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Vanguard Investment Series PLC - European Stock Index Fund

Europe large/mid cap equities. Passive tracker on MSCI Europe Index.

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About the Fund

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The Vanguard Group is a US-based private investment firm founded in 1975 by John Bogle, and is best known for offering low cost, uncomplicated mutual fund and ETF solutions. It manages over US$12tn worth of assets.

The Vanguard European Stock Index Fund is a passive index solution that tracks the MSCI Europe Index using a full physical replication approach. The index is a free float-adjusted market cap index that tracks about 400 stocks of large and mid caps across 15 developed European countries, representing approximately 85% of the underlying investable market. The ETF has ~400 holdings similar to the index.

Performance

Price Performance – Maximum Period

The FairHorizon Context

Investment-Time-Horizon in years

0 - 22 - 44 - 7 7 - 1010 - 1515+
Expected long-term return
2 - 4% p.a.
Expected volatility
3 - 5% p.a.

Building Block Returns

Vanguard Investment Series PLC - European Stock Index Fund

Ann. return (3-year):
14.78%
Ann. return (5-year):
9.61%
Ann. return (10-year):
9.20%
Ann. Standard Deviation (5-year):
16.57%

This fund represents passive exposure to the Europe large/mid caps equities.

Benchmark Returns

SPDR MSCI All Country World UCITS ETF

Ann. return (3-year):
19.93%
Ann. return (5-year):
10.65%
Ann. return (10-year):
12.24%
Ann. Standard Deviation (5-year):
14.33%
Link to the Funds FairSheet

FairHorizon Benchmark Returns

Dimensional Funds PLC - World Equity Fund

Ann. return (3-year):
17.79%
Ann. return (5-year):
9.56%
Ann. return (10-year):
—
Ann. Standard Deviation (5-year):
14.96%
Link to the Funds FairSheet

The Dimensional World Equity Fund is our FAIRHORIZON Red reference benchmark solution that has primarily global developed equities for long-term global equity-like returns and volatility.

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Why we prefer this fund

Relevance of strategy

This fund represents passive exposure to the Europe large/mid caps equities.

Historical maximum drawdown & recovery time

Max drawdown (since inception)
-63.05%
Recovery Period
1886 Days

Diversification

Top 10 Holdings

  • ASML Holding NV3.81%
  • AstraZeneca PLC2.29%
  • Novartis AG2.18%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC2.11%
  • Roche Holding AG Participating2.09%
  • Shell PLC2.05%
  • Nestle SA1.91%
  • TotalEnergies SE1.41%
  • Siemens AG1.37%
  • SAP SE1.34%

Sectors

  • Financials23.49%
  • Industrials18.32%
  • Health Care13.42%
  • Consumer Staples9.28%
  • Technology7.34%
  • Materials6.06%
  • Consumer Discretionary6.03%
  • Energy5.96%
  • Utilities5.29%
  • Communications4.14%
  • Real Estate0.68%

Geography

  • United Kingdom21.91%
  • Switzerland15.20%
  • France14.27%
  • Germany13.72%
  • Netherlands9.10%
  • Spain5.67%
  • Sweden5.50%
  • Italy4.80%
  • Denmark2.51%
  • Finland1.83%
  • Belgium1.37%
  • Others4.14%