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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 deliver the net total return performance of the Benchmark Index (being the FTSE 100 Index), less the fees and expenses of the Fund. The Index measures the performance of the 100 largest capitalisation UK listed stocks, which pass screening for size, liquidity and free-float criteria.
View fundKey takeaways
These funds track different benchmarks: £IUSA follows the S&P 500, which includes 500 of the largest companies in the United States, while £CUKX tracks the FTSE 100, comprising 100 of the largest companies in the United Kingdom.
They also differ in distribution policy: £IUSA pays out dividends to shareholders (a distributing fund), while £CUKX reinvests dividends (an accumulating fund). Additionally, £IUSA is larger than £CUKX in terms of fund size (£15.8 billion vs. £3.0 billion).
Both funds are managed by BlackRock, have annual fund charges of 0.07%, and trade on the London Stock Exchange.
Fund highlights
Fund name | iShares Core S&P 500 | iShares Core FTSE 100 |
|---|---|---|
GBP | GBP | |
USD | GBP | |
| Distributing | Accumulating | |
Fund size | £16bn | £3.2bn |
| 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Last price | £55.51 | £219.55 |
| 0.07% | 0.07% | |
Fund manager | BlackRock | BlackRock |
Benchmark | S&P 500 | FTSE 100 |
Risk | ||
Ticker | £IUSA | £CUKX |
Primary listing | LSE | LSE |
Documents | £IUSA Key Information Document | £CUKX Key Information Document |
Market data provided by CBOE Europe and Deutsche Börse.
Performance
CumulativeRolling yearsLump sum investment
£IUSA
£CUKX
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
£IUSA
£CUKX
Top holdings
NVIDIA
7.96%
Apple
7.41%
Microsoft
4.49%
Amazon
3.71%
Alphabet Class A
3.11%
Broadcom
2.91%
Alphabet Class C
2.50%
Meta
2.13%
Micron Technology
1.68%
Other
64.10%
HSBC Holdings
10.30%
AstraZeneca
7.48%
Shell
7.37%
Rolls-Royce Holdings
4.48%
Unilever
3.76%
British American Tobacco
3.57%
BP
3.42%
GSK plc
2.98%
Barclays
2.79%
Other
53.85%
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