Vanguard® LifeStrategy® Balanced Fund Vanguard fund profile At a glance Strategy As at 30 September 2014 The portfolio targets a 50 percent allocation to income oriented assets and 50 percent allocation to growth oriented assets. Actual allocations are permitted to deviate within a narrow tolerance range. The fund achieves its investment objective by investing in the underlying Vanguard Wholesale funds. APIR code Management costs First $50,000 Next $50,000 Balance over $100,000 Buy spread Sell spread Commencement Minimum investment Income distribution VAN0124AU 0.90% p.a. 0.60% p.a. 0.35% p.a. +0.16% –0.13% 14 February 2003 $5,000 Half yearly Objective The fund seeks to track the weighted average return of the various indices of the underlying Vanguard Wholesale Funds in which the fund invests, in proportion to the strategic asset allocation for the fund, before taking into account fees, expenses and tax. The underlying funds that make up the Vanguard ® LifeStrategy ® Balanced Fund include: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Vanguard ® Australian Fixed Interest Index Fund Vanguard ® International Fixed Interest Index Fund (Hedged) Vanguard ® International Credit Securities Index Fund (Hedged) Vanguard ® Australian Property Securities Index Fund Vanguard ® International Property Securities Index Fund (Hedged) Vanguard ® Australian Shares Index Fund Vanguard ® International Shares Index Fund Vanguard ® International Small Companies Index Fund Vanguard ® Emerging Markets Shares Index Fund Features, benefits and risks Diversification Diversified portfolio holding a mix of growth and income assets. Income and capital growth potential Moderate income and the potential for long-term capital growth. Potential for effective aftertax returns Our buy and hold strategy takes advantage of capital gains discounts and the deferral of capital gains liabilities, which may result in effective aftertax returns. Low management costs with no entry, exit or switching fees other than usual buy/sell spreads. Switch funds and make withdrawals with no associated costs for the switch other than usual buy/sell spreads. Medium - relatively stable returns, with the potential for higher returns than low risk investments, however there is the potential for below-average returns and/or some loss of capital. Please see Product Disclosure Statement for further details. Low cost investing Flexibility Risks Connect with Vanguard™ > vanguard.com.au ® ® Vanguard LifeStrategy Balanced Fund Dated 30 September 2014 Asset allocation (%) Overview Fund Fund size (AUD) Inception date Management costs Buy/sell spread Benchmark $46.9 Million 14 February 2003 0.90% pa - for that portion up to $50,000 0.60% pa - for that portion from $50,001 to $100,000 0.35% pa - for that portion over $100,000 +0.16% / -0.13% Weighted average return of target indices Performance return1,2,5 (%) 1 month 3 months 6 months 1 year 3 years (pa) 5 years (pa) 10 years (pa) Inception (pa) Fund Gross Bmk -0.86 1.80 4.64 9.89 12.13 8.20 7.32 7.98 -0.86 1.76 4.58 9.82 12.03 8.02 7.02 7.69 Fund Total Dist Growth -0.94 1.56 4.17 8.91 11.13 7.23 6.36 7.01 0.00 0.00 1.29 2.76 3.05 3.97 4.56 4.54 -0.94 1.56 2.88 6.15 8.08 3.26 1.80 2.47 Fund Actual Target Alloc. Range Growth assets Australian shares Intl. shares Australian property securities Intl. property securities (hedged) Intl. small companies Emerging markets shares Total growth 22.0 18.1 3.0 3.0 0.0 2.4 48.5 22.0 17.0 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.5 50.0 20-24 15-19 1-5 1-5 0.5-4.5 0.5-4.5 48-52 20.7 19.6 11.1 51.4 99.9 20.0 19.0 11.0 50.0 100.0 18-22 17-21 9-13 48-52 Income assets Australian fixed interest Intl. government bonds (hedged) Intl. credit securities (hedged) Total income Total Year to year gross return1,2,5 (%) Dec - Dec YTD 2014 2013 2012 2011 June - June Fund Bmk Fund Bmk 6.11 n/a 14.83 13.13 0.58 6.01 n/a 14.76 12.99 0.31 1.80 12.54 14.49 3.41 8.31 1.76 12.45 14.35 3.26 8.07 Unit prices3 Net asset value $1.3280 Purchase Withdrawal $1.3302 $1.3262 Amount (CPU) Reinvestment price 1.6328 $1.3078 Income distribution4 Half year ended 30 June 2014 Notes 1. Past performance is not an indication of future performance 2. Returns assume reinvestment of all distributions. Returns for periods longer than 1 year are annualised. Fund gross returns are before management costs and taxes, but after transaction and operational costs. Fund total return is the fund gross return less management costs. Index returns do not allow for taxes, management, transaction and operational costs. 3. Month end cumulative-distribution 4. Past distributions are not an indication of future distributions 5. On 2 December 2013 the fund began investing in accordance with a new Strategic Asset Allocation. Connect with VanguardTM > vanguard.com.au > 1300 655 101 Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd (ABN 72 072 881 086 / AFS Licence 227263) is the product issuer. We have not taken your circumstances into account when preparing the above information so it may not be applicable to your circumstances. You should consider your circumstances and our Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) before making any investment decision. You can access our PDS on our website or by calling us. This information was prepared in good faith and we accept no liability for any errors or omissions. Past performance is not an indication of future performance. © 2014 Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd. All rights reserved.