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The Fund employs a passive management approach, through physical acquisition of securities, and seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Emerging Index. The Index is comprised of large- and mid-sized stocks in emerging markets. The Fund seeks to track the Index by investing in all the constituents of the Index, making the weight of such investments approximate the Index. Where full replication is not practicable, the Fund will use a sampling process. The Fund may use derivatives to reduce risk or cost and/or generate extra income or growth. Income from the ETF Shares will be reinvested and reflected in the price of shares in the ETF. The Fund's base currency is USD.
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The Fund seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Emerging Index. The Index is comprised of large and mid-sized company stocks in emerging markets. The Fund attempts to 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

$VFEA reinvests dividends (an accumulating fund), while $VDEM pays them out to shareholders (a distributing fund); $VDEM is also larger, at $3.7 billion versus $2.3 billion for $VFEA. Both are managed by Vanguard, trade on the London Stock Exchange, have USD share currency and 0.17% annual charges, and track the same benchmark.

Fund highlights

Fund comparison highlights
Fund name
Vanguard FTSE Emerging MarketsVanguard FTSE Emerging Markets
USD
USD
USD
USD
AccumulatingDistributing
Fund size
$2.3B$3.7B
0.790.91
Last price
$86.51$80.58
0.17%0.17%
Fund manager
VanguardVanguard
Benchmark
FTSE Emerging Index USD Net of TaxFTSE Emerging Index USD Net of Tax
Risk
Ticker
$VFEA$VDEM
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
$VFEA
$VDEM

Top holdings

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd

17.65%

Tencent Holdings Ltd

3.20%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd

2.40%

Mediatek Inc

2.12%

Delta Electronics Inc

1.07%

China Construction Bank Corp

1.03%

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd

0.90%

Hdfc Bank Ltd

0.79%

Reliance Industries Ltd

0.78%

Other

70.08%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd

17.65%

Tencent Holdings Ltd

3.20%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd

2.40%

Mediatek Inc

2.12%

Delta Electronics Inc

1.07%

China Construction Bank Corp

1.03%

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd

0.90%

Hdfc Bank Ltd

0.79%

Reliance Industries Ltd

0.78%

Other

70.08%

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