Check whether you’re making this ETF investing mistake

Overlap occurs when you’re invested in too many similar ETFs and can result in duplicate fees and less diversification.

What’s inside your ETFs? Bethany Rae

Lucy Dean, Lucy King, Daniel Reti and Michaela Pollock

Mar 3, 2025 – 5.00am

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Thousands of Australians who’ve invested in exchange-traded funds (ETF) hold double-ups, which means they could be paying unnecessary fees for the same exposure, new analysis shows.

An ETF holds a basket of securities tracking an underlying index, such as the ASX200 or S&P500. The popularity of ETFs has exploded in the last few decades as investors have been drawn to the low-cost diversification the products offer.

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Lucy DeanWealth reporterLucy Dean writes about wealth management, personal finance, lifestyle and leisure, based in The Australian Financial Review's Sydney newsroom.

Lucy KingVisual journalistLucy King is a visual and data journalist working from our Sydney newsroom.

Daniel RetiVisual stories engineerDaniel Reti specialises in data wrangling, developing interactive visuals and digital storytelling.

Michaela PollockGraphics managerMichaela leads the Financial Review’s team of graphic artists in interpreting complex data to tell compelling visual stories