Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund - Institutional Plus GBP Dist (VAVGEMS)
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About this fund
Fund objectives
- The Fund employs a passive management – or indexing – investment approach, through physical acquisition of securities, and seeks to track the performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (the “Index”).
- The Index is a market-capitalisation-weighted index comprised of large and mid-sized company stocks in emerging markets.
- The Fund attempts to: 1. Track the performance of the Index by investing through physical acquisition in all, or substantially all, of the constituent securities of the Index in the same proportion as the Index. Where not practicable to fully replicate, the Fund will use a sampling process. 2. Remain fully invested except in extraordinary market, political or similar conditions where the Fund may temporarily depart from this investment policy to avoid losses.
Fund facts
Share class inception
02 Sep 2014
Minimum initial investment
£100,000,000.00
Investment structure
Irish UCITS
Share Class Assets'
Total Assets
Strategy
Index
Asset Class
Equity
Domicile
Ireland
Dividend schedule
Annually
Legal entity
Vanguard Investment Series PLC
Tax status
Germany, Switzerland and United Kingdom reporting
Benchmark
MSCI Emerging Markets Index
The value of investments, and the income from them, may fall or rise and investors may get back less than they invested.
Performance
Risk and Volatility
As at 31 Aug 2026
Beta
R²
Annualized Tracking Error
1 year
3 years
5 years
Please note Beta and R-squared data will only display for funds with 3 full years of history.
The value of investments, and the income from them, may fall or rise and investors may get back less than they invested.
Portfolio data
Characteristics
| Fundamentals | Fund | Benchmark | As at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of stocks | 1,195 | 1,177 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| Median market capital | 51.8 B | 54.4 B | 31 Aug 2026 |
| 14.4 x | 14.3 x | 31 Aug 2026 | |
| 2.6 x | 2.6 x | 31 Aug 2026 | |
| 16.0% | 16.0% | 31 Aug 2026 | |
| 19.8% | 19.8% | 31 Aug 2026 | |
| Portfolio turnover rate | -34.5% | — | 30 Jun 2026 |
Market allocation
As at 31 Aug 2026
| Country | Region | Fund | Benchmark | Variance +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | Emerging Markets | 27.58% | 27.45% | 0.13% |
| South Korea | Pacific | 20.70% | 20.84% | -0.14% |
| China | Emerging Markets | 20.58% | 20.62% | -0.04% |
| India | Emerging Markets | 11.38% | 11.22% | 0.16% |
| Brazil | Emerging Markets | 3.93% | 3.94% | -0.01% |
| South Africa | Emerging Markets | 3.21% | 3.23% | -0.02% |
| Saudi Arabia | Emerging Markets | 2.44% | 2.51% | -0.07% |
| Mexico | Emerging Markets | 1.66% | 1.69% | -0.03% |
| United Arab Emirates | Emerging Markets | 1.18% | 1.16% | 0.02% |
| Poland | Europe | 1.15% | 1.15% | 0.00% |
| Malaysia | Emerging Markets | 0.92% | 0.95% | -0.03% |
| Thailand | Emerging Markets | 0.67% | 0.94% | -0.27% |
| Greece | Europe | 0.61% | 0.58% | 0.03% |
| Kuwait | Emerging Markets | 0.54% | 0.54% | 0.00% |
| Indonesia | Emerging Markets | 0.49% | 0.50% | -0.01% |
Holdings details
As at 31 Aug 2026
| Holding name | % of market value | Sector | Region | Market value | Shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 14.77573% | Information Technology | TW | £3,342,649,621.40 | 44,089,618 |
| Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 7.02908% | Information Technology | KR | £1,590,158,176.24 | 8,370,348 |
| SK hynix Inc | 5.34460% | Information Technology | KR | £1,209,085,212.63 | 988,503 |
| Tencent Holdings Ltd | 2.80539% | Communication Services | HK | £634,651,653.59 | 10,982,836 |
| Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 1.93361% | Consumer Discretionary | HK | £437,432,864.06 | 30,027,736 |
| MediaTek Inc | 1.41308% | Information Technology | TW | £319,675,424.78 | 2,583,629 |
| Delta Electronics Inc | 0.89374% | Information Technology | TW | £202,188,053.72 | 3,485,766 |
| Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 0.86500% | Information Technology | KR | £195,685,867.67 | 1,436,009 |
| China Construction Bank Corp | 0.80682% | Financials | HK | £182,523,410.44 | 150,616,397 |
| Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd | 0.76514% | Information Technology | TW | £173,094,508.54 | 21,963,616 |
Prices and distribution
Prices
NAV Price (GBP)
£199.17
GBPChange
-£0.61-0.30% At closure 06 Oct 2026
NAV 52-week high
£204.76
At closure 06 Oct 2026
NAV 52-week low
£153.20
At closure 06 Oct 2026
NAV 52-week difference
£51.56
Change
+25.18% At closure 06 Oct 2026
Historical Prices
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Inception date
02 Sep 2014
| Date | NAV (GBP) |
|---|---|
| 06 Oct 2026 | £199.1699 |
| 05 Oct 2026 | £199.7765 |
| 02 Oct 2026 | £195.7995 |
| 01 Oct 2026 | £196.3772 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | £194.8260 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | £195.4754 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | £195.5746 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | £198.2498 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | £198.5490 |
| 23 Sep 2026 | £199.7550 |
Distribution history
Distribution frequency
Annually
Historical performance 31 Aug 2026
1.75%
| Type | Distribution amount (per unit) | Ex-dividend date | Registration date | Payable date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income | £3.3573 | 31 Dec 2025 | 30 Dec 2025 | 15 Jan 2026 |
| Income | £3.2599 | 31 Dec 2024 | 30 Dec 2024 | 15 Jan 2025 |
| Income | £3.0580 | 29 Dec 2023 | 28 Dec 2023 | 15 Jan 2024 |
| Income | £3.8494 | 30 Dec 2022 | 29 Dec 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 |
| Income | £3.1525 | 31 Dec 2021 | 30 Dec 2021 | 14 Jan 2022 |
| Income | £2.3921 | 31 Dec 2020 | 30 Dec 2020 | 14 Jan 2021 |
| Income | £3.1701 | 31 Dec 2019 | 30 Dec 2019 | 15 Jan 2020 |
| Income | £2.9832 | 31 Dec 2018 | 28 Dec 2018 | 14 Jan 2019 |
| Income | £2.4536 | 29 Dec 2017 | 28 Dec 2017 | 12 Jan 2018 |
| Income | £2.3722 | 30 Dec 2016 | 29 Dec 2016 | 13 Jan 2017 |
Purchase information
Currency
Base currency:GBP
Fund codes
- Bloomberg:VAVGEMS
- Citi:KQ5J
- ISIN:IE00BPT2B978
- MEX ID:VIAAHA
- SEDOL:BPT2B97