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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 Fund seeks to track the performance of the FTSE All-World Index. The Index is comprised of large and mid-sized company stocks in developed and emerging markets. The Fund attempts track the performance of the Index by investing in a representative sample of Index constituent securities and remain fully invested except in extraordinary market, political or similar conditions.
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Key takeaways

These funds track different benchmarks: $VWRD tracks around 4,000 companies across developed and emerging markets globally, while £IGUS tracks 500 of the largest listed companies in the United States. They also differ in share currency, fund manager, annual charges, distribution policy, and fund size. Both trade on the London Stock Exchange.

Fund highlights

Fund comparison highlights
Fund name
iShares S&P 500 GBP HedgedVanguard FTSE All-World
GBP
USD
GBP
USD
AccumulatingDistributing
Fund size
£1.2B$27B
1.020.96
Last price
£178.92$186.79
0.20%0.14%
Fund manager
BlackRockVanguard
Benchmark
S&P 500FTSE All World Index
Risk
Ticker
£IGUS$VWRD
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
$VWRD

Top holdings

NVIDIA

8.23%

Apple

7.28%

Microsoft

5.89%

Amazon

3.82%

Alphabet Class A

3.06%

Broadcom

2.55%

Alphabet Class C

2.45%

Meta

2.35%

Micron Technology

1.72%

Other

62.65%

NVIDIA

4.77%

Apple

4.24%

Microsoft

3.49%

Amazon

2.33%

Alphabet Class A

1.87%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd

1.70%

Broadcom

1.59%

Alphabet Class C

1.44%

Meta

1.17%

Other

77.41%

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