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Vanguard EUR Eurozone Government 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF (EUR) DistributingIndex, costs, backtest, listings and taxation

ISIN: IE000HARFTG3Ticker: VSGE (Borsa Italiana) · VEGE (Xetra) · VSGE (Euronext AMS)Issuer: Vanguard
Issuer-declared data
TER
0.07%
Transaction costs
0.03% (issuer estimate, from the KID)
Management
Passive (index-tracking) (from the KID)
Income policy
SFDR
Article 6 — does not promote specific ESG characteristics — inferred (issuer documents do not declare art. 8/9) what does it mean?
Fund assets
162.6 mln EUR
Domicile
Ireland
Inception date
11 March 2025
Data as declared by Vanguard in the issuer’s official files and endpoints · collected on 2 September 2026 (monthly refresh). Facts only, no recommendation.
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Description

Vanguard EUR Eurozone Government 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF (EUR) Distributing tracks the issuer-declared index: Bloomberg Euro-Aggregate Treasury 1-3 Year Index. The declared annual cost (TER) is 0.07%, plus 0.03% in transaction costs estimated by the issuer in the KID. Replication is sampled physical replication (the KID declares buying a representative sample of constituents); income is distributed to investors. The fund has assets of about 163 million euro, was launched on 11 March 2025 and is domiciled in Ireland.

The fund’s objective — in the issuer’s words

The Fund employs a passive management – or indexing – investment approach, through physical acquisition of securities, and seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg Euro-Aggregate: Treasury - 1-3 Year Index (the “Index"). The Fund invests in a representative sample of bonds included in the Index in order to closely match the Index's capital and income return. The Index measures the performance of fixed-rate Euro-denominated sovereign bonds issued by the governments of European Union member states participating in the European Monetary Union which have a par amount outstanding greater than or equal to €300 million. Bonds in the Index have maturities of one and three years and are generally rated investment grade. To a lesser extent the Fund may invest in similar types of bonds outside the Index, but whose risk and return characteristics closely resemble the risk and return characteristics of constituents of the Index or of the Index as a whole. The Fund attempts to remain fully invested except in extraordinary market, political or similar conditions where the Fund may temporarily depart from this investment policy to avoid losses. While the Fund is expected to track the Index as closely as possible, it typically will not match the performance of the targeted Index exactly, due to various factors such as expenses to be paid by the Fund and regulatory constraints. Details of these factors and the anticipated tracking error of the Fund are set out in the Prospectus. Information on the Fund's portfolio can be found at https://www.ie.vanguard/ products. The Indicative Net Asset Value for the Fund is calculated throughout the trading day and is published on Bloomberg or Reuters. The Fund may use derivatives in order to reduce risk or cost and/or generate extra income or growth. A derivative is a financial contract whose value is based on the value of a financial asset (such as a share, bond, or currency) or a market index. ETF Shares in the Fund can be bought or sold on a daily basis (save on certain bank holidays or public holidays and subject to certain restrictions described in the Prospectus). ETF Shares are listed on one or more stock exchange(s). Subject to certain exceptions set out in the Prospectus, investors who are not Authorised Participants may only buy or sell ETF Shares through a company that is a member of a relevant stock exchange at any time when that stock exchange is open for business. A list of the days on which shares in the Fund cannot be bought or sold is available on: https://fund-docs.vanguard.com/holiday-calendar-vanguard-funds-plcETFs.pdf Income from the ETF Shares will be paid out. VF is an umbrella Fund with segregated liability between sub-funds. This means that the holdings of the Fund are maintained separately under Irish law from holdings of other sub-funds of VF and your investment in the Fund will not be affected by any claims against any other sub-fund of VF.

Keep reading the KID section ▾

Intended retail investor:The Fund is available to a wide range of investors seeking access to a portfolio managed in accordance with a specific investment objective and policy. The VF depositary is Brown Brothers Harriman Trustee Services (Ireland) Limited. You can obtain copies of the Prospectus and the latest annual and semiannual report and accounts for Vanguard Funds plc (“VF”) along with the latest published prices of shares and other practical information, from VF c/o Brown Brothers Harriman Fund Administration Services (Ireland) Limited, 30 Herbert Street, Dublin 2, D02 W329, Ireland or from our website at https://global.vanguard.com. Information on the Fund's portfolio disclosure policy and publication of the iNAV can be obtained at https://global.vanguard.com/portal/site/portal/ucits-documentation. The documents are available in English and are free of charge.

From the KID’s “Objectives” section · 4 August 2026 · original document ↓
Text generated from the data the issuer declares in official product lists. No recommendation.

Quick reads

  • TER 0.07%: below the median of bond ETFs we track (0.15%).
Comparisons computed by Rebalix on the declared data in our census; they describe the past and are not indicative of future results.

Official documents

Key Information Document (KID)PDF in English, from the issuer’s site — always the latest filed versionProspectusPDF in English, from the issuer’s site — the fund’s full legal documentFactsheetPDF in English, from the issuer’s site — the fund’s monthly snapshot
The KID is the document the law requires you to read before investing: 3 pages covering risks, costs and scenarios. The link opens the issuer’s published PDF.

Fund performance

issuer-declared net asset value (NAV) · EUR · from Apr 2025 to Jul 2026
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Return
+1.0%
Annualised
+0.8%
Volatility (ann.)
1.2%
Max drawdown
-1.04%
-3%-1%+1%+3%+4%Apr 2025Aug 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jul 2026The break-even line: the value at the start of the period. Above it you are in gain, below in loss.break-even (0%)+1%
Tip: drag across the chart to zoom into a period.

Drawdown — distance from previous peak

This isn’t the return: it shows how far the fund is below its previous peak. 0% = you’re at the peak; below zero = how much you’re down and haven’t recovered yet.
0%-1%-2%-3%-4%20252026−1.04% · 31 Mar 2026
Max drawdown
-1.04%
peak → trough
Trough
31 Mar 2026
from the 28 Feb 2026 peak
Recovery time
not yet
recovery only: trough to break-even
Underwater
153 days
decline + recovery: peak to break-even · ≈ 5 months · (ongoing)

Calendar-year returns

2025
0.8%
2026
0.2%

Month-by-month returns

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSeptOctNovDecYear
20260.30.3-1.00.30.50.2-0.30.2
20250.10.10.00.20.10.30.10.00.8
From month-end NAVs, over the fund’s full history, on the series shown in the chart (dividends reinvested where declared). Deeper colour = larger move.
Issuer-declared series with dividends reinvested: the total performance, comparable with accumulating funds. Switch it off to see the price (NAV) alone, which drops at every dividend payment.
Source: Vanguard. Issuer-declared historical series; inflation: Eurostat and national statistical institutes, latest available July 2026 — for later days the index stays at the last published value (institutes publish with a few weeks’ lag). The «adjusted for inflation» view expresses value in today’s purchasing power for the selected country; volatility always stays nominal, as elsewhere on the site (deflating it would add artificial swings caused by the monthly cadence of the price index). Past performance is not indicative of future results: these are facts, not a recommendation.

Risk indicators· EUR

Last yearFull history
Volatility (ann.)1.42%1.33%
Max drawdown-1.74%-1.95%
Sharpe-2.54-2.11
Sortino-3.13-2.60
Windows longer than the available price history cannot be computed and are not shown: they will appear on their own as time passes. Computed from the daily NAV series, always in nominal terms. Sharpe and Sortino use the ECB main refinancing rate averaged over the period (last year: 2.20%), weighted by days in force, as the risk-free rate. Same formulas as our public methodology: sample standard deviation annualised over 252 days; Sortino with downside deviation. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Figures in EUR, the fund's currency; the table follows the currency selected in the chart.

Duration and maturities

Duration · average duration
1.90years

Price sensitivity to rates: the longer, the more the fund moves. What is duration →

Maturity breakdown (% of fund)
< 1 year
0.30%
1–2 years
52.60%
2–3 years
47.10%

Source: factsheet Vanguard, data as of 31 July 2026. Values as declared by the issuer, not computed by us; updated with the monthly document.

Credit rating

How the portfolio is spread by credit quality: from AAA (strongest) downwards. More weight in the top buckets = lower risk that an issuer fails to pay, usually with lower yields.

Rating breakdown (% of fund)
AAA
24.80%
AA
5.10%
A
47.30%
BBB
22.50%
Not rated
0.30%

Source: factsheet Vanguard, data as of 31 July 2026. Values as declared by the issuer, not computed by us; updated with the monthly document.

Ratings are those the issuer assigns to portfolio holdings under its own methodology (usually the median of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch); scale and buckets are those of the original document.

Portfolio holdings

Securities in portfolio
90
Top-10 weight
30.6%

Top 10 holdings

French Republic Government Bond OAT · FRTR
4.09%
French Republic Government Bond OAT · FRTR
3.87%
French Republic Government Bond OAT · FRTR
3.72%
French Republic Government Bond OAT · FRTR
3.43%
French Republic Government Bond OAT · FRTR
3.38%
French Republic Government Bond OAT · FRTR
2.77%
Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe · DBR
2.55%
French Republic Government Bond OAT · FRTR
2.46%
Bundesobligation · OBL
2.30%
Spain Government Bond · SPGB
2.03%

Countries

AfghanistanAngolaAlbaniaUnited Arab EmiratesArgentinaArmeniaFrench Southern and Antarctic LandsAustraliaAustria: 2.7%AzerbaijanBurundiBelgium: 3.7%BeninBurkina FasoBangladeshBulgariaThe BahamasBosnia and HerzegovinaBelarusBelizeBoliviaBrazilBruneiBhutanBotswanaCentral African RepublicCanadaSwitzerlandChileChinaIvory CoastCameroonDemocratic Republic of the CongoRepublic of the CongoColombiaCosta RicaCubaCyprusCzech RepublicGermany: 21.9%DjiboutiDenmarkDominican RepublicAlgeriaEcuadorEgyptEritreaSpain: 14.5%EstoniaEthiopiaFinland: 1.5%FijiFalkland IslandsFrance: 26.6%GabonUnited KingdomGeorgiaGhanaGuineaGambiaGuinea BissauEquatorial GuineaGreece: 0.8%GreenlandGuatemalaFrench GuianaGuyanaHondurasCroatiaHaitiHungaryIndonesiaIndiaIreland: 1.1%IranIraqIcelandIsraelItaly: 21.5%JamaicaJordanJapanKazakhstanKenyaKyrgyzstanCambodiaSouth KoreaKosovoKuwaitLaosLebanonLiberiaLibyaSri LankaLesothoLithuania: 0.1%LuxembourgLatvia: 0.2%MoroccoMoldovaMadagascarMexicoMacedoniaMaliMyanmarMontenegroMongoliaMozambiqueMauritaniaMalawiMalaysiaNamibiaNew CaledoniaNigerNigeriaNicaraguaNetherlands: 2.6%NorwayNepalNew ZealandOmanPakistanPanamaPeruPhilippinesPapua New GuineaPolandPuerto RicoNorth KoreaPortugal: 2%ParaguayQatarRomaniaRussiaRwandaWestern SaharaSaudi ArabiaSudanSouth SudanSenegalSolomon IslandsSierra LeoneEl SalvadorSomaliaRepublic of SerbiaSurinameSlovakia: 0.6%Slovenia: 0.2%SwedenSwazilandSyriaChadTogoThailandTajikistanTurkmenistanEast TimorTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyTaiwanUnited Republic of TanzaniaUgandaUkraineUruguayUnited States of AmericaUzbekistanVenezuelaVietnamVanuatuWest BankYemenSouth AfricaZambiaZimbabwe
up to 1%1–5%5–15%15–30%over 30%
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Top 7 countries
France26.6%
Germany21.9%
Italy21.5%
Spain14.5%
Belgium3.7%
Austria2.7%
Netherlands2.6%
Download the full portfolio — Excel, 90 rows
Full portfolio declared by Vanguard, as of 31 July 2026: this is the summary. Percentages may not sum to 100 due to cash, derivatives and rounding.
Fund historyFund-assets (AUM) chart year by year and monthly basket snapshots.Open the history →

Dividends

Frequency
Monthly
Latest dividend
0.0114 EUR
ex 20 Aug 2026 · paid 2 Sept 2026
Dividends, last 12 months
0.11 EUR
Dividend yield
2.18%
12-month sum over the NAV as of 3 Sept 2026

Yield by year

PeriodDividendsDividend yield
1 year0.11 EUR2.15 %

Dividend contribution to total return

-10%0%10%+0.71 %1 year
dividendsprice changeprice decline

Calendar per share (EUR)

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
20260.010.010.010.010.010.010.010.01
20250.010.010.010.010.010.010.010.010.01

Latest dividends

Per shareEx-dividend dateRecord datePayment
0.0114 EUR20 Aug 202621 Aug 20262 Sept 2026
0.0089 EUR16 Jul 202617 Jul 202629 Jul 2026
0.0088 EUR18 Jun 202619 Jun 20261 Jul 2026
0.011 EUR21 May 202622 May 20263 Jun 2026
0.0067 EUR16 Apr 202617 Apr 202629 Apr 2026
0.0094 EUR19 Mar 202620 Mar 20261 Apr 2026
0.0102 EUR19 Feb 202620 Feb 20264 Mar 2026
0.0079 EUR15 Jan 202616 Jan 202628 Jan 2026
Per-share dividends as declared by the issuer, in EUR, since the first payment (17 Apr 2025). Past dividends are not indicative of future ones.

Index tracked

Bloomberg Euro-Aggregate Treasury 1-3 Year Index
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Italian taxation

Effective rate on capital gains
12.67%
White-list share
98.75%
From the government-bond («white list») share certified by the issuer every semester: 12.5% on that portion, 26% on the rest.
Deep-dive into this fund’s taxation →

Where it shows up commission-free in Italy

According to the official lists published by the brokers (downloaded and cross-checked by us), these share classes of the fund appear tradable with zero fees:

IE000HARFTG3VSGE(class: EUR DISTRIBUTING)
  • Directazero on single buys from 2,500 €, agreement until 31 December 2026
IE00004S2680VSGF(class: EUR ACCUMULATING)
  • Directazero on single buys from 2,500 €, agreement until 31 December 2026
Full terms, traps and method in the observatory: Free savings plans and zero-commission ETFs: the broker survey

Official lists verified on 3 September 2026. We record published terms — this is neither an invitation to open accounts nor a recommendation: lists change, the broker’s documents prevail. Trade Republic, Scalable Capital and Trading 212 publish no per-ISIN lists and don’t appear here.

Stock exchange listings

ExchangeTickerTrading since
Borsa Italiana (ETFplus)VSGE13 Mar 2025
Börse DüsseldorfVEGE18 Mar 2025
Börse FrankfurtVEGE13 Mar 2025
Börse HamburgVEGE2 Sept 2025
Börse HannoverVEGE18 Jul 2025
Börse München / gettexVEGE13 Mar 2025
Börse StuttgartVEGE26 Mar 2025
Euronext AmsterdamVSGE13 Mar 2025
Tradegate ExchangeVEGE21 Mar 2025
Xetra (Deutsche Börse)VEGE13 Mar 2025
+ 8 more trading venues (MTFs and professional platforms).
Trading venues from the official ESMA register (FIRDS); per-exchange tickers from the issuer’s tax documents and official listings. A dash “—” = that venue does not publish the item (ticker, currency or start date) in the sources we read. The same fund may trade in different currencies depending on the exchange: check the trading currency with your broker. Non-EU listings (e.g. UK, Mexico) not included.

Frequently asked questions

Which index does Vanguard EUR Eurozone Government 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF (EUR) Distributing track?
The issuer Vanguard declares the benchmark: Bloomberg Euro-Aggregate Treasury 1-3 Year Index.
How much does VSGE cost?
The issuer-declared TER is 0.07% per year; the transaction costs estimated in the KID are 0.03%.
How is VSGE taxed in Italy?
On sale, the capital gain is taxed at an effective 12.67% rate (white-list share 98.75%): 12.5% on the government-bond “white list” portion, 26% on the rest.
What is the fund size of VSGE?
The fund size declared by Vanguard is about 163 million euro.
When was VSGE launched?
The fund was launched on 11 March 2025: it has 1 year of history.
How does VSGE replicate its index?
It is a passively managed ETF: it follows the declared index. Physical (sampled) (issuer wording: “Fisica - campionamento (dal KID)”).
Does VSGE pay dividends?
Yes: it is a distributing share class — income is paid out periodically (issuer wording: “Distributing Income”).
Where does VSGE trade?
Per the official ESMA register it trades on 10 main exchanges, including Borsa Italiana (ETFplus) (VSGE), Börse Düsseldorf (VEGE), Börse Frankfurt (VEGE), Börse Hamburg (VEGE), Börse Hannover (VEGE), Börse München / gettex (VEGE).
What was VSGE's worst fall?
Over the available history (since 2025), the maximum drawdown was -1.95%, reached in September 2026. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
How many securities does VSGE hold?
The declared portfolio holds 90 securities; the top 10 positions weigh 30.6%.
Transparency note
The data in this sheet is declared by Vanguard in the issuer’s official files and endpoints, collected by Rebalix with a monthly refresh; taxation derives from the issuer’s tax documents (Italian Law Decree 138/2011). This is factual information for informational purposes only: it is not financial or tax advice, nor an investment recommendation. Read the fund’s KID and prospectus before investing.