite Index — the same benchmark as VAF (0.10%), IAF (0.15%) and AGBD. At 0.07% it undercuts them all, capitalising on the strongest local bond yields in roughly 15 years.

Verdict: A direct pricing challenge to Vanguard's VAF and iShares' IAF in the broad Australian bond category. If you're building a passive Australian bond allocation, COMP is now the cheapest option on the ASX. See Every bond & fixed income ETF on the ASX.

MOON — Global X Space Tech ETF

Listed: 9 June 2026 | MER: 0.50% p.a.

Global X's answer to Betashares' RCKT. MOON provides broader exposure to the global space economy — satellite operators, launch services, aerospace primes, and the broader supply chain enabling everything from Starlink and Kuiper to defence and deep-space missions. Slightly cheaper than RCKT (0.50% vs 0.57%).

Verdict: The second ASX-listed space ETF in three weeks. Investors now have two options for space exposure. RCKT and MOON track similar but not identical indices — the choice comes down to methodology preference. See our broader thematic ETF guide for how these fit alongside AI, robotics and defence plays.

May 2026

PGI2 — Plato Global Shares Income Fund (Active ETF)

Listed: 19 May 2026 | MER: 0.85% p.a.

Plato Investment Management's dividend-focused global equity fund, packaged as an active ETF. PGI2 targets global developed-market companies with sustainable dividend policies, applying a proprietary yield-plus-tax-efficiency screen. The unlisted fund has been running for years with a strong income track record.

Verdict: Plato is a well-regarded income specialist in the Australian market (PL8 is their popular listed investment company). PGI2 brings that expertise to the global equity space. Competes with VIHY (0.30%), WDIV (0.35%) and INCM (0.45%) — considerably more expensive than the passive alternatives, but with active management. Assess after 2-3 years of live returns.

RCKT — Betashares Space Industry ETF

Listed: 12 May 2026 | MER: 0.57% p.a.

Betashares' space industry ETF — targets the global space economy including satellite manufacturers, launch services and aerospace primes. First-of-its-kind on the ASX when it listed (later joined by MOON in June).

Verdict: First-mover advantage on the ASX. In line with other Betashares thematics (HACK, RBTZ). Conviction satellite holding, never core.

GHRP — Global X S&P World ex Australia GARP (Hedged) ETF

Listed: 8 May 2026 | MER: 0.33% p.a.

GARP stands for "Growth At a Reasonable Price" — a factor strategy that screens for companies with both strong growth metrics and attractive valuation multiples. GHRP applies this screen across developed-world ex-Australia and hedges the resulting basket back to AUD.

Verdict: The first dedicated hedged GARP factor ETF on the ASX. At 0.33%, credible addition for factor diversification.

FSCF — First Sentier Active Cash Fund (Active ETF)

Listed: 5 May 2026 | MER: 0.20% p.a.

First Sentier's active cash management fund, packaged as an ETF. FSCF invests in AUD cash and short-duration money market securities, aiming to outperform the RBA cash rate with active management. Similar mandate to VanEck's MONY (0.15%) and Betashares' AAA (0.18%).

Verdict: Slightly more expensive than MONY and AAA. First Sentier is a highly-regarded institutional manager, but at 0.20% it needs to consistently outperform cheaper alternatives. See best cash ETFs.

ASUS — Ausbil Active Sustainable Equity Fund (Active ETF)

Listed: 4 May 2026 | MER: 0.59% p.a.

Ausbil's ESG-integrated Australian equity strategy, packaged as an active ETF. ASUS invests in Australian companies screened for sustainability and ESG factors, using Ausbil's fundamental research approach. Competes with FAIR (Betashares Sustainability Leaders, 0.49%), ETHI (BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders — but that's global) and RARI (Russell Australian Responsible, 0.45%).

Verdict: Active ESG in Australian equities is a growing category, but FAIR at 0.49% is the incumbent with strong AUM. ASUS needs to demonstrate active alpha meaningfully offsets the 10bp fee gap.

April 2026

31BB — Betashares 2031 Fixed Term Corporate Bond Active ETF

Listed: 30 April 2026 | MER: 0.22% p.a.

The first fixed-maturity ASX bond ETF that genuinely behaves like an individual bond. 31BB holds a diversified portfolio of Australian investment-grade corporate bonds all maturing around 2031, and the fund itself winds up in 2031.

Verdict: Genuinely useful for investors building a bond ladder or matching a specific future liability. First-of-its-kind on the ASX.

VBAL / VGRO / VHGR — VanEck Core+ Diversified Trio

Listed: 28 April 2026 | MER: 0.39% p.a. each

VanEck's three-strong Core+ range — balanced 60/40 (VBAL), growth 80/20 (VGRO), high growth 100/0 (VHGR). Actively managed fund-of-VanEck-ETFs, with growth sleeves that include gold and listed global real assets — well beyond the equity/bond binary that dominates most diversified ETFs on the ASX.

Verdict: Genuinely differentiated at the 80/20 growth split (VGRO — no other ASX ETF sits there). VHGR faces brutal competition from DHHF at 0.19%. Read VDHG vs DHHF vs GHHF.

VOLT — ETFS Global Lithium Miners ETF

Listed: 27 April 2026 | MER: 0.49% p.a.

First ASX-listed pure-play lithium miners ETF. Tracks the Nasdaq Sprott Lithium Miners Index.

Verdict: Genuinely new on the ASX. Cheaper than every direct peer while offering a tighter, purer focus on lithium miners specifically.

CPPR — ETFS Global Pure Play Copper Miners ETF

Listed: 27 April 2026 | MER: 0.39% p.a.

The second copper miners ETF on the ASX, joining WIRE ($657M AUM). CPPR's pitch is being meaningfully cheaper (0.39% vs WIRE's 0.65%) with a tighter "pure-play" mandate.

Verdict: Not first-of-its-kind, but competitive on price and methodology. WIRE has the AUM head start.

SPHX — Spheria Australian Smaller Companies Active ETF

Listed: 15 April 2026 | MER: 1.10% p.a. + 20% performance fee

Spheria's existing unlisted small-cap fund as an active ETF. Expensive at 1.10% + performance fee.

AVSV — Avantis Global Small Cap Value UCITS ETF

Listed: 1 April 2026 | MER: 0.49% p.a.

Dimensional's offshoot brings systematic small-cap value factor exposure to the ASX.

BDCI — Muzinich BDC Income Fund

Listed: 1 April 2026 | MER: 0.95% p.a.

US Business Development Companies exposure. Yield-heavy but credit-risky.

March 2026

B1SM — Bell Global Emerging Companies Active ETF

Listed: 30 March 2026 | MER: 1.34% p.a.

Bell's first ETF — actively managed global small/mid-cap fund.

HMND — Global X Humanoid Robotics ETF

Listed: 30 March 2026 | MER: 0.57% p.a.

First dedicated humanoid robotics ETF. Tracks the Solactive Global Humanoid Robotics Index.

VTEK / VTKH — Vanguard Global Technology Index (Unhedged & Hedged)

Listed: 25 March 2026 | MER: 0.23% / 0.26% p.a.

Vanguard's first sector-specific ETFs in Australia. VTKH is the first all-world hedged tech ETF on the ASX (HNDQ is US-only). See Best Tech ETFs Australia.

VIHY — Vanguard International Shares High Yield ETF

Listed: 25 March 2026 | MER: 0.30% p.a.

Global companion to Vanguard's popular Australian dividend ETF VHY.

FIRE — Firetrail Alpha Plus Fund Complex ETF

Listed: 4 March 2026 | MER: 0.90% p.a. + 20% performance fee

Firetrail's 150/50 long/short Australian equity strategy. Complex ETF classification.

V500 / V5AH — Vanguard S&P 500 (Unhedged & Hedged)

Listed: 3 March 2026 | MER: 0.07% / 0.09% p.a.

Vanguard finally released locally-domiciled S&P 500 ETFs — but IVV at 0.04% remains cheaper.

HGCQ — GCQ Global Equities Hedged Complex ETF

Listed: 2 March 2026 | MER: 1.25% p.a. + 15% performance fee

Hedged version of GCQF. Very expensive.

February 2026

ZILR — Ziller Global Fund Active ETF

Listed: 23 February 2026 | MER: 1.33% p.a.

Concentrated 15-25 holding global growth. High beta (1.6).

MONY — VanEck Cash Plus Active ETF

Listed: 4 February 2026 | MER: 0.15% p.a.

Active cash management competing with AAA ($5B) and BILL ($1.2B). See best cash ETFs.

January 2026

GTUM — Betashares Global Momentum ETF

Listed: 30 January 2026 | MER: 0.35% p.a.

Global momentum factor ETF. Competes with IMTM (0.25%).

SLVM — Global X Silver Miners ETF

Listed: 29 January 2026 | MER: 0.65% p.a.

First dedicated silver miners ETF on the ASX. ~39 companies primarily involved in silver mining and exploration.

What's still to come in 2026?

Based on July 2026 industry trends and issuer activity:

Active ETFs will continue to accelerate — June 2026's 7-active-ETF month was the tipping point. Expect more institutional-grade active funds packaged as ETFs through H2 2026.
Systematic and quant approaches are dominating active-ETF launches — FGSE, MQXS, V1AC, ROAR, PGI2 all use variants of the same quant playbook.
Fixed income and cash ETFs remain in demand — expect more fixed-maturity ladders following 31BB, more active credit funds following FEIF and GFXD, and more cheap-beta products following COMP at 0.07%.
Options-overlay income products — WYNC opens the door for a wave of futures-adjusted covered call ETFs designed to solve the traditional NAV-erosion problem.
India and emerging markets — increasingly likely as EM narratives strengthen.
AI infrastructure and nuclear/uranium — after strong 2025-26 returns from existing exposures. VanEck has already announced pipeline products in AI (GOAT rebrand), Global Semiconductors, Rare Earth ex-China, and Quantum Computing.

We'll update this page as new ETFs are announced and listed throughout the year.

Bottom line

2026 is the most aggressive ETF launch year on record. 36 launches in just 6.5 months — running well ahead of any prior year's pace, with June (9 launches, 7 active) the moment active ETFs finally hit critical mass. The ASX has now added 72 new ETFs in the fiscal year ending June 2026 — the biggest calendar-year gain in Australian ETF history.

The market is moving in four clear directions:

Cheaper vanilla beta (Vanguard's V500/V5AH at 0.07-0.09%; Betashares' COMP at 0.07% for broad Australian bonds; 31BB at 0.22% for fixed-maturity)
Differentiated factor and thematic exposure (RCKT + MOON space, GHRP GARP, VOLT lithium, CPPR copper, HMND robotics, SLVM silver, WYNC options-overlay income, ASUS active sustainable)
Diversified one-ticket portfolios with real-asset tilts (VanEck Core+ VBAL/VGRO/VHGR)
Institutional-grade active ETFs (June 2026 wave: FGSE, FEIF, GFXD, MQXS, V1AC, ROAR, plus earlier PGI2, ASUS, FSCF) — this is the year active ETFs finally hit critical mass on the ASX

The middle ground — me-too active products at 1%+ with no track record — is going to face a brutal next 24 months proving it deserves shelf space.

For Australian investors, the real winners are the genuinely-new launches that fill long-standing gaps (space, pure-play copper miners, hedged global tech, silver miners, fixed-maturity bonds, options-overlay income, quant systematic small caps, active global credit, cheap broad bond beta) and the cheap vanilla launches that put pricing pressure on incumbents.

For more on building a portfolio with these new and existing options, read How to build your core portfolio with ETFs and How to build your satellite portfolio with ETFs.