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£IUSA
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 fund£SWLD
The 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
Share currency
GBP
GBP
Base currency
USD
USD
Use of income
Distributing
Accumulating
Fund size
£16bn
£14bn
Beta
1.00
-
Last price
£54.40
£38.11
Annual fund charges
0.07%
0.12%
Benchmark
S&P 500
MSCI World Index
Risk
-
Ticker
£IUSA
£SWLD
Primary listing
LSE
LSE
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
ChartTable
£IUSA
£SWLD
Top holdings
NVIDIA
7.97%
Apple
6.72%
Microsoft
4.72%
Amazon
3.76%
Alphabet Class A
3.37%
Broadcom
2.93%
Alphabet Class C
2.70%
Meta
2.02%
Tesla
1.76%
Other
64.05%
NVIDIA
5.50%
Apple
4.89%
Microsoft
3.25%
Amazon
2.71%
Alphabet Class A
2.43%
Broadcom
2.02%
Alphabet Class C
1.91%
Meta
1.46%
Tesla
1.27%
Other
74.56%
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