Vanguard Global Tracker ETF

Pat38493

Does Vanguard have an ETF version of their global tracker GB00BD3RZ582?  I can't seem to find one.

If not, can someone suggest an equivalent global tracker ETF - I am looking for one that has some small cap in it (various others that I looked at seemed to have zero small cap).

I realised that I prefer ETFs because I prefer to know the price I am buying or selling immediately rather than having to wait 4 business days until I find out the price.  (yes I know in the long term this shouldn't be relevant but when you are actually in the middle of a purchase or sale and markets are moving, it adds unnecessary worry).

Roger175

Like you, I prefer ETFs, I'm currently doing a lot of buying/selling and re-balancing and I hate the delay (Vanguard seem particularly slow). I am still waiting for some purchases to be dealt, which I instructed on 27th, now 3 days and it's a pain in the neck when you're re-balancing, especially if you don't have a significant cash buffer and have to wait for sales before instructing purchases etc.

I've just sold my holding in Vanguard Funds PLC VANGUARD FTSE ALL-WORLD UCITS ETF (VWRP), because I am trying to reduce my exposure to the magnificent 7, so I get your preference for some small cap.

Pat38493

Roger175 said:

Like you, I prefer ETFs, I'm currently doing a lot of buying/selling and re-balancing and I hate the delay (Vanguard seem particularly slow). I am still waiting for some purchases to be dealt, which I instructed on 27th, now 3 days and it's a pain in the neck when you're re-balancing, especially if you don't have a significant cash buffer and have to wait for sales before instructing purchases etc.

I've just sold my holding in Vanguard Funds PLC VANGUARD FTSE ALL-WORLD UCITS ETF (VWRP), because I am trying to reduce my exposure to the magnificent 7, so I get your preference for some small cap.

Yes - that Vanguard ETF fund is all large cap.  I am not sure if there is a search platform that allows you to search for ETFs by mix to that level of granularity.

Crazy part is my employer scheme won't let me buy ETFs - it says I have to be an adviser to purchase ETF!  Therefore I have started transferring all my employer contributions away each year.

MX5huggy

The IB number you have given is for HMWO which seems to be exactly what you don’t want. Which fund did you want to match? 

Pat38493

MX5huggy said:

The IB number you have given is for HMWO which seems to be exactly what you don’t want. Which fund did you want to match? 

Sorry you are correct.  I have changed it to GB00BD3RZ582.

At the moment, I have holdings in both.  The Vanguard one has at least some Small Cap in it, whereas the HSBC one does not.

So it's GB00BD3RZ582 that I am trying to match with an ETF - sorry for the confusion and I have changed the OP.

NedS

Even an All Cap global tracker is unlikely to have a significant proportion of small caps, due to the cap weighting of the fund. If you want a meaningful exposure to small caps, I'd add a 5% or 10% small caps satellite holding alongside any global equity holding to give you that exposure and rebalance occasionally as appropriate. You can then choose a cheaper fund for your main equity exposure rather than seeking to tie your own hands with something that isn't going to deliver what you want.

Take Vanguard's FTSE Global All Cap Index fund as an example (it's a fund, not an ETF but illustrates the point) - it only contains 0.18% below £250M capitalisation, and only 1.85% below £1billion. Not exactly small cap. If those small caps were to massively out-perform, they'd still have zero impact on the performance of the fund with more invested in any one of the top 5 individual companies. All they do is increase the costs of the fund. If you want small cap exposure, buy a small cap fund/trust/ETF at a meaningful level at which you are comfortable.

https://www.hl.co.uk/funds/fund-discounts,-prices--and--factsheets/search-results/v/vanguard-ftse-global-all-cap-index-accumulation

gm0

You could try modeling blending in some IWFS as an example "mid-cap" etf. 

Not a one stop solution - but a building block you could consider for an adjustment

adindas

I just noticed

VMID FTSE 250 UCITS ETF - Distributing is suddenly disappear from https://www.vanguardinvestor.co.uk/platform.

Does anyone know the reason or could still see VMID on Vanguard Investor platform ?

I am fully aware that  VMIG FTSE 250 UCITS ETF - Accumulating is still available.

Albermarle

gm0 said:

You could try modeling blending in some IWFS as an example "mid-cap" etf. 

Not a one stop solution - but a building block you could consider for an adjustment

I hold some of this.
Inevitably its performance has lagged behind the usual global equity tracker, although 11% pa over 5 years is not bad.
I would hope it would hold up better though in a downturn, especially if it is one caused by a dive in the Magnificent 7.
It is still 44% US shares.