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VUSC Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF
ISIN IE00BDD48R20London Stock Exchange: VUSCThe Vanguard Group, Inc.
- Corporate & other bonds
- ETF
- ISA
- SIPP
- Distributing
Latest close
LSE£36.75
on
- Ongoing charge
- 0.09% a year
- Fund size
- £192m
As of , at least 15 min delayed
At a glance
As of 13/11/2026, VUSC (Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF, ISIN IE00BDD48R20) closed at £36.75 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 price changed by −4.3% (income paid out is not included), or −25.3% after UK CPIH inflation.
Past returns
- 1 year to 13/11/2026
- +0.5%
- −3.1% after inflation (UK CPIH)
- 3 years to 13/11/2026
- −7.1%
- −16.0% after inflation (UK CPIH)
- 5 years to 13/11/2026
- −4.3%
- −25.3% after inflation (UK CPIH)
£1,000 put in five years ago would have been worth about £957 on 13/11/2026 — about £747 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) and worked out from recorded daily closes. 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 in pounds (price only, income paid out not included): 2022 +5.6%, 2023 −4.3%, 2024 +3.0%, 2025 −7.3%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 −0.1%. Returns of Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF in pounds (price only, income paid out not included) over the 12 months to 30/09/2026: −0.4%; to 30/09/2025: −0.7%; to 30/09/2024: −6.1%; to 30/09/2023: −8.6%; to 30/09/2022: +13.0%.
| Year | Return | After inflation | Return shown as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| to | −0.1% | −3.3% | |
| to | −7.3% | −10.4% | |
| to | +3.0% | −0.5% | |
| −4.3% | −8.1% | ||
| +5.6% | −3.3% |
| 12 months to | Return | After inflation |
|---|---|---|
| from | −0.4% | −3.9% |
| from | −0.7% | −4.5% |
| from | −6.1% | −8.5% |
| from | −8.6% | −14.1% |
| from | +13.0% | +3.9% |
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
Volatility (annualised)
7.1%over 5 years
| 1 year | 5.2% |
|---|---|
| 3 years | 6.1% |
| 5 years | 7.1% |
Annualised from weekly returns. Higher means bumpier.
- Largest fall since November 2021
- −18.6%
- From to
- Lowest 12-month return
- −11.0%
- 12 months to
- Highest 12-month return
- +16.6%
- 12 months to
- Below its highest weekly close since November 2021
- 16.8%
- High of , latest
In words: Volatility of Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF in pounds, annualised from weekly returns to 13/11/2026: 5.2% over 1 year, 6.1% over 3 years, 7.1% over 5 years. Largest fall in the price of Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF since November 2021, in pounds: −18.6% from 23/09/2022 to 21/08/2026. The lowest 12-month return of Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF in pounds (price only, income paid out not included) since January 2021 was −11.0% (12 months to 22/09/2023); the highest was +16.6% (12 months to 23/09/2022). On 13/11/2026 the price of Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF was 16.8% below its highest weekly close since November 2021 (23/09/2022), in pounds.
As of , price only — income paid out is not included
How we work it out:Risk figuresFallsVolatilityLargest fall
Charges compared with similar funds
- Ongoing charge
- 0.09%
- a year
- On £10,000
- £9
- a year, roughly
- Over five years
- £45
- of £10,000, before growth
- 8 charge less
- 9 the same
- 410 charge more
Ongoing charge of Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF 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 is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from Vanguard, launched in 2018.
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 paid out to holders as cash, usually a few times a year.
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
- VUSC
- ISIN
- IE00BDD48R20
- Also listed as
- VDUC (London Stock Exchange, US dollars)
- Provider
- Vanguard
- Structure
- ETF
- An exchange-traded fund: bought and sold on the stock exchange through the day, like a share.
- Income
- Distributing, paid monthly
- Income is paid out to holders as cash, usually a few times a year.
- Ongoing charge
- 0.09% a year · about £9 on £10,000
- Fund size
- £192m
- 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)
- Category
- Corporate & other bonds
Income and distributions
As of , the latest distribution of VUSC was US$0.178077 per share: it went ex-dividend on and was paid on . In the 12 months to VUSC declared 12 distributions, together US$2.156124 per share. VUSC has a distribution yield of 4.43% as at .
- Latest distribution
- US$0.178077
- per share, ex-dividend
- 12 months to
- US$2.156124
- per share, from 12 distributions
- Distribution yield
- 4.43%
- as at
| Ex-dividend date | Payment date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| US$0.178077 | ||
| US$0.1621 | ||
| US$0.200097 | ||
| US$0.167454 | ||
| US$0.156337 | ||
| US$0.209536 | ||
| US$0.145934 | ||
| US$0.192619 |
VUSC declares its distributions in US dollars; what reaches an account in pounds depends on the exchange rate the platform uses.
Distributions are not guaranteed: they can rise, fall or stop. Future dates are set and announced by the fund manager. 101 distributions are on record since .
As of
Price chart
Over the last year, the closing price went from £37.74 on 14/11/2025 to £36.75 on 13/11/2026 (−2.6%). The lowest close shown was £35.94 on 21/08/2026 and the highest £37.79 on 21/11/2025.
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. Price only — income paid out is not included, so the line can end below the total return above.
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
- 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
| Rank# | Holding | Weight as a percentage of the fund |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cash and cash equivalents | 1.91% |
| 2 | Bank of America Corp 3.419% 20/12/2028FinancialsUnited States | 0.31% |
| 3 | CVS Health Corp 4.30% 25/03/2028Health CareUnited States | 0.23% |
| 4 | HSBC Holdings PLC 3.973% 22/05/2030FinancialsUnited Kingdom | 0.22% |
| 5 | Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 4.45% 19/05/2028Singapore | 0.22% |
| 6 | Wells Fargo & Co 5.574% 25/07/2029FinancialsUnited States | 0.21% |
| 7 | Bank of America Corp 5.202% 25/04/2029FinancialsUnited States | 0.20% |
| 8 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 4.223% 01/05/2029FinancialsUnited States | 0.20% |
| 9 | JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.408% 23/04/2030FinancialsUnited States | 0.19% |
| 10 | Medline Borrower LP 3.875% 01/04/2029United States | 0.19% |
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
- Financials31.1%
- Information Technology5.5%
- Industrials4.9%
- Health Care4.5%
- Consumer Discretionary3.5%
- Utilities3.4%
- Consumer Staples2.8%
- Communication Services2.6%
- Other sectors5.4%
- Not classified36.3%
By country
- United States71.6%
- United Kingdom4.5%
- Canada3.5%
- Japan2.8%
- France2.3%
- Cayman Islands1.9%
- Australia1.5%
- Netherlands1.4%
- Other countries8.5%
- Not classified1.9%
By type of asset
- Bonds98.1%
- Cash and money market1.9%
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 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).
| Fund | Charge | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETFThis fundDistributing · 0.09% a year | 0.09% | +0.5% | Not reported | Not reported |
| Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF AccAccumulating · 0.09% a year | 0.09% | +1.6% | +7.5% | +16.2% |
| Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 year Bond UCITS ETF Hedged GBPDistributing · Currency hedged · 0.12% a year | 0.12% | +2.1% | Not reported | Not reported |
As of
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Corporate (1-3 Y) funds compared: charges, sizes and share classes
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Other versions of this fund
Risk and return in depth
Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios
Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios over 1, 3 and 5 years, from weekly returns in pounds.
With a free accountRolling 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.
With a free accountLargest 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 VUSC?
The ongoing charge of VUSC 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 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 VUSC track?
VUSC tracks the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Corporate (1-3 Y) (USD).
Is VUSC accumulating or distributing?
VUSC is distributing: income is paid out to holders as cash, usually a few times a year. It pays out monthly.
When does VUSC pay dividends?
VUSC pays its income out monthly. In the 12 months to 14/11/2026 it went ex-dividend on 20/11/2025, 18/12/2025, 15/01/2026, 19/02/2026, 19/03/2026, 16/04/2026, 21/05/2026, 18/06/2026, 16/07/2026, 20/08/2026, 17/09/2026 and 15/10/2026. The latest distribution went ex-dividend on 15/10/2026 and was paid on 28/10/2026. Future dates are set and announced by the fund manager; distributions are not guaranteed and can change.
What is VUSC’s dividend yield?
VUSC has a distribution yield of 4.43% as at 31/10/2026. In UK fund terms, a distribution yield is the income expected to be paid over the next 12 months as a percentage of the price on that date — an estimate, not a promise. Yields change with the fund’s price and income; a yield describes the fund, not what any investor will receive.
What is the ISIN of VUSC?
The ISIN of VUSC is IE00BDD48R20. An ISIN identifies one exact share class of a fund; VUSC is its ticker on the London Stock Exchange. The same share class is also listed as VDUC (London Stock Exchange, US dollars).
What does VUSC hold?
As of 31/10/2026, VUSC 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 VUSC’s returns in each of the last five years?
Calendar-year returns of VUSC in pounds (price only, income paid out not included): 2022 +5.6%, 2023 −4.3%, 2024 +3.0%, 2025 −7.3%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 −0.1%. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.
How has VUSC done after inflation?
Over the five years to 13/11/2026 VUSC’s price changed by −4.3% (income paid out is not included), or −25.3% after UK CPIH inflation. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.
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Fund documents and methods
- Fund documents
- Fund page at Vanguard · Key investor information document (KIID) · Factsheet (links checked )
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