ESG Developed World All Cap Equity Index Fund - GBP Dist (VGSGSIG)

About this fund

Fund objectives

The Fund employs a passive management – or indexing – investment approach and seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Developed All Cap Choice Index (the “Index”).
The Index is a market-capitalisation-weighted index composed of large-, mid-, and small-cap stocks of companies located in developed markets around the world. Market-capitalisation is the value of a company’s outstanding shares in the market and shows the size of a company. The Index is constructed from the FTSE Developed All Cap Index (the “Parent Index”) which is then screened for certain environmental, social, and corporate governance criteria by the sponsor of the Index, which is independent of Vanguard.
The Fund promotes environmental and social characteristics by excluding companies from its portfolio based on the impact of their conduct or products on society and / or the environment. This is met by tracking the Index.
The Index excludes stocks of companies that FTSE Russell, as both the sponsor of the Index and the data source, determines to be engaged or involved in, and / or derive revenue (above a threshold specified by the Index provider) from, the following activities: (a) Vice Products (i.e., adult entertainment, alcohol, gambling, tobacco, cannabis); (b) Non-Renewable Energy (i.e., nuclear power, fossil fuels (including power generation from oil, gas, and thermal coal)); and (c) Weapons (chemical & biological weapons, cluster munitions, anti-personnel landmines, nuclear weapons, civilian firearms, and conventional military weapons). The index methodology also excludes companies that, as determined by the Index provider, are involved in severe controversies (i.e., companies which do not meet the labour, human rights, environmental, and anticorruption standards as defined by the United Nations Global Compact Principles).
The Fund may hold securities which do not comply with the ESG requirements of the Index until such time as the relevant securities cease to form part of the Index and it is possible and practicable (in the Investment Manager’s view) to liquidate the position.
Where FTSE Russell has insufficient or no data available to adequately assess a particular company relative to the ESG criteria of the Index, such companies may be excluded from the Index until such time as they may be determined to be eligible by FTSE Russell.
Company product and conduct involvement is monitored on a yearly basis by the Index provider and as new data is made available to the Index provider.
In this regard, the Index is consistent with the characteristics promoted by the Fund.

Fund facts

Share class inception

25 Oct 2011

Minimum initial investment

£1,000,000.00

Investment structure

Irish UCITS

Share Class Assets'

Total Assets

Strategy

Index

Asset Class

Equity

Domicile

Ireland

Dividend schedule

Quarterly

Legal entity

Vanguard Investment Series PLC

Tax status

Austria, Germany, Switzerland and United Kingdom reporting

Benchmark

FTSE Developed All Cap Choice Index

The value of investments, and the income from them, may fall or rise and investors may get back less than they invested.

Performance

Total Returns

*Since inception 25 Oct 2011

Benchmark: FTSE Developed All Cap Choice Index

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.

The performance of an index is not an exact representation of any particular investment as you cannot invest directly in an index. The performance of the index reflects the reinvestment of Distribution and dividends but does not reflect the deduction of any fees or expenses which would have reduced total returns.

Recent performance and average annual total returns are calculated through month-end.

Figures for periods of less than one year are cumulative returns. All other figures represent average annual returns. Performance figures include the reinvestment of all dividends and any capital gains distributions. The performance data does not take account of the commissions and costs incurred in the issue and redemption of shares. Basis of fund performance NAV to NAV with gross income reinvested.

Risk and Volatility

As at 21 Mar 2023

Beta

R²

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

As at 28 Feb 2023

Fundamentals	Fund	Benchmark
Number of stocks	4,481	4,907
Median market capital	58.5 B	58.5 B
	17.9 x	17.9 x
	2.6 x	2.6 x
	18.3%	18.1%
	14.7%	14.7%
Portfolio turnover rate (As at 31 Dec 2022)	-29.2%	—

Market allocation

As at 28 Feb 2023

Country	Region	Fund	Benchmark	Variance +/-
United States of America	North America	67.9%	67.9%	0.0%
Japan	Pacific	7.3%	7.3%	0.0%
United Kingdom	Europe	3.5%	3.5%	0.0%
Canada	North America	3.0%	2.9%	0.1%
Switzerland	Europe	2.8%	2.8%	0.0%
Germany	Europe	2.4%	2.4%	0.0%
Australia	Pacific	2.2%	2.2%	0.0%
France	Europe	1.9%	2.0%	-0.1%
South Korea	Pacific	1.7%	1.7%	0.0%
Netherlands	Europe	1.4%	1.4%	0.0%
Sweden	Europe	1.0%	1.0%	0.0%
Denmark	Europe	0.9%	0.9%	0.0%
Hong Kong	Pacific	0.8%	0.8%	0.0%
Spain	Europe	0.7%	0.7%	0.0%
Italy	Europe	0.7%	0.7%	0.0%

Holdings details

As at 28 Feb 2023

Holding name	% of market value	Sector	Region	Market value	Shares
Apple Inc.	4.72608%	Computer Hardware	US	£183,701,899.77	1,246,197
Microsoft Corp.	3.98160%	Software	US	£154,763,862.90	620,495
Amazon.com Inc.	1.78786%	Diversified Retailers	US	£69,493,776.93	737,491
NVIDIA Corp.	1.19340%	Semiconductors	US	£46,387,193.12	199,807
Alphabet Inc. Class A	1.14518%	Consumer Digital Services	US	£44,512,965.54	494,259
Tesla Inc.	1.13478%	Automobiles	US	£44,108,749.62	214,422
Alphabet Inc. Class C	1.03960%	Consumer Digital Services	US	£40,409,069.40	447,498
UnitedHealth Group Inc.	0.94936%	Health Care Management Services	US	£36,901,531.96	77,534
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	0.88974%	Banks	US	£34,584,047.60	241,256
Facebook Inc. Class A	0.83935%	Consumer Digital Services	US	£32,625,435.30	186,495

Prices and distribution

Prices

NAV Price (GBP)

£279.83

Change

+£1.790.64%

At closure 24 Mar 2023

NAV 52-week high

£308.10

At closure 25 Mar 2023

NAV 52-week low

£258.76

At closure 25 Mar 2023

NAV 52-week difference

£49.33

Change

+16.01%

At closure 25 Mar 2023

Historical Prices

Date	NAV (GBP)
24 Mar 2023	£279.8332
23 Mar 2023	£278.0438
22 Mar 2023	£278.4736
21 Mar 2023	£282.0618
20 Mar 2023	£277.1201
17 Mar 2023	£278.0708
16 Mar 2023	£280.8083
15 Mar 2023	£278.3324
14 Mar 2023	£278.1539
13 Mar 2023	£274.7746

Distribution history

Type	Distribution amount (per unit)	Ex-dividend date	Registration date	Payable date
Income	£0.9533	30 Dec 2022	29 Dec 2022	16 Jan 2023
Income	£0.7529	30 Sep 2022	29 Sep 2022	14 Oct 2022
Income	£1.3748	30 Jun 2022	29 Jun 2022	14 Jul 2022
Income	£0.8582	31 Mar 2022	30 Mar 2022	14 Apr 2022
Income	£0.7647	31 Dec 2021	30 Dec 2021	14 Jan 2022
Income	£0.9111	30 Sep 2021	29 Sep 2021	13 Oct 2021
Income	£0.9918	30 Jun 2021	29 Jun 2021	14 Jul 2021
Income	£0.8280	31 Mar 2021	30 Mar 2021	14 Apr 2021
Income	£0.6178	31 Dec 2020	30 Dec 2020	14 Jan 2021
Income	£0.7328	30 Sep 2020	29 Sep 2020	14 Oct 2020

Purchase information

Currency

Base currency: GBP

Fund codes

Bloomberg: VGSGSIG
Citi: 0GDU
ISIN: IE00B76VTM04
MEX ID: VIGUAR
SEDOL: B76VTM0

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