Why would anyone invest in VWRP over SPDR MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF

DRS1

blowzy said:

DRS1 said:

I tried a comparison graph on HL but the two lines were near identical.  Over 5 years VWRP is +91.65% and ACWI is +92.32%

Good to know. If you were in my shoes which one would you go for?

I couldn't say (I don't have either) but this is a video I enjoyed and you will see some comments about VWRP and ACWI at about 9 minutes in (spoiler - he goes for ACWI)  Worth watching the whole video.


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blowzy

dunstonh said:

I am deciding in which global etf to invest in. VWRP has a  0.22% and also charges a transaction cost while SPDR MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF charges 0.12% OCR

Vanguard is not the cheapest FTSE all world tracker.   

Ok but SPDR is 0.12% with no transaction fee, Vanguardis 0.02%. Will they both provide similarish returns

Nobody takes any notice of transaction charges though as they are flawed.

What would you go with

OldScientist

The two funds follow different indices - MSCI for SPDR and FTSE for Vanguard with the main difference between them being that the FTSE index goes deeper into mid-cap companies than the MSCI one does and covers 90% of the world's stock market capitalisation compared to 85% for MSCI .

Both ETFS physically replicate their index through sampling and although the Vanguard ETF has more assets under management (£37 billion compared to £6 billion), SPDR are a well established fund house and is the third largest ETF provider after ishares and vanguard.

Personally I use the HSBC FTSE All World Index Fund which follows the FTSE index but is cheaper than the Vanguard ETF, but that is because it existed when I first started using a global index fund and the others didn't.

An article comparing the various FTSE and MSCI indices (https://www.justetf.com/uk/news/etf/msci-vs-ftse-which-etf-provider-is-the-best-index-provider.html ) in the FAQs answers the question "MSCI ACWI or FTSE All World?" as follows 

Both indices are ideally suited and a perfect "all-in-one" solution for those who only want to have one ETF in their custody account or are just starting out with ETFs.

So, in short - pick one and go for it!