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The investment objective of the Fund is 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 S&P 500 GBP Hedged Index, the Fund’s benchmark index. The Index provides a return on the S&P 500, which measures the performance of large-cap stocks in the US market. Stocks are included in the Index based on a free-float market capitalisation-weighted basis. The Index also uses one-month foreign exchange forward contracts to hedge each non-Sterling currency in the Index back to Sterling. The Fund is passively managed and aims to invest in the stocks that make up the S&P 500, as well as foreign exchange forward contracts that track the Index’s hedging methodology. The Fund intends to replicate the Index by holding the stocks that make up the Index in similar proportions to it. The Fund may use financial derivative instruments to produce a similar return to the Index and may engage in short-term secured lending of its investments to generate additional income. The Fund’s base currency is Sterling and shares are accumulating.
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The investment objective of the Fund is to track the performance of large and mid-sized equities in developed markets globally.
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Key takeaways

These funds track different benchmarks: £IGUS follows the S&P 500, covering 500 of the largest listed US companies, while £SWLD follows the MSCI World Index, covering around 1,500 companies across 23 developed countries. They also differ in annual charges (£IGUS: 0.2%; £SWLD: 0.12%), fund manager (£IGUS: BlackRock; £SWLD: SPDR ETFs) and fund size (£SWLD is larger). Both are GBP-denominated accumulating funds and trade on the London Stock Exchange.

Fund highlights

Fund comparison highlights
Fund name
iShares S&P 500 GBP HedgedSPDR MSCI World
GBP
GBP
GBP
USD
AccumulatingAccumulating
Fund size
£1.2B£16B
1.00-
Last price
£175.37£40.25
0.20%0.12%
Fund manager
BlackRockSPDR ETFs
Benchmark
S&P 500MSCI World Index
Risk
Ticker
£IGUS£SWLD
Primary listing
LSELSE
Documents
Costs disclosure document
Costs disclosure document
Market data provided by CBOE Europe and Deutsche Börse.

Performance

CumulativeRolling yearsLump sum investment

Sector exposure

ChartTable
£IGUS
£SWLD

Top holdings

Apple

7.83%

NVIDIA

6.29%

Microsoft

6.10%

Amazon

4.09%

Alphabet Class A

2.60%

Broadcom

2.43%

Meta

2.18%

Alphabet Class C

2.09%

Eli Lilly

1.76%

Other

64.63%

Apple

5.74%

NVIDIA

4.35%

Microsoft

4.21%

Amazon

2.94%

Alphabet Class A

1.90%

Broadcom

1.68%

Meta

1.57%

Alphabet Class C

1.49%

Eli Lilly

1.29%

Other

74.82%

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