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APIE vs VEU: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, APIE returned +11.9% to VEU's +17.1%; 42% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $1.2bn on Aug 31, 2026 for ActivePassive International Equity ETF, and $66.3bn on Oct 31, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE All World Ex US ETF.

At a glance
+11.9%
APIE total return, 1 year
+17.1%
VEU total return, 1 year
0.45%
APIE expense ratio
0.04%
VEU expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VEU costs 0.41 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.2 points.

APIE vs VEU: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureAPIEVEU
Return
Total return, 1 year+11.9%+17.1%
Drawdown
Below its high4.1%, high on Aug 10, 20264.8%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedFTSE All-World ex US Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.45%0.04%
Net assets, APIE as of Aug 31, 2026 and VEU as of Oct 31, 2026$1.2bn$66.3bn
Holdings
Holdings in common42%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund23.4%14.9%

Method

What they share

42%

By the books each fund has filed, APIE and VEU hold 42% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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42% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first APIE VEU
ASML Holding NV 1.75% 1.71%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.46% 0.84%
HSBC Holdings PLC 1.01% 0.84%
Roche Holding AG 1.09% 0.72%
Shell PLC 0.78% 0.68%
Novartis AG 0.81% 0.66%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 1.51% 0.63%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group 0.69% 0.62%
AstraZeneca PLC 1.01% 0.60%
Nestle SA 0.66% 0.58%
Siemens AG 0.95% 0.56%
BHP Group Ltd 0.68% 0.53%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in APIE
TSMC 11.50%
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitt 0.72%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Grou 0.51%
London Stock Exchange Group PL 0.38%
PETROBRAS 0.36%
HKEX 0.36%
Sea Ltd 0.28%
ICBC 0.27%
Only in VEU
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.70%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.24%
SK hynix Inc 1.83%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.68%
MediaTek Inc 0.56%
Toronto-Dominion Bank 0.48%
Shopify Inc 0.45%
TotalEnergies SE 0.42%
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Side by side

APIE ActivePassive International Equity ETF VEU Vanguard FTSE All World Ex US ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Actively managed Tracks the FTSE All-World ex-US
Total return, 1 year +11.9% +17.1%
Expense ratio 0.45% 0.04%
Already in the S&P 500 0.7% 0.0%
Holdings 547 3810
Net assets, APIE as of Aug 31, 2026 and VEU as of Oct 31, 2026 $1.2bn $66.3bn

APIE and VEU on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund
APIE

APIE is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +11.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.45% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 1% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 547 positions, with the top ten at 23.4%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 10, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

VEU

VEU tracks the FTSE All-World ex-US. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,810 positions, with the top ten at 14.9%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, APIE or VEU?
In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, APIE returned +11.9% and VEU +17.1%.
Which is cheaper, APIE or VEU?
VEU is cheaper, by 0.41 percentage points a year. That is about $41 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do APIE and VEU overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 1% of APIE and 0% of VEU by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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