ETF vs Straight investment

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    Apologies if this has been covered 100 times. I invested directly with Vanguard Life strategy High Growth index fund years ago and it has been sitting there ever since. At tax time, there are capital gains payable each year. I am assuming this stems from rebalancing the fund and selling shares held within at a profit?

    My question is - would I still incur this CGT each if I were to simply purchase the fund via a direct purchase VDHG (which I believe is the closest)? Would it be payable at some other stage? Does it all equalise over time with each method?

    I literally have no idea with this.

    Thanks in advance.
 
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