Seed Financial Income Fund Active ETF (ASX:SFIF)
30 June 2026
Performance Review
The Seed Financial Income Fund Active ETF (ASX:SFIF) has a track record of 10 years and 9 months and has outperformed the Solactive Australian Hybrid Securities (Net) benchmark since inception in October 2015, providing investors with an annualised return of 6.38% compared with the benchmark's return of 4.88% over the same period.
The Manager has delivered these returns with 2.46% more volatility than the benchmark, contributing to a Sharpe ratio which has consistently remained above 1 over the past five years and which currently sits at 0.75 since inception. The fund has provided positive monthly returns 90% of the time in rising markets and 42% of the time during periods of market decline, contributing to an up-capture ratio since inception of 131% and a down-capture ratio of 98%.
The Seed Financial Income Fund Active ETF (ASX:SFIF) rose by +0.77% in June, a difference of -0.42% compared with the Solactive Australian Hybrid Securities (Net) benchmark which rose by +1.19%. Over the past 12 months, the fund's best monthly return was +1.19% compared with the benchmark's best return of +1.19%, and its worst monthly return was -0.35% vs the benchmark's worst return over the same period of -0.25%.
Fund rank in Peergroups
| Fund | 1 month | 3 months | 6 months | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 7 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed Financial Income Fund Active ETF (ASX:SFIF) | Performance: | 0.77% | 1.99% | 2.73% | 6.78% | 7.25% | 5.92% | 5.25% |
| Rank in Peer Group (out of 84): | 32 | 42 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | |
| Peergroup - Bonds / Diversified Fixed Interest | Performance: | 0.79% | 2.05% | 2.34% | 4.57% | 5.54% | 3.17% | 3.06% |
| Performance vs peergroup: | -0.02% | -0.06% | +0.39% | +2.21% | +1.71% | +2.75% | +2.19% | |
| Benchmark - Solactive Australian Hybrid Securities Index (Net) | Performance: | 1.19% | 2.26% | 2.63% | 5.88% | 5.91% | 4.44% | 4.12% |
| Performance vs benchmark (Alpha): | -0.42% | -0.27% | +0.09% | +0.90% | +1.33% | +1.48% | +1.12% | |
| Fund | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed Financial Income Fund Active ETF (ASX:SFIF) | Performance: | 6.99% | 1.96% | 10.51% | 2.27% | 6.45% | 2.77% | 7.12% | 8.23% | 6.14% | 2.73% |
| Rank in Peer Group (out of 84): | 3 | 45 | 1 | 55 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 18 | 16 | |
| Drawdown: | -1.50% | -1.73% | -1.17% | -15.02% | -0.30% | -0.71% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -0.47% | -0.35% | |
| Peergroup - Bonds / Diversified Fixed Interest | Performance: | 4.76% | 1.85% | 5.95% | 3.96% | 0.31% | -3.44% | 6.74% | 5.34% | 5.20% | 2.34% |
| Performance vs peergroup: | +2.23% | +0.11% | +4.55% | -1.68% | +6.14% | +6.21% | +0.38% | +2.89% | +0.94% | +0.39% | |
| Benchmark - Solactive Australian Hybrid Securities Index (Net) | Performance: | 6.23% | 3.44% | 6.35% | 2.50% | 4.44% | 2.78% | 3.38% | 6.87% | 4.72% | 2.63% |
| Performance vs benchmark (Alpha): | +0.76% | -1.48% | +4.15% | -0.23% | +2.01% | -0.01% | +3.74% | +1.36% | +1.42% | +0.09% | |
Fund returns
| Year | Jan % | Feb % | Mar % | Apr % | May % | Jun % | Jul % | Aug % | Sep % | Oct % | Nov % | Dec % | YTD % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.71 | 0.36 | -0.35 | 0.65 | 0.56 | 0.77 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2.73 |
| 2025 | 0.46 | 0.69 | 0.02 | -0.47 | 0.90 | 0.49 | 1.19 | 0.74 | 0.63 | 0.80 | -0.19 | 0.71 | 6.14 |
| 2024 | 0.45 | 0.75 | 0.72 | 0.84 | 0.40 | 0.61 | 0.98 | 0.28 | 0.76 | 0.97 | 0.41 | 0.76 | 8.23 |
| 2023 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.08 | 0.41 | 0.17 | 0.63 | 1.09 | 0.62 | 0.58 | 0.23 | 0.89 | 1.03 | 7.12 |
| 2022 | -0.52 | 0.18 | -0.26 | -0.06 | -0.06 | 0.07 | 0.24 | 0.76 | 0.67 | -0.14 | 0.79 | 1.07 | 2.77 |
| 2021 | 1.16 | 0.58 | 0.08 | 0.99 | -0.30 | 1.18 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.58 | 0.73 | -0.07 | 1.18 | 6.45 |
| 2020 | 0.69 | -2.93 | -12.46 | 9.44 | 2.22 | 2.29 | 0.36 | 1.63 | 0.63 | -0.02 | -0.01 | 1.78 | 2.27 |
| 2019 | 0.96 | -0.87 | 1.38 | 0.81 | 1.72 | 5.00 | 0.43 | 0.29 | 1.30 | -0.85 | -0.33 | 0.30 | 10.51 |
| 2018 | 0.38 | -0.32 | -1.22 | 0.91 | 0.01 | 0.98 | 1.40 | 0.77 | -0.40 | -1.20 | -0.14 | 0.79 | 1.96 |
| 2017 | 1.03 | -1.50 | 1.85 | 1.27 | 1.11 | 0.18 | -0.15 | -0.12 | 1.69 | 0.70 | 0.11 | 0.64 | 6.99 |
| 2016 | -0.23 | 0.71 | 2.85 | 0.27 | 1.39 | 0.18 | 2.45 | 1.10 | 1.23 | 1.83 | 0.99 | 1.88 | 15.60 |
| 2015 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2.61 | -1.36 | -2.55 | -1.37 |
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Annual Returns
Over the past 12 months, the fund has risen by +6.78% compared with the benchmark which has returned +5.88%, for a difference of +0.90%. Since inception in October 2015, the fund has returned +6.38% per annum, a difference of +1.50% relative to the benchmark which has returned +4.88% on an annualised basis over the same period.
Cumulative Returns
On a cumulative basis (assuming reinvestment of distributions), $100 invested since inception would have become $194. The same amount invested in the benchmark over the same period would have become $166.
Annual Returns %
Volatility and Risk
Annual Standard Deviation
The fund's returns over the past 12 months have been achieved with a volatility of 1.42% vs the index's 1.5%. The annualised volatility of the fund's returns since inception in October 2015 is 5.8% vs the index's 3.34%. Over all other periods, the fund's returns have been consistently less volatile than the benchmark.
Sharpe Ratio
The fund's Sharpe ratio has ranged from a high of 2.38 for performance over the most recent 48 months to a low of 1.73 over the latest 24 months, and is 0.75 for performance since inception. By contrast, the Solactive Australian Hybrid Securities (Net) Index's Sharpe for performance since October 2015 is 0.84.
Annual Standard Deviation
Sharpe Ratio
Performance in Positive Markets
Since inception in October 2015 in the months where the market was positive, the fund has provided positive returns 90% of the time
Performance in Negative Markets
Since inception in October 2015 in the months where the market was negative, the fund has provided positive returns 42% of the time, contributing to a down-capture ratio for returns since inception of 98.27%. Over all other periods, the fund's down-capture ratio has ranged from a high of 192.14% over the most recent 12 months to a low of -52.14% over the latest 36 months. A down-capture ratio less than 100% indicates that, on average, the fund has outperformed in the market's negative months, and a negative down-capture ratio indicates that, on average, the fund delivered positive returns in the months the market fell.
Average Return in +ve Market %
Average Return in -ve Market %
Sortino Ratio
The fund's Sortino ratio (which excludes volatility in positive months) has ranged from a high of 4.6 for performance over the most recent 48 months to a low of 2.87 over the latest 24 months, and is 1.00 for performance since inception. By contrast, the Solactive Australian Hybrid Securities (Net) Index's Sortino for performance since October 2015 is 1.16.
Drawdown
Over the past 12 months, the fund's largest drawdown was -0.35% vs the index's -0.25%, and since inception in October 2015 the fund's largest drawdown was -15.18% vs the index's maximum drawdown over the same period of -7.87%.
Sortino Ratio
Drawdown%
Quintile Ranking vs. Average Australian Bonds / Diversified Fixed Interest as of April 2026
The performance of the Seed Financial Income Fund Active ETF (ASX:SFIF) ranked it in the first quintile for Total Return over 7 years, while over 3 & 5 years the fund ranked in the first or second quintile for all KPIs. Over 1 year it ranked in the first or second quintile for all KPIs except Volatility and Downside Deviation.
Over the past 12 months, the fund has risen by +6.78% compared with the peer group which has returned an average of +4.57%, for a difference of +2.21%.
The fund's returns over the past 12 months have been achieved with a volatility of 1.42% vs the peer group's average volatility of 1.32%. The annualised volatility of the fund's returns since inception in October 2015 is 5.8% vs the peer group's 2.13%. Over all other periods, the fund's volatility relative to the peer group has been varied.