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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.
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: £IGUS follows 500 of the largest listed companies in the United States, while €IWRD follows around 1,500 companies across 23 developed countries. They also differ in share currency, annual charges, distribution policy, exchange, and fund size. Both are managed by BlackRock.
Fund highlights
Fund name | iShares S&P 500 GBP Hedged | iShares MSCI World |
|---|---|---|
GBP | EUR | |
GBP | USD | |
| Accumulating | Distributing | |
Fund size | £1.2B | €8.2B |
| 1.02 | 1.00 | |
Last price | £178.92 | €94.50 |
| 0.20% | 0.50% | |
Fund manager | BlackRock | BlackRock |
Benchmark | S&P 500 | MSCI World Index |
Risk | ||
Ticker | £IGUS | €IWRD |
Primary listing | LSE | AEX |
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Market data provided by CBOE Europe and Deutsche Börse.
Performance
CumulativeRolling yearsLump sum investment
Sector exposure
ChartTable
£IGUS
€IWRD
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
5.74%
Apple
5.39%
Microsoft
4.11%
Amazon
2.77%
Alphabet Class A
2.25%
Broadcom
1.78%
Alphabet Class C
1.77%
Meta
1.72%
Micron Technology
1.27%
Other
73.20%
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