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A Fund which aims to achieve a return on your investment, through a combination of capital growth and income on the Fund’s assets, which reflects the return of the EURO STOXX 50 Index, the Fund’s benchmark index (Index).
View fundThe 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 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: £IWRD follows the MSCI World Index, which includes around 1,500 companies from 23 developed countries, while £CS51 tracks the EURO STOXX 50, comprising 50 of the largest companies in Europe.
They also differ in annual fund charges (£IWRD: 0.5%, £CS51: 0.1%) and distribution policy (£IWRD pays out dividends to shareholders, while £CS51 reinvests dividends, an accumulating fund). Both funds are managed by BlackRock and trade on the London Stock Exchange.
Fund highlights
Fund name | iShares Core EURO STOXX 50 | iShares MSCI World |
|---|---|---|
GBP | GBP | |
EUR | USD | |
| Accumulating | Distributing | |
Fund size | £6.5bn | £6.9bn |
| - | 1.00 | |
Last price | £209.95 | £76.81 |
| 0.10% | 0.50% | |
Fund manager | BlackRock | BlackRock |
Benchmark | EURO STOXX 50 | MSCI World Index |
Risk | ||
Ticker | £CS51 | £IWRD |
Primary listing | LSE | LSE |
Documents | £CS51 Key Information Document | £IWRD Key Information Document |
Market data provided by CBOE Europe and Deutsche Börse.
Performance
CumulativeRolling yearsLump sum investment
£CS51
£IWRD
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
£CS51
£IWRD
Top holdings
ASML Holding
9.72%
Siemens
4.54%
TotalEnergies SE
4.00%
Banco Santander
3.93%
Allianz
3.72%
Schneider Electric
3.53%
Iberdrola
2.99%
SAP
2.99%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
2.90%
Other
61.68%
NVIDIA
5.45%
Apple
5.34%
Microsoft
3.04%
Amazon
2.55%
Alphabet Class A
2.09%
Broadcom
1.99%
Alphabet Class C
1.66%
Meta
1.51%
Micron Technology
1.26%
Other
75.11%
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