WORLD ETF EXPLORERThe whole world, or a little less of it? Compare world UCITS ETFs available in Europe: MSCI World, ACWI, ACWI IMI and FTSE All-World. Understand what you own, what you pay, and what makes each one different.
Same world.
Different building blocks.
Start with coverage. Then compare the trade-offs.
| Select | ETF / representative accumulating class | Fund charge¹ | Market coverage | Replication | AUM² · EUR | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.05% | Developed onlyLarge + mid | Synthetic | €8.51 bn31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.05% | Developed onlyLarge + mid | Physical | €3.10 bn31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.06% | Developed + emergingLarge + mid | Synthetic | €62.22 m31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.06% | Developed onlyLarge + mid | Physical | €10.63 bn31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.07% | Developed + emergingLarge + mid | Physical | €2.81 bn31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.07% | All-cap worldLarge + mid + small | Physical | €298.89 m31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.07% | Developed + emergingLarge + mid | Physical | €109.86 m31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.09% | Developed onlyLarge + mid | Physical | €19.17 m31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.10% | Developed onlyLarge + mid | Physical | €1.77 bn31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.12% | Developed + emergingLarge + mid | Physical | €16.04 bn31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.12% | Developed + emergingLarge + mid | Synthetic | —Not reported | |||
| 0.12% | Developed + emergingLarge + mid | Physical | €34.55 m31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.12% | Developed onlyLarge + mid | Physical | €17.87 bn31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.12% | Developed onlyLarge + mid | Physical | €20.76 bn31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.12% | Developed onlyLarge + mid | Physical | €14.60 bn31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.12% | Developed onlyLarge + mid | Physical | €5.92 bn31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.14% | Developed + emergingLarge + mid | Physical | €49.82 bn31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.15% | Developed + emergingLarge + mid | Physical | €3.94 bn31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.15% | Developed + emergingLarge + mid | Hybrid | €751.71 m31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.15% | Developed onlyLarge + mid | Physical | €2.01 bn31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.15% | Developed onlyLarge + mid + small | Physical | €23.10 m31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.17% | All-cap worldLarge + mid + small | Physical | €7.31 bn31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.20% | Developed + emergingLarge + mid | Physical | €31.05 bn31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.20% | Developed onlyLarge + mid | Physical | €127.83 bn31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.21% | Developed + emergingLarge + mid | Synthetic | —Not reported | |||
| 0.24% | ESG-screenedLarge + mid + small | Physical | €1.05 bn31 Aug 2026 | |||
| 0.45% | Developed + emergingLarge + mid | Synthetic | €2.39 bn31 Aug 2026 |
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Annual fund charge¹ is TER / OCF. AUM² is shown in EUR. Definitions & footnotes ↓
Same ETF. A lower annual charge. See when it happened, what changed, and how much less it costs to hold.
Confirmed fee reductions for the representative unhedged share classes in this comparison, effective from 2023 through 25 September 2026. Dates are effective dates, not announcement dates. Bars share a 0.40% to 0% annual-charge scale, decreasing to the right; each bar spans the old rate to the new rate. Rows run from the latest cut to the oldest. This is a sourced selection, not a complete fee history. An absent marker does not establish that a fee was unchanged. Launch pricing, temporary waivers and changes to other share classes are excluded.
Each event preserves the issuer’s definition. TER and OCF cover recurring fund expenses; a flat fee bundles expenses specified by the issuer. A management fee is one component and may exclude other expenses. These definitions are not always identical. The event detail links to its source. One basis point is 0.01 percentage points; a one-basis-point cut means €1 less per year on a constant €10,000. It is not an investment return or a recommendation to switch.
Compare actual ETF returns in euros, after fund charges.³
Illustration, not a forecast. Annual compounding, no contributions. Excludes tax, spreads, transaction costs and tracking difference. Different indices do not deliver identical returns.
MSCI World covers developed markets. ACWI adds emerging markets. IMI adds smaller companies. Those few letters make a real difference.
Compare the coverage ↑A lower fee leaves more of the market return with you, all else equal. But compare the same exposure first. Tracking difference, trading spreads, fund size, replication and your broker’s charges also matter.
No. A EUR trading line changes the currency you use to buy shares. It does not hedge the currencies of the underlying investments. All funds in this comparison use unhedged representative share classes.
Accumulating classes reinvest income inside the fund; distributing classes pay it out. Neither is automatically more tax-efficient. Local tax rules and your need for income determine which is useful. Open a fund to see verified share-class ISINs.
Physical ETFs buy all the index’s securities, or a representative sample. Sampling helps manage trading costs, but the fund’s holdings can differ from the index.
Synthetic ETFs use a swap: an agreement with a counterparty, usually a bank, to deliver the index return. The fund may own a different basket of securities. This can help tracking, but adds the risk that the counterparty fails to meet its obligations.
Hybrid ETFs combine physical holdings and swaps. All three approaches retain the market risk of the exposure they target. Compare tracking, costs and the fund’s implementation as well as its label. How replication works ↗
Index constituents are the securities in the benchmark whose return the ETF aims to track. Fund holdings are the assets actually held by the ETF. In a synthetic ETF, these may be a substitute basket that differs substantially from the index.
A smaller basket does not mean the ETF tracks fewer index companies. Compare index coverage to understand market exposure; inspect the basket and swap arrangements to understand implementation. Counts need a clear definition and date. Baskets and swaps explained ↗
A fee difference alone is not enough to decide. Compare potential savings with dealing costs, the bid–ask spread and any tax triggered by selling. A fund with a different index also changes what you own.
No. Listings, local registration, KID language, broker access and account restrictions vary. This is a European UCITS research universe, not a live broker catalogue. Confirm the exact ISIN and costs with your broker.
MSCI, FTSE Russell and Solactive design and maintain the indexes behind the ETFs on this page. Their rules determine which markets and companies qualify, how much each weighs, and when the index changes.
An index, data and research company. Its global equity index family offers different levels of market coverage.
LSEG’s index business. Its Global Equity Index Series also spans developed and emerging markets.
An index provider whose benchmarks underpin several funds here, including Amundi’s Prime range.
It defines eligibility, country classification, weighting and review schedules, then calculates and maintains the benchmark.
It licenses the benchmark and implements it through holdings, sampling or swaps. Fund charges and trading decisions affect how closely returns follow the index.
Check markets, company sizes and exclusions first. Two “world” indexes can differ, and two ETFs tracking the same index can deliver slightly different returns.
These are the three index families represented in this comparison. Other providers build benchmarks too. An index measures a portfolio; you invest through a product that tracks it. Indexes and funds explained ↗
A dated research snapshot, with a source for every fund and visible gaps where the evidence is incomplete.