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£CSP1
The investment objective of the Fund is to deliver the net total return performance of the Benchmark Index (being the S&P 500 Index), less the fees and expenses of the Fund. 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.
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£CSP1
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£VUSA
The Fund seeks to track the performance of the Standard and Poor's 500 Index (the Index). The Index is comprised of large-sized company stocks in the US. The Fund attempts to track the performance of the Index by investing in all constituent securities of the Index in the same proportion as the Index, where not practicable to fully replicate, the Fund will use a sampling process, and remain fully invested except in extraordinary market, political or similar conditions.
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£VUSA
Key takeaways
£VUSA pays out dividends to shareholders (a distributing fund), while £CSP1 reinvests dividends (an accumulating fund). £VUSA is managed by Vanguard with a fund size of £37.7 billion, whereas £CSP1 is managed by BlackRock with a larger fund size of £90.2 billion. Both ETFs have the same annual fund charges of 0.07%, are traded on the London Stock Exchange, and are denominated in GBP.
Fund highlights
Fund name
iShares Core S&P 500
Vanguard S&P 500
Share currency
GBP
GBP
Base currency
USD
USD
Use of income
Accumulating
Distributing
Fund size
£77B
£31B
Beta
1.00
1.00
Last price
£430.07
£76.64
Annual fund charges
0.07%
0.07%
Benchmark
S&P 500
S&P 500
Risk
Ticker
£CSP1
£VUSA
Trading on
LSE
LSE
Market data provided by CBOE Europe and Deutsche Börse.
Performance
CumulativeRolling yearsLump sum investment
£CSP1
£VUSA
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
£CSP1
£VUSA
Top holdings
Apple
6.62%
Microsoft
6.28%
NVIDIA
5.90%
Amazon
3.74%
Meta
2.53%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B
2.11%
Alphabet Class A
2.02%
Broadcom
1.82%
Alphabet Class C
1.66%
Other
67.32%
Apple
7.06%
NVIDIA
6.71%
Microsoft
6.21%
Amazon
3.58%
Meta
2.55%
Alphabet Class A
2.06%
Alphabet Class C
1.70%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc
1.70%
Broadcom
1.62%
Other
66.81%
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