Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend (Dist)

Description

Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend (Dist) is a equity ETF from Vanguard tracking the FTSE All-World High Div. Yield index through physical (sampling) replication. Domiciled in Ireland and launched in 2013, the fund manages about 9.1 bn € and charges a TER of 0.29% — 29 € per year on a €10,000 investment. Income is paid out to investors periodically (distributing).

The fund in context

Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend (Dist) competes with 175 other products in the same class and region (Equity, Global): it ranks 5th by fund size and 40th by ongoing cost, with a TER of 0.29% against a group median of 0.40%. It has been listed since 2013, 13 years of track record.

On a €10,000 investment the TER costs 29 € a year, against 40 € for the median product in the category.

Replication is physical by sampling: the fund holds a representative subset chosen to track the index while containing transaction costs — standard practice on very broad indices.

Income is distributed periodically: it produces cash flow, but reinvesting it is up to you if the goal is capital growth. The fund is denominated in USD. That is not the same as currency risk: the exposure comes from the currencies of the underlying holdings, not from the denomination or the trading currency of a given listing.

Irish domicile lets the fund apply the Ireland–US tax treaty, with 15% withholding instead of 30% on US dividends received by the fund.

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• ACWE — State Street SPDR MSCI All Country World UCITS ETF USD Unhedged (Acc) 0.12%

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