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£IUSA
The investment objective of this Fund is to provide investors with a total return, taking into account both capital and income returns, which reflects the return of the S&P 500. The Index measures the performance of 500 stocks from top US companies in leading industries of the US economy which comply with S&Ps size, liquidity and free-float criteria.
View fund£SWDA
The investment objective of the Fund is to provide investors with a total return, taking into account both capital and income returns, which reflects the return of the MSCI World Index. The Index measures the performance of large and mid capitalisation stocks across Developed Market countries which comply with MSCI's size, liquidity, and free-float criteria.
View fundKey takeaways
These funds track different benchmarks: £SWDA follows the MSCI World Index, which includes approximately 1,500 companies across 23 developed countries, while £IUSA tracks the S&P 500, comprising 500 of the largest companies in the United States. They also differ in annual fund charges (£SWDA: 0.2%, £IUSA: 0.07%) and distribution policy (£SWDA reinvests dividends as an accumulating fund, while £IUSA pays out dividends to shareholders as a distributing fund). Both funds are managed by BlackRock and trade on the London Stock Exchange.
Fund highlights
Fund name
iShares Core S&P 500
iShares Core MSCI World
Share currency
GBP
GBP
Base currency
USD
USD
Use of income
Distributing
Accumulating
Fund size
£14B
£77B
Beta
1.00
1.00
Last price
£44.21
£84.66
Annual fund charges
0.07%
0.20%
Benchmark
S&P 500
MSCI World Index
Risk
Ticker
£IUSA
£SWDA
Trading on
LSE
LSE
Market data provided by CBOE Europe and Deutsche Börse.
Performance
CumulativeRolling yearsLump sum investment
£IUSA
£SWDA
Past performance is no guarantee of future returns.
The “cumulative” calculation shows returns on a price basis (i.e. excluding dividends). If an instrument trades in a different currency from your home currency, currency fluctuations may affect returns.
Sector exposure
ChartTable
£IUSA
£SWDA
Top holdings
NVIDIA
6.84%
Microsoft
6.78%
Apple
5.99%
Amazon
3.85%
Meta
2.96%
Broadcom
2.41%
Alphabet Class A
1.93%
Tesla
1.83%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B
1.77%
Other
65.64%
NVIDIA
4.72%
Microsoft
4.47%
Apple
4.16%
Amazon
2.70%
Meta
2.06%
Broadcom
1.59%
Alphabet Class A
1.34%
Tesla
1.31%
Alphabet Class C
1.14%
Other
76.51%
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