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VSCA Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF Acc

ISIN IE00BGYWSV06London Stock Exchange: VSCAThe Vanguard Group, Inc.

Latest close

LSE

£46.98

on

Ongoing charge
0.09% a year
Fund size
£2.4bn

As of , at least 15 min delayed

At a glance

As of 13/11/2026, VSCA (Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF Acc, ISIN IE00BGYWSV06) closed at £46.98 on the London Stock Exchange. Its ongoing charge is 0.09% a year (about £9 on £10,000). Over the five years to 13/11/2026 its total return was +16.2%, or −9.3% after UK CPIH inflation.

Past returns

Total return: the change in the fund’s value with any income reinvested, after its ongoing charges. Periods to .
1 year to 13/11/2026
+1.6%
−2.0% after inflation
3 years to 13/11/2026
+7.5%
−2.9% after inflation
5 years to 13/11/2026
+16.2%
−9.3% after inflation

£1,000 put in five years ago would have been worth about £1,162 on 13/11/2026 — about £907 in today’s spending power, once price rises are taken out. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

Returns: as reported (delayed data). Inflation: UK CPIH, latest month published.

How we work it out:ReturnsReturns after inflationTotal returnReal returnCPIH

Calendar-year and 12-month returns

Calendar-year returns of Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF Acc in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2022 +7.7%, 2023 −0.3%, 2024 +8.3%, 2025 −2.6%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 +3.7%. Returns of Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF Acc in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) over the 12 months to 30/09/2026: +3.5%; to 30/09/2025: +4.4%; to 30/09/2024: −1.3%; to 30/09/2023: −5.2%; to 30/09/2022: +14.7%.

Calendar-year returns of VSCA, in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund), to 13/11/2026
YearReturnAfter inflationReturn shown as a bar
to +3.7%+0.3%
to −2.6%−6.0%
to +8.3%+4.6%
−0.3%−4.3%
+7.7%−1.4%
Returns of VSCA over 12-month periods to 30/09/2026, in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund)
12 months toReturnAfter inflation
from +3.5%−0.1%
from +4.4%+0.3%
from −1.3%−3.9%
from −5.2%−10.9%
from +14.7%+5.4%

As of , inflation: UK CPIH

How we work it out:Calendar-year returnsWhat a calendar-year return isAccumulating and distributing

Risk: volatility and largest fall

How far the price has swung and fallen. The same record as the returns, in pounds.

Volatility (annualised)

7.0%over 5 years

Volatility, annualised from weekly returns, by period
1 year5.2%
3 years6.0%
5 years7.0%

Annualised from weekly returns. Higher means bumpier.

Largest fall since November 2021
−13.9%
From to
Lowest 12-month return
−7.6%
12 months to
Highest 12-month return
+18.2%
12 months to
Below its highest weekly close since November 2021
1.0%
High of , latest

In words: Volatility of Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF Acc in pounds, annualised from weekly returns to 13/11/2026: 5.2% over 1 year, 6.0% over 3 years, 7.0% over 5 years. Largest fall in the price of Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF Acc since November 2021, in pounds: −13.9% from 23/09/2022 to 14/07/2023. The lowest 12-month return of Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF Acc in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) since January 2021 was −7.6% (12 months to 22/09/2023); the highest was +18.2% (12 months to 23/09/2022). On 13/11/2026 the price of Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF Acc was 1.0% below its highest weekly close since November 2021 (17/01/2025), in pounds.

As of , price, with income reinvested in the fund

How we work it out:Risk figuresFallsVolatilityLargest fall

Charges compared with similar funds

The ongoing charge is taken from the fund’s value every day, so the returns on this page are already after it. Platform and dealing fees are charged separately.
Ongoing charge
0.09%
a year
On £10,000
£9
a year, roughly
Over five years
£45
of £10,000, before growth
Among 428 corporate and other bond funds, share classes counted once
  • 8 charge less
  • 9 the same
  • 410 charge more

Ongoing charge of Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF Acc 0.09% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 410 of the 427 other corporate and other bond funds charge more, 9 the same and 8 less (share classes counted once).

As of

A lower charge is not a promise of a higher return: what the fund holds matters more.

As of

Read more:Ongoing charge (OCF)OCF and TERFee dragHow charges add up

In plain English

Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF Acc is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from Vanguard, launched in 2019.

It tracks the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Corporate (1-3 Y) (USD).

You buy and sell it through a share-dealing account or platform during stock-market hours, like a share.

Its ongoing charge is 0.09% a year — about £9 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund's value rather than billed to you.

Income from its investments is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.

Corporate & other bonds: Loans to companies and other borrowers, which usually pay more interest than government bonds in exchange for more risk.

Terms:ETFIndex fundUCITSAccumulating or incomeShare classISIN

Key facts

Ticker
VSCA
ISIN
IE00BGYWSV06
Also listed as
VDCA (London Stock Exchange, US dollars), VAGY (Xetra, euros)
Provider
Vanguard
Structure
ETF
An exchange-traded fund: bought and sold on the stock exchange through the day, like a share.
Income
Accumulating
Income is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.
Ongoing charge
0.09% a year · about £9 on £10,000
Fund size
£2.4bn
Launched
Domicile
Ireland
UK reporting fund status
Yes — on HMRC’s list of reporting funds (list of )
Reporting fund since . What reporting fund status means
Can usually be held in
ISA and SIPP
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Currency hedged
No
Price currency
Pounds (GBP)

Price chart

Closing price
£46.98+1.8% over 1 year · closing price
VSCA closing price: £46.13 on 14/11/2025, £46.98 on 13/11/2026 (+1.8%); low £44.72, high £46.98.

Over the last year, the closing price went from £46.13 on 14/11/2025 to £46.98 on 13/11/2026 (+1.8%). The lowest close shown was £44.72 on 30/01/2026 and the highest £46.98 on 13/11/2026.

One close a week. Before 18/09/2026 the closes are from the weekly price history for this listing; from then on, the closing prices we have recorded.

As of , at least 15 min delayed

Five years of prices, and after inflation

262 weekly closes, from 12/11/2021 to 13/11/2026. The same history in November 2026 pounds, adjusted with CPIH inflation.

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How we work it out:Prices and returnsNAV and price

What it holds

As of , VSCA holds 2,244 positions, according to its published holdings. The largest is Cash and cash equivalents at 1.91% of the fund; the ten largest make up 3.9%.
Holdings
2,125
2,244 reported in all
Ten largest
3.9%
of the whole fund
Effective number of holdings
948
As concentrated as this many equal-sized holdings (how it is worked out)
Largest holding
1.9%
Cash and cash equivalents

Top 10 holdings

Top holdings of VSCA: the ten largest, as a percentage of the whole fund, as of 31/10/2026
Rank#HoldingWeight as a percentage of the fund
1Cash and cash equivalents1.91%
2Bank of America Corp 3.419% 20/12/2028FinancialsUnited States0.31%
3CVS Health Corp 4.30% 25/03/2028Health CareUnited States0.23%
4HSBC Holdings PLC 3.973% 22/05/2030FinancialsUnited Kingdom0.22%
5Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 4.45% 19/05/2028Singapore0.22%
6Wells Fargo & Co 5.574% 25/07/2029FinancialsUnited States0.21%
7Bank of America Corp 5.202% 25/04/2029FinancialsUnited States0.20%
8Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 4.223% 01/05/2029FinancialsUnited States0.20%
9JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.408% 23/04/2030FinancialsUnited States0.19%
10Medline Borrower LP 3.875% 01/04/2029United States0.19%

As of , holdings as published

Where it invests

The portfolio by sector, country and type of asset, as a share of the whole fund. Bonds, cash and positions without a classification are shown as they come, not guessed.

By sector

  1. Financials31.1%
  2. Information Technology5.5%
  3. Industrials4.9%
  4. Health Care4.5%
  5. Consumer Discretionary3.5%
  6. Utilities3.4%
  7. Consumer Staples2.8%
  8. Communication Services2.6%
  9. Other sectors5.4%
  10. Not classified36.3%
Added up from the fund’s published holdings, as of 31/10/2026.

By country

  1. United States71.6%
  2. United Kingdom4.5%
  3. Canada3.5%
  4. Japan2.8%
  5. France2.3%
  6. Cayman Islands1.9%
  7. Australia1.5%
  8. Netherlands1.4%
  9. Other countries8.5%
  10. Not classified1.9%
Added up from the fund’s published holdings, as of 31/10/2026.

By type of asset

  1. Bonds98.1%
  2. Cash and money market1.9%
Added up from the fund’s published holdings, as of 31/10/2026.

See the full portfolio

Every holding with search and filters, the whole breakdown by sector, country and type of asset, a map of the 100 largest and what changed since .

All 2,125 holdings of VSCA

All holdings

The fund publishes 2,244 holdings; the ten largest make up 3.9% of it.

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Holdings:Compare what it holds with another fundHoldings overlapHow overlap is measured

Funds tracking the same index

3 funds track Bloomberg Global Aggregate Corporate (1-3 Y) (USD), this one included and share classes counted once; their ongoing charges range from 0.09% to 0.12% a year (13/11/2026).

3 funds that track the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Corporate (1-3 Y) (USD), listed by name. Returns are as reported to 13/11/2026, in pounds, with income reinvested unless marked “price”.
FundCharge1 year3 years5 years
Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETFDistributing · 0.09% a year0.09%+0.5%Not reportedNot reported
Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF AccThis fundAccumulating · 0.09% a year0.09%+1.6%+7.5%+16.2%
Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 year Bond UCITS ETF Hedged GBPDistributing · Currency hedged · 0.12% a year0.12%+2.1%Not reportedNot reported

As of

Bloomberg Global Aggregate Corporate (1-3 Y) funds compared: charges, sizes and share classes

Read more:Index fundsTracking differenceHow funds are compared

Other versions of this fund

Vanguard’s other share classes and funds on the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Corporate (1-3 Y) (USD). They can differ in how income is paid, currency hedging and charge.

Risk and return in depth

Ratios that weigh return against its ups and downs, every rolling period rather than a few fixed ones, and each large fall with how long it took to recover.
  • Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios

    Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios over 1, 3 and 5 years, from weekly returns in pounds.

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  • Rolling returns

    The full range of 254 rolling 12-month returns since January 2021, and of 150 rolling three-year returns, in pounds, with how often they were above zero.

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  • Largest falls and recoveries

    The 3 largest falls since November 2021, in pounds, with how many weeks each took to reach its low and to recover.

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  • Moves compared with a similar fund

    Correlation and beta of weekly returns in pounds against iShares Core UK Gilts UCITS ETF, over the three years to 13/11/2026 (156 weeks).

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Questions people ask

What is the ongoing charge of VSCA?

The ongoing charge of VSCA is 0.09% a year — about £9 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund’s value rather than billed to you. Platform and dealing fees are charged separately. Ongoing charge of Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF Acc 0.09% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 410 of the 427 other corporate and other bond funds charge more, 9 the same and 8 less (share classes counted once).

What does VSCA track?

VSCA tracks the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Corporate (1-3 Y) (USD).

Is VSCA accumulating or distributing?

VSCA is accumulating: income is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.

What is the ISIN of VSCA?

The ISIN of VSCA is IE00BGYWSV06. An ISIN identifies one exact share class of a fund; VSCA is its ticker on the London Stock Exchange. The same share class is also listed as VDCA (London Stock Exchange, US dollars) and VAGY (Xetra, euros).

What does VSCA hold?

As of 31/10/2026, VSCA holds 2,244 positions, according to its published holdings. The largest is Cash and cash equivalents at 1.91% of the fund; the ten largest make up 3.9%. Its ten largest holdings are Cash and cash equivalents (1.91%), Bank of America Corp 3.419% 20/12/2028 (0.31%), CVS Health Corp 4.30% 25/03/2028 (0.23%), HSBC Holdings PLC 3.973% 22/05/2030 (0.22%), Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 4.45% 19/05/2028 (0.22%), Wells Fargo & Co 5.574% 25/07/2029 (0.21%), Bank of America Corp 5.202% 25/04/2029 (0.20%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 4.223% 01/05/2029 (0.20%), JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.408% 23/04/2030 (0.19%) and Medline Borrower LP 3.875% 01/04/2029 (0.19%).

What were VSCA’s returns in each of the last five years?

Calendar-year returns of VSCA in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2022 +7.7%, 2023 −0.3%, 2024 +8.3%, 2025 −2.6%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 +3.7%. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

How has VSCA done after inflation?

Over the five years to 13/11/2026 VSCA’s total return was +16.2%, or −9.3% after UK CPIH inflation. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

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Fund documents and methods

Fund documents
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