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The 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 S&P 500. 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.
View fundThe investment objective of the Fund is to track the performance of large and mid-sized equities in developed markets globally.
View fundKey takeaways
These funds track different benchmarks: £SWLD follows the MSCI World Index, which includes around 1,500 companies from 23 developed countries, while £IUSA tracks the S&P 500, comprising 500 of the largest companies in the United States.
They also differ in annual fund charges (£SWLD: 0.12%, £IUSA: 0.07%) and distribution policy (£SWLD reinvests dividends as an accumulating fund, while £IUSA pays out dividends as a distributing fund). Both trade on the London Stock Exchange and have their share currency in GBP.
Fund highlights
Fund name | iShares Core S&P 500 | SPDR MSCI World |
|---|---|---|
GBP | GBP | |
USD | USD | |
| Distributing | Accumulating | |
Fund size | £16bn | £15bn |
| 1.00 | - | |
Last price | £55.51 | £39.06 |
| 0.07% | 0.12% | |
Fund manager | BlackRock | SPDR ETFs |
Benchmark | S&P 500 | MSCI World Index |
Risk | - | |
Ticker | £IUSA | £SWLD |
Primary listing | LSE | LSE |
Documents | £IUSA Key Information Document | £SWLD Key Information Document |
Market data provided by CBOE Europe and Deutsche Börse.
Performance
CumulativeRolling yearsLump sum investment
£IUSA
£SWLD
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
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£IUSA
£SWLD
Top holdings
NVIDIA
7.93%
Apple
7.41%
Microsoft
4.44%
Amazon
3.59%
Alphabet Class A
2.92%
Broadcom
2.91%
Alphabet Class C
2.36%
Meta
2.09%
Micron Technology
1.75%
Other
64.60%
NVIDIA
5.46%
Apple
5.36%
Microsoft
3.05%
Amazon
2.57%
Alphabet Class A
2.10%
Broadcom
2.00%
Alphabet Class C
1.66%
Meta
1.50%
Micron Technology
1.26%
Other
75.02%
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