Vanguard Investment Series PLC - Global Short Term Bond Index Fund vs Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF

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Vanguard Investment Series PLC - Global Short Term Bond Index Fund P1 · FairHorizon Purple Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF P4 · FairHorizon Purple
ISIN IE00BH65QN23 IE00BGYWSV06
Asset class Global Short Maturity Bonds USD Short Maturity Bonds
Strategy Index-Based Index-Based
Provider Vanguard Vanguard
Sustainability (SFDR)
Share class IP GBP H INC USD ACC
Currency USD USD
TER (p.a.) 0.15% 0.09%
Inception 2014-01-31 2019-02-21
Return — 1 year 3.12% 4.42%
Return — 3 years p.a. 4.62% 5.19%
Return — 5 years p.a. 2.00% 2.57%
Return — 10 years p.a. 2.14%
Volatility — 5y stddev p.a. 2.59% 2.15%
Max. recommended portfolio share 100% 35%

How they differ

Vanguard Investment Series PLC - Global Short Term Bond Index Fund is classified by Das Family Office as FairHorizon Purple (Global Short Maturity Bonds, index-based). Global short maturity (1-5y) diversified IG bonds. Passive tracker on Bloomberg Global Aggregate ex US MBS 1-5 Year Float Adjusted and Scaled Index.

Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF is classified as FairHorizon Purple (USD Short Maturity Bonds, index-based). Global USD ultra short maturity (<3y) corporate bonds. Passive tracker on Bloomberg Global Aggregate Corporate - USD Index 1-3 Year.

Both funds sit in the same FairHorizon bucket, suggesting comparable investment time-horizons. Differences are likely to come from underlying strategy, manager skill, or sub-asset-class tilt.

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