For Commodities, I’d been put off the ETCs from reading the Monevator articles on them. At least for Global Value, there were a few ETFs to choose from. Just found out that iShares have dropped the OCFs on their UK Gilt ETFs. Thanks again for you thoughts Peter – much appreciated. I bought unhedged US treasuries to limit any annoyance if brexit causes GBP to sink. The ETFs with the best 1-year trailing total return are DBP, SGOL, and GLDM. My fear is that if there is a run on Gold from governements due to a new impending Gold standard implementation, then I wouldn’t be able to sell at the actual spot price, because the ETC provider would only really have a fraction of the gold they’ve allocated. “A high-yielding fund is a distant cousin of value and not always a pretty one at that” HSBC are a slightly more expensive alternative but again like Vanguard restrict the range to their own products. I used Bank of England spot rates to convert the Fidelity returns to dollars. They have been tremendously better than the UK’s hesitant government in bringing in measures to reduce the impact of COVID 19. I’m new to this site, and find the advice absolutely invaluable. I was looking at Unhedged Global Bond ETFs recently to use as a benchmark (as I’m a heretical Active Investor). VanEck Vectors Wide Moat ETF (ASX: MOAT) This ETF is a little different from the others in our list … Still not without difficulty though as ETFs report past performance in the ETF base currency, usually dollars and OEICs report in pounds! In my research for my minimum risk asset I see this fund from iShares –. I have had to caveat emptor the list around OCF for the sake of practicality but I could delve deeper into these differences in a standalone post and then link back to it. yes I did a very careful comparison, but the tracking errors were negative and far larger than the difference in OCF. A falling pound will boost overseas assets so don’t all the overseas stocks you hold provide effective foreign currency exposure? It’s a great fund for bond diversification. Given this it’s not comparable to one specific index and so tracking error harder to track. The Fund aims to provide a return on your investment (generated through an increase in the value of the assets held by the Fund) by tracking closely the performance of the FTSE 350 Index, the Fund’s benchmark index. Re: above comment, have now received confirmation from HL that there is no 3% entry or exit fee payable on this ETF (not when buying through them anyway, but almost certainly not broker specific), which is the expected outcome – but better to be safe than sorry.. Hi all. and some global small value through a DFA loophole that existed for a short time (could invest without an advisor) but has since been closed. All investing carries risks. Comstage, Amundi and L&G ETFs may work out ok, but their funds are much smaller and they don’t yet have sufficient track record to show whether their lower fees actually translate into improved performance and lower tracking error. But ingenious branding and expensive ads campaigns continue to lure new customers into thinking these managed funds somehow outperform the broad market S&P 500. For instance, the HSBC etf you refer to includes British American Tobacco inter al within its portfolio. IF you can correctly identify which sectors are profitable, and which stocks within those sectors are profitable. Over the last 18 months or so, the difference in performance of the two indices is 0.01%. Personally, my best tracker funds list is very short as my entire portfolio contains just two index tracker funds: This Vanguard U.S. Equity Index Fund tops my list of the best tracker funds because it holds approximately a wide array of company stocks, everything from behemoths such as Apple and Amazon, staples such as Visa and General Motors, and smaller companies such as Dolby and Ralph Lauren. We don’t include platform exclusive funds – they’re generally not a good deal overall. SPDR® Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond UCITS ETF GBP Hedged (GBP) (ticker:GLAB) 0.10%. From [unreliable] memory when the synthetic ETF scare broke several years ago, iShares had very few synthetic ETFs in the range so could loudly trumpet their physical credentials. The rest are active funds and shown as a selection of what’s available rather than a comprehensive survey. I would very much doubt that it’s FX hedging costs. 4 Best Aggressive Growth Mutual Funds for 2020. Again, all other things being equal. Algernond. Perhaps you have a knack of picking great funds, or perhaps you were lucky. Funds focused on China, the US … For UK they are all so close on OCF%, but I find it gets very confusing once you dive into transaction costs/tracking error/performance data to try and differentiate further…so I inevitably just carry on with my ongoing picks. I love feedback, so if you find any errors or omissions or have any website improvement suggestions, I invite you to contact me and be a part of contributing to this website. If you want companies representative of UK stock market then FTSE All-Share or you could achieve much the same with FTSE 100 + FTSE 250. I am looking at ETFs only because my platform AJ Bell Youinvest does not charge for ETFs but does for OEIC funds. It’s not about whether you are unhedged or hedged. A duty to report these profits in their tax returns, in the same way they do with actual cash distributions from their offshore reporting funds. However I can’t find a platform that deals in it. L&G have a very good track record of running index funds and well worth a look IMHO, but their ETFs are quite new and AFAIK not run by the same team, so again worth waiting to see how they do. This is a low cost FTSE 350 tracker fund with a 0.16% pa annual charge. Seems a little confusing? L&G Global Infrastructure Index. FWIW, I’ve tended to choose my platform first and make sure that it (or my next best choice) has the right funds (or some close alternatives). You know, the advice about letting a financial adviser build you a unit trust or share portfolio filled Threadneedle, Invesco, Artemis, Shell, Marks & Spencer, Rolls Royce and Lloyds Bank. Contributor. If my portfolio wasn’t already 30% small cap value, I’d be piling in…. You may time it right once or twice but over 30 years you are statistically going to get it wrong most of the time and negatively impact your investments. Interesting I’m not sure the Bonds low general performance and at best, mediocre performance in a crash particularly hedges things, but I can understand the attractive idea of offsetting that risk and it’s better than Gold for sure! Best Index Tracker Fund ISAs 2020. Sounds similar? A Canadian Index ETF is a fund that invests largely in Canadian equities by tracking a major Canadian stock index. What fund do you recommend looking at that is a total world fund and not just covering the developed world? cheers Tommy. There is no automatic ETF dividend reinvestment option that I can find either, although manual reinvestment is free. I am leaning towards the HSBC FTSE All World for now. You’d want to be absolutely crystal clear whether you were paying it or not. . You can invest directly with Vanguard but each fund has a £500 minimum initial purchase. The global bond fund I use has a high mix of government and a lower mix of corporate bonds. L&G International Index Trust I Fund (GB00B2Q6HW61) OCF 0.13% Next best. For the Vangaurd All World ETF, you’ve given it the Lyxor ticker (LCWL) instead of VWRL. Tracking error, bid/offer, stock lending, fund administrator, or just which one makes you feel more warm and fuzzy. Royal London, ASI and Smith & Williamson funds are active. Investors need only pay any relevant broker and stock exchange fees and commissions’. Jan 24, 2020 9:56AM EST. I’ve been thinking to change some of my GBP hedged bonds into Gold / unhedged bonds to diversify away Sterling risk; Gold is in your list but unhedged bonds are not, which is what led me to question my understanding of what passive investing is. You should consider its appropriateness for your circumstances. That is probably the one I would go for if I wanted a developed world fund. The financial services world is complicated for a reason because if it weren’t, very few people would need financial services. Any financial adviser who advises you to buy actively managed funds might be trying to separate you from your money by way of incentive commissions, management and trading fees. https://www.ishares.com/uk/individual/en/products/253744/ishares-usd-government-bond-37-ucits-etf-acc-fund Vanguard Lifestrategy 100% Equity Fund (GB00B41XG308) OCF 0.22%. Lower costs – that’s the name of the game for passive investors. From what I can see, Vanguard UK Investment Grade Bond Index (IE00B1S74Q32) OCF has an annual charge of 0.12% not 0.15%. And one quick question – why can’t i hold Shares in L&G All Commodities ETF (BCOM) In my ISA? https://www.ishares.com/uk/individual/en/products/251736/ishares-euro-government-bond-35yr-ucits-etf I wonder if there is anything much in the difference?? Vanguard believe this gives investors the benefit of diversification while limiting risk.” Three reasons. Seems to have been a glitch. However, the SRI ETFs you list probably wouldn’t pass muster under the word ‘ESG’ which you use synonymously. HMWO outperforms the most because HSBC has more local entities. So if the FT, Hargreaves Landsdown and Morning star are all saying “initial charge 0%” but HSBCs KIID for the fund is saying a MASSIVE THREE PERCENT INITIAL CHARGE. Unlike ZX, I’m not agile enough to respond to market changes that favours a particular product for a year or so, I’m looking to be in the right ballpark rather than top of the league. Oops, thanks Algernond and Grislybear. From what I have read here, the platforms need to do due diligence which takes time and I suppose they take a view as to whether demand justifies the effort. However if you bought them after most of their great run, then the question is will they do as well over the next 5-10 years? Some are better at stock lending say. But really, if you aren’t an advanced investor, you shouldn’t stock pick. Is my idea misguided? Hello, Im new to this and have a question for you please: @shaz M — Some few funds do beat the market. @Peter “re: L&G Global Small Cap Index Fund (IE00BG0VVG79)” People often have home bias e.g. Previous post: Weekend reading: Daddy, what did you do in the great pandemic? @ Nicholas Stone – if you want to own companies more exposed to the UK economy then FTSE 250. If something is “half as cheap” does it cost more, or less? I sense you have a large portfolio which probably makes it profitable for you to be highly sensitive to cost differentials? Physical commodity ETN might cause them to twitch! I see recently a big push for passive investing as low charges etc but I wonder if I am missing something. (It seems pointless to switch from 0.25 to 0.23 but if it was 0.1 for example), @Peter Re: “Does anyone know which platforms actually carry L&G Global Small Cap Index Fund (IE00BG0VVG79)? Both track the same asset class and both appear to be highly correlated. Ticker: VCN. So what is obliging HSBC to report 3% entry and exit in there own KIID that is so widely being ignored by FT HL and morning*? So (my) panic over! Anyone bought PRIW and on what platform please? So some changes between providers when that happens. Its huge, global government, unhedged and only slightly pricey at OCF .20%. Unless I can be guaranteed the 0.24% every year, looks like a crap shoot to me. @ Naeclue – thank you for taking the time to walkthrough your process. Is there a reason Vanguard FTSE Developed World UCITS ETF (VEVE/IE00BKX55T58) is not listed under “World equity – developed world only”? Pretty shoddy! Chris, VHVG is available to trade but it only launched a year ago. I’m looking because it doesn’t look like ILSCs are ever coming back, so I’m being forced into index-linked bonds. Hi – is it possible to get this updated for 2020? If you are thinking of investing in this sort of way I would encourage reading further articles from Monevator or the Maven Money podcast as they go into detail on behavioural habits and its importance. AGBP is against the Barclays Global Aggregate Bond index, while VAGS is against the Barclays Global Aggregate (Float and Scaled) Bond index. There are many types of index trackers so it’s best to choose something you’re comfortable with and that you understand. This may be something worth noting in these listings. Note: Anything not labelled ETF or ETC will be an index fund. www(dot)ishares(dot)com/uk/individual/en/products/264659/ishares-msci-emerging-markets-imi-ucits-etf. Choosing Fidelity’s Global Tracker Fund would be my second equity tracker choice but the Global Funds have historically underperformed the US tracker’s by about 3.5% per year since 2012: I prefer the Fidelity Global index tracker because of the diversity as the fund invests in 1600+ stocks versus Vanguard’s version which only invests in 198 stocks. Humans love to complicate things, especially when it comes to investing. (I expect the £ to recover somewhat post Brexit). Fixed. I did similar comparisons with FTSE 100 funds, and FTSE 100 trackers, and the returns were better, even if marginally. There doesn’t seem to be any articles that I can find from either yourself or other parties directly explaining this so would really appreciate your thoughts and guidance on this. Thanks. I wouldn’t want to get into a back on fourth debating your selection of funds etc as I don’t think this is the medium Monevator would prefer it to be discussed. For example, Vanguard’s UK Government Bond Fund only holds 58 bonds versus the 10,000+ bonds in the Global Fund. Experts debate relative importance of all the points, but all told it’s much more consensus position to hedge then with equities. The way to decide what allocation works for you is to think about risk tolerance and this is different for everyone. In as much that I feel the duration should in some way align with the reason for choosing the asset and the associationed timescale, and I worry about value in 10 years time ( for my lucky widow in case if the SIPP ), the duration of the fund seemed ok. The Investor loves your thinking, you total slave driver. I had the same correspondence (another Cavendish or Fidelity customer, perchance?) According to this charges documents there is a 0.19% ongoing charge for the product costs AND a 0.25% ongoing charge for the account fee, i.e. @Brod. Please ignore my latest. The Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund has a total charge of 0.24% on the other hand. The FSCS does not cover index trackers or peer to peer lending and your capital is at risk. I have been reading up the last month on everything I can and am looking to make my first investment this week, with regular automated monthly investments from my salary going forward. https://monevator.com/how-to-work-out-your-portfolios-cost/. AGBP LN (GBP hedged Dist) -> AGGG LN (US$ Unhedged Dist). Current investments:- @ Algernond – check this out: https://www.their.tube/. I’m sure HSBC would much rather leave it out. You see this most in ETFs with very high stock lending returns. Sector average performance: 15.3% Managers … This would be more complete if you included trackers for Europe, Japan and Developed Asia Pacific ex Japan. Google “BlackRock performs volte-face with swap-based equity ETF”. The issue is when stock prices are dropping, emotions get involved and bad timing decisions can cost you money. Monevator is a place for my thoughts on money and investing. But they are not the same thing at all. @Jonathan — Yes, it’s a pretty intractable minefield. So this has me doubting my faith in passive investing, and if funds are still “actively” managed even though they are a passive index tracker fund?. I realise there’s a limit on how many sectors this guide should cover, but I’ve found these global aggregate bond trackers useful and cheap (‘aggregate’ here means it combines government and corporate bonds): iShares Global Aggregate Bond UCITS ETF GBP Hedged (Dist) (ticker:AGBP) 0.10% Although @ZXSpectrum48k suggests that querying about what exactly is passive investing was damaging the thread, I’m not so sure that it is. UK (VMID)? The current phase of … (I not found any information about the authors so it looks like you post anonymously) I just wondered if that was your neck of the woods. Stock tracker funds can be much riskier and more volatile than certain bond tracker funds but the payoff is greater. See: https://www.youinvest.co.uk/market-research/LSE%3AVHVG. The three you mention are among the three best performing retail funds in the entire universe (of several thousand) of retail funds out there. It’s a great compilation, and this and many other posts by yourself & @TI have helped me so much since I was FI awakened by this site. Unless I have not fully understood all charges but it appears that you can get the HSBC FTSE All-World Index fund from AJ Bell with an OCF of 0.13 rather than the 0.18 you have above.. Making even cheaper. All four on the LSE. When you begin looking for the best tracker funds, the financial services industry will try to dissuade and confuse you by offering a myriad of options designed to have you running back to your trusty financial adviser. I can clear cookies to fix but then I lose cookies for all sites which is inconvenient (no option to clear cookies for a single site on the iPad version of Chrome). No one needs a financial adviser to buy index trackers. . As such, they may have a negative effect on the fund. Would it still be worth £1000 or would you have made some money through dividends from the FTSE All Share companies? So what’s the point in owning own a bond fund? Vanguard FTSE All-World ETF (VWRL) OCF 0.25% On the negatives side it is much smaller in asset size as is newer so there are potential risks on that side but offset with the pros this for me is the strong favourite and also I expect the fund to grow in size considerably the next 5 or so years so stability should be found in that. The large-growth (fund) category has been particularly difficult for active fund managers. Google the ISIN to track down the factsheet: IE00BK5BQV03, There’s a list of alternatives here, though none as good as Cavendish for small portfolios: Personally, my allocation lies somewhere in the 70-80% stocks and 20-30% bonds. They nibble away at your returns like a satanic mouse – harmless enough at first, until you realise all your cheese has gone. A UK Government bond fund is higher risk than a global fund because it is far less diverse. If I wanted to do this, (for example because I want to buy N America separately because I think it’s overvalued)… what would I buy to represent the UK? Great piece of work, I did some detailed research looking to cover the Canadian market a few years back, the iShares product was more expensive than rival ETFs but the performance was markedly better…. As an ETF is traded like a stock, perhaps it comes from the bid offer spread from the market maker? Warren Buffet’s words are extremely insightful. @ Naeclue – thanks for following up on that. Which Peer To Peer Lending Businesses Will Survive? Could you explain in what way or point to some articles about deaccumulation? Keep in mind when researching all this stuff though that the goalposts are constantly moving (e.g. For example, the largest weighted stocks are Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook and Tesla make up 16% of the whole index, so the tracker fund owns the same percentage of its holdings in those 5 giant companies. It has always annoyed me that WSML isn’t available on HL. But I’d welcome any thoughts. but this article should still prove an excellent starting point for your research. Thanks for clarifying. Given their global network, tax arb is something HSBC is quite good at … just ask the Russians! This strategy provides less risk, less emotional stress and lower fees and is a very effective way to achieve retirement wealth. There is also VAGU LN (US Hedged Acc) but remember the only exposure you get with that is short GBP/USD overlay. Amature investors tend to sell when prices are plummeting and buy when they are rising. Consider kissing those risky single stock portfolios goodbye and buying and holding the best tracker funds. Fidelity: £25 minimum on each fund then you can purchase any amount after your initial deposit. I own bond funds because they can act as an insurance policy and a hedge against stock market corrections such as the ones experienced due to Covid-19 and in 2009. If you want to purchase less than £500 in each fund to start, I’d recommend opening an account with Fidelity where you can purchase the Fidelity Index US Fund which is similar to Vanguard’s version and only has a £25 minimum. @John F SALTA showcased the best performing ETFs in South Africa for the period ending 29 February 2020, across a variet y of criteria. . Opinions expressed in this review are opinions based on my own personal experiences. Much appreciated I imagine that Blackrock think the fuss has died down now? In particular, VEVE and HMWO are nice as they do not reinvest dividends, which helps for the self-assessment when investing outside of a wrapper (ISA/SIPP). I do have this years glide-path rebalance to invest in Dev World Equities. Still have memories of the iShares UK Dividend Plus fund which was all the race up to 2008. World coverage including Emerging Markets with the cheapest funds possible. You can also subscribe without commenting. Interesting that you pick out L&G as reliable – I’ll need to take a closer look. I feel fairly loyal to Vanguard but would be interested to hear if others think it’s worth swapping to a different etf for lower fees and if so by how much? If you want to have a punt on single stocks, make sure it’s a mangeable percentage of your entire investment allocation. Close Brothers are theoretically as cheap but they don’t make it clear what funds they offer – at face value it doesn’t look like they offer a wide selection but I’ll need to dig deeper into it. The Vanguard fund is active but gives you a non-ETF option. I suppose the other question is HSBC vs Vanguard as a company but again I think both are big reputable financial behemoths which shouldn’t be an issue. They could face fines for concealing information delaying global knowledge or for the repeated instance of a virus from stemming from a known issue being the wet markets that could impact them. So, back to sleep. Blackstone now include ‘enhanced ESG’ etfs, which exclude ‘sin’ businesses for instance – and there are a plethora of others. Blue Whale next? Financial Thing uses cookies to help you enjoy the best possible experience. And also iShares Sterling Corporate Bond 0-5Yr UCITS ETF (IS15) with a TER of 0.2% as a less volatile and interest rate sensitive alternative to SLXX. Thank you. Are the fees the primary indicators for you choosing a fund to invest in, or are there other indicators or variables that drive your reasoning for choosing a fund that I am not considering here? Currently I’m guessing at the correct % split allocations in my 3 funds hence being curious in the HSBC fund? There is an option to pay fees via direct debit, instead of from the SIPP, which will be good for some people. Cavendish not offering anymore ISA and SIPP after sale was agreed with Fidelity this weekend! Timing these cyclical stock moves was nearly impossible and required research and luck. ETFs are more easily added I read on this blog sometime back. But the odds are against it, and for most people it’s not worth the bother of trying since they don’t need to beat the market to achieve their goals, and losing to the market would only hold them back. All hedged back to Sterling, short and intermediate options. This is an invaluable regular exercise, many thanks. So I’m pondering rather than acting at the moment. I see the new Amundi Prime PRIW all developed world etf charges only 0.05% – a considerable saving. Make sure you pay attention to what the trackers hold in their portfolios and the fees. I’m curious as to why you don’t like swap-based ETFs but sound sanguine about stock-lending? True but ok by me. https://fundcentres.lgim.com/uk/ad/fund-centre/Unit-Trust/Global-Inflation-Linked-Bond-Index-Fund from IMHO IFA is for if you’re a millionaire or grossing 300k+ annually. The book basically spells out why long-term, buying index tracker funds is far better than stock picking or investing in managed unit trusts and mutual funds. Can anybody confirm this? Anyway, that seems to me a lot of sterling, and I was wondering about whether I could find a way of holding some of that in non sterling. I like Nick Train and Terry Smith’s approach and think they have a chance, but the former would admit the market has been kind to his kind of shares over the past 5-10 years, and the latter is intellectually honest enough to admit there will be down periods for his style of investing, albeit he’s yet to see one. Hi all, rereading past comments, I am struck by posts between John Answorth and Peter in May, concerning the home bias of the Life Strategy funds. I’ve looked on HL, AJ Bell, Fidelity, IWeb, II and can’t find it anywhere?”. End result is that it’s outperformed by a considerable margin given the specific conditions in the last year or so. Any act to postpone or withhold investments (as easy as it is to do) is going against that. @OCT isn’t the OCF for this fund 0.20%? Lastly you mention drip feeding into the fund for the short term. They all track MSCI World so oranges are being compared. You replicate against MSCI World index but state your returns vs. MSCI World Net index. If you are putting VLS100 in there might as well put HSBC Global Strategy Adventurous at a OCF of 0.15%, Great piece of work Regarding who through, I am likely to be going via Lloyds as already have a share dealing account and ISA there and they offer competitive rates and the regular investing automation etc that fit within my current needs. Customers have entrusted over $5+ trillion to Vanguard making them one of the largest fund companies in the world. Where do you go for your small cap value exposure? Vanguard LifeStrategy and Fidelity Allocator invest in other index trackers. Europe ex-UK (VERX) “. Example: A 35 year-old would own 65% stock index funds and 35% bond index funds. In other words, the fund tracks the broad equity market including large, mid, small and micro-cap stocks. I’m looking to invest for retirement (>15-20yrs) so would accumulating make more sense? Morning everyone I’m not sure it is. Other companies offer low fees as an introductory rate, then quietly hike their fees. That’s odd, I would have said it is harder to find hedged than unhedged bonds, eg Both Vanguard FTSE Developed World UCITS ETFs. Will you be buying this fund through Vanguard Investor, or another platform? Eventually for about £40 or 3 bottles of wine a year. We only update this list periodically. This piece on designing your own asset allocation will help you construct your own portfolio. The fund purchases stocks in a weighted format. The process for selecting tracker funds for the Wealth Shortlist is similar to the same as for actively managed funds. Unless you love investing and are certain you’ll rebalance wisely no matter what, then it’s tough to beat the convenience of a one-stop fund. And I am aware that moving into these currencies now would be falling into the usual psychological trap of buying low… That being said, some people are only comfortable buying UK investment products, so always do what is right for you. I’ve deliberately not updated because pedants shouldn’t prosper . Maybe you’re talking about transaction costs and such? Look, I love picking single stocks but I also spend countless hours researching. Would you aim to keep all these combined around 0.1% or is that a figure you aim to keep just for the ongoing charge? So if the £ drops in value, so would the fund. But then just on from that ‘No entry or exit charge is payable where shares are purchased/sold on a stock exchange. The effective duration of the L&G fund is reported as 7.99 years ( love the precision). Instead of trying to pick winners from 29,000 unit trusts or mutual funds, pick one tracker fund that owns thousands of stocks in proven companies. Would appreciate some thoughts from the hive mind! Not quite sure why or how that happened. Even the greatest investor in the world, Warren Buffet, agrees: “The trick is not to pick the right company, the trick is to essentially buy all the big companies through the S&P 500 and to do it consistently and to do it in a very, very low cost waY”. As you get older you can adjust this as needed (we call this rebalancing). Best mutual funds to invest in 2020 Below is a variety of well-regarded, well-performing fund candidates to consider, for any money that you choose to not park in low-fee, broad-market index funds. Receive my articles for free in your inbox. “Vanguard FTSE All-World ETF (LCWL) OCF 0.25% ” slight error here methinks. For me that makes iShares the winner, but it becomes trickier to decide when you see outperformance, but with higher tracking error, which sometimes happens. 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