VUAG holds the S&P 500: around five hundred large US companies. VWRP holds companies across the developed and emerging world, the US included, and the US is the biggest part of it. So the two overlap more than their names suggest, and holding both mostly adds more US to a portfolio that is already mostly US.
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1. The two funds side by side
| Ticker | Trades in | Exchange | ISIN | Dividends | Fee a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VUAG | GBP | London Stock Exchange | IE00BFMXXD54 | Reinvested | 0,07% |
| VWRP | GBP | London Stock Exchange | IE00BK5BQT80 | Reinvested | 0,14% |
Both trade in pounds on the London Stock Exchange and both reinvest their dividends, so the comparison below is like for like.
2. How much they overlap
At least 35% of the two funds is the same holdings, by weight. That is measured across the 50 positions our data has for VUAG and the 50 for VWRP. The rest of each fund isn't in our data, and it can only add to the overlap.
3. Where the money sits
| Region | VUAG | VWRP |
|---|---|---|
| North America | 99,5% | 64,6% |
| Europe Developed | 0,3% | 10,8% |
| Asia Developed | 0,0% | 6,7% |
| Japan | 0,0% | 6,0% |
| Asia Emerging | 0,1% | 4,8% |
| United Kingdom | 0,0% | 3,0% |
| Australasia | 0,0% | 1,6% |
| Africa/Middle East | 0,0% | 1,3% |
| Latin America | 0,1% | 0,9% |
| Europe Emerging | 0,0% | 0,3% |
The share VWRP keeps outside North America is the clearest thing it adds over VUAG.
4. What they cost
VUAG charges 0,07% a year and VWRP charges 0,14%. On 10 000 GBP invested, that is 7,00 GBP a year apart.
5. How they have moved
From 27 de septiembre de 2021 to 21 de septiembre de 2026 (1 258 trading days in both), VUAG returned 88,8% and VWRP 74,7%, in pounds. Their daily moves correlate at 0,96, where 1 would mean they always move together.
That is one window of history. It says nothing reliable about the next one.
6. Holding both
Put VUAG next to VWRP and the US share of your portfolio rises above the share the US has in the world market: you are adding more of what VWRP already holds most of. That can be what you want. Just know that it's what you're doing.
If you hold both, or either one next to other funds, the report below adds up what the whole mix holds: overlap, regions, fees and history in one place.