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iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility UCITS ETF GBP HedgedIndex, costs, backtest, listings and taxation

ISIN: IE00BGPP8L80Ticker: S6DV (Xetra) · WMVG (London SE) · WMVG (Euronext AMS)Issuer: iShares
Issuer-declared data
Declared index
MSCI WORLD MINIMUM VOLATILITY (USD)
TER
0.35%
Transaction costs
0.02% (issuer estimate, from the KID)
Management
Passive (index-tracking)
Replication
Physical (optimised) (from the KID)
Income policy
SFDR
Article 6 — does not promote specific ESG characteristics what does it mean?
Fund assets
60.7 mln EUR
NAV
8.53 GBP (31 August 2026)
Domicile
Ireland
Inception date
26 February 2019
Data as declared by iShares in the issuer’s official files and endpoints · collected on 2 September 2026 (monthly refresh). Facts only, no recommendation.
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Description

iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility UCITS ETF tracks the issuer-declared index: MSCI WORLD MINIMUM VOLATILITY (USD). Mind the share class: this is the version hedged to GBP — returns reflect the index plus the effect (and cost) of hedging into that currency. The declared annual cost (TER) is 0.35%, plus 0.02% in transaction costs estimated by the issuer in the KID. Income is accumulated and reinvested in the fund. The fund has assets of about 61 million euro, was launched on 26 February 2019 and is domiciled in Ireland.

The fund’s objective — in the issuer’s words

The Share Class is a share class of a Fund which aims to achieve a return on your investment, through a combination of capital growth and income on the Fund’s assets, which reflects the return of the MSCI World Minimum Volatility Index, the Fund’s benchmark index (Index). The Share Class, via the Fund is passively managed and invests in equity securities (e.g. shares) that, so far as possible and practicable, make up the Index. The Index aims to reflect the performance characteristics of a subset of securities within the MSCI World Index (Parent Index) with the lowest absolute volatility of returns, subject to risk diversification. The constituents of the Index are selected using a minimum volatility strategy which selects securities from the Parent Index based on estimates of the risk profile and expected volatility of each constituent and the correlation between all constituents in the Parent Index. Volatility of returns measures the movements in the daily price of the constituents over a period of time. The Parent Index measures the performance of equity markets in developed countries worldwide. Companies are included in the Parent Index based on the proportion of their shares in issue that are available for purchase by international investors. The Fund uses optimising techniques to achieve a similar return to the Index. These techniques may include the strategic selection of certain securities that make up the Index or other securities which provide similar performance to certain constituent securities. These may also include the use of financial derivative instruments (FDIs) (i.e. investments the prices of which are based on one or more underlying assets). FDIs may be used for direct investment purposes. The Fund may also engage in short-term secured lending of its investments to certain eligible third parties to generate additional income to off-set the costs of the Fund. Recommendation: This Fund is suitable for medium to long term investment, though the Fund may also be suitable for shorter term exposure to the Index.

Keep reading the KID section ▾

Your shares will be accumulating shares (i.e. income will be included in their value). The Fund’s base currency is US Dollar. Shares for this Share Class are denominated in Sterling. The performance of your shares may be affected by this currency difference. Your shares will be hedged with the aim of reducing the effect of exchange rate fluctuations between the denominated currency of the shares and the Fund’s underlying portfolio currencies or the Fund’s base currency. FDIs, including FX forward contracts, will be used for currency hedging purposes. The hedging strategy may not completely eliminate currency risk and, therefore, may affect the performance of your shares. Please see the prospectus for further details. The shares are listed on one or more stock exchanges and may be traded in currencies other than their base currency. The performance of your shares may be affected by this currency difference. In normal circumstances, only authorised participants (e.g. select financial institutions) may deal in shares (or interests in shares) directly with the Fund. Other investors can deal in shares (or interests in shares) daily through an intermediary on stock exchange (s) on which the shares are traded. Indicative net asset value is published on relevant stock exchanges websites.

From the KID’s “Objectives” section · 7 August 2026 · original document ↓
Text generated from the data the issuer declares in official product lists. No recommendation.

Quick reads

  • TER 0.35%: above the median of equity ETFs we track (0.22%).
Comparisons computed by Rebalix on the declared data in our census; they describe the past and are not indicative of future results.

Official documents

Key Information Document (KID)PDF in English, from the issuer’s site — always the latest filed versionFactsheetPDF in English, from the issuer’s site — the fund’s monthly snapshot
The KID is the document the law requires you to read before investing: 3 pages covering risks, costs and scenarios. The link opens the issuer’s published PDF.

Fund performance

issuer-declared net asset value (NAV) · GBP · from Feb 2019 to Sept 2026
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Return
+71.1%
Annualised
+7.4%
Volatility (ann.)
11.9%
Max drawdown
-29.15%
-19%+5%+29%+53%+76%Feb 2019Jan 2021Nov 2022Oct 2024Sept 2026The break-even line: the value at the start of the period. Above it you are in gain, below in loss.break-even (0%)+71%Feb 2019Sept 2026
Note — currency risk: the fund is denominated (or hedged) in GBP and the chart is in GBP. For a euro investor, returns also depend on the EUR/GBP exchange rate, up or down.
Currency-hedged share class: our figures are computed on the issuer’s NAV, where the hedge is applied at the daily fixing. Comparison sites using the exchange price may show returns and volatility that differ by 1–2 points: on hedged classes the price-vs-NAV gap is structurally wider and grows with the length of the window. Not a data error — a measurement convention. Details in the methodology.
Tip: drag across the chart to zoom into a period.

Drawdown — distance from previous peak

This isn’t the return: it shows how far the fund is below its previous peak. 0% = you’re at the peak; below zero = how much you’re down and haven’t recovered yet.
0%-5%-10%-15%-20%-25%-30%2019202120232025−29.15% · 23 Mar 2020
Max drawdown
-29.15%
peak → trough
Trough
23 Mar 2020
from the 19 Feb 2020 peak
Recovery time
409 days
recovery only: trough to break-even · ≈ 1 year and 1 month
Underwater
442 days
decline + recovery: peak to break-even · ≈ 1 year and 3 months · → recovered on 06 May 2021

The five worst falls in the period

From the peak ofTroughDepthBack to break-evenDays underwater
19 Feb 202023 Mar 2020-29.15%06 May 2021442
08 Apr 202212 Oct 2022-15.28%12 Jan 2024644
29 Dec 202123 Feb 2022-8.80%08 Apr 2022100
03 Mar 202507 Apr 2025-7.81%16 May 202574
06 Sept 202104 Oct 2021-5.66%15 Dec 2021100

Calendar-year returns

2019
12.2%
2020
-1.1%
2021
16.6%
2022
-8.7%
2023
7.8%
2024
14.3%
2025
8.7%
2026
8.2%

Month-by-month returns

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSeptOctNovDecYear
20260.64.8-4.40.30.80.53.02.40.38.2
20253.63.10.3-0.61.2-0.1-1.31.90.3-1.52.7-0.98.7
20243.01.52.7-2.82.01.03.83.9-0.1-1.13.8-4.014.3
20231.4-2.53.32.7-3.23.00.8-0.6-2.1-1.04.51.87.8
2022-5.3-2.05.3-3.5-1.1-3.53.4-2.3-6.15.84.3-3.1-8.7
2021-1.6-1.35.92.31.41.92.51.9-4.13.0-1.45.516.6
20202.1-8.0-10.26.82.8-0.62.52.1-1.3-3.26.21.3-1.1
20192.01.2-1.43.90.91.51.30.40.90.712.2
From month-end NAVs, over the fund’s full history, on the series shown in the chart (dividends reinvested where declared). Deeper colour = larger move.
Source: iShares. Issuer-declared historical series; inflation: Eurostat and national statistical institutes, latest available July 2026 — for later days the index stays at the last published value (institutes publish with a few weeks’ lag). The «adjusted for inflation» view expresses value in today’s purchasing power for the selected country; volatility always stays nominal, as elsewhere on the site (deflating it would add artificial swings caused by the monthly cadence of the price index). Past performance is not indicative of future results: these are facts, not a recommendation.

Tracking difference — fund vs index

We do not publish a tracking difference for this share class — and it is not an oversight.

WMVG is hedged to GBP; the index the issuer places next to it in its documents is the unhedged, foreign-currency version. Subtracting one from the other does not measure replication quality: it measures the exchange rate. In a year when the currency moves 5%, “the TD” would come out near 5 points — a plausible-looking number, with decimals, and wrong.

Other sites publish that number. We would rather show one figure less than one figure wrong: the TD will return here the day we have the GBP-hedged index series, which the issuer does not publish today.

Still want to know how well this fund tracks its index? Look at the unhedged sister class, MVOL, where fund and index share the same currency: its TD is the right measure of the management, which is the same. Go to the MVOL page →

What tracking difference is and how we compute it →

Risk indicators· EUR

Last yearLast 3 yearsLast 5 yearsFull history
Volatility (ann.)7.91%9.39%11.07%14.10%
Max drawdown-4.52%-11.16%-19.93%-36.65%
Sharpe0.930.840.360.45
Sortino1.341.100.490.60
Computed from the daily NAV series, always in nominal terms. Sharpe and Sortino use the ECB main refinancing rate averaged over the period (last year: 2.20%), weighted by days in force, as the risk-free rate. Same formulas as our public methodology: sample standard deviation annualised over 252 days; Sortino with downside deviation. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Figures in EUR — series converted day by day at ECB reference rates; the table follows the currency selected in the chart.

Portfolio holdings

Securities in portfolio
295
325 total lines: 30 cash & derivatives
Top-10 weight
13.2%

Top 10 holdings

JOHNSON & JOHNSON · JNJ
1.45%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP · XOM
1.41%
MICROSOFT · MSFT
1.37%
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC · MSI
1.35%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC · CSCO
1.35%
DUKE ENERGY CORP · DUK
1.33%
NVIDIA · NVDA
1.27%
SOUTHERN · SO
1.25%
AT&T · T
1.22%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B · BRKB
1.20%

Sectors

Information Technology
25.1%
Health Care
14.2%
Financials
14.0%
Communication
10.0%
Consumer Staples
9.8%
Industrials
7.6%
Utilities
7.2%

Countries

AfghanistanAngolaAlbaniaUnited Arab EmiratesArgentinaArmeniaFrench Southern and Antarctic LandsAustralia: 0.3%Austria: 0.1%AzerbaijanBurundiBelgium: 0.7%BeninBurkina FasoBangladeshBulgariaThe BahamasBosnia and HerzegovinaBelarusBelizeBoliviaBrazilBruneiBhutanBotswanaCentral African RepublicCanada: 3.8%Switzerland: 3%ChileChinaIvory CoastCameroonDemocratic Republic of the CongoRepublic of the CongoColombiaCosta RicaCubaCyprusCzech RepublicGermany: 1.4%DjiboutiDenmark: 0.2%Dominican RepublicAlgeriaEcuadorEgyptEritreaSpain: 1.2%EstoniaEthiopiaFinland: 0.9%FijiFalkland IslandsFrance: 2.5%GabonUnited KingdomGeorgiaGhanaGuineaGambiaGuinea BissauEquatorial GuineaGreeceGreenlandGuatemalaFrench GuianaGuyanaHondurasCroatiaHaitiHungaryIndonesiaIndiaIreland: 0.3%IranIraqIcelandIsrael: 0.9%Italy: 0.8%JamaicaJordanJapan: 10.9%KazakhstanKenyaKyrgyzstanCambodiaSouth KoreaKosovoKuwaitLaosLebanonLiberiaLibyaSri LankaLesothoLithuaniaLuxembourgLatviaMoroccoMoldovaMadagascarMexicoMacedoniaMaliMyanmarMontenegroMongoliaMozambiqueMauritaniaMalawiMalaysiaNamibiaNew CaledoniaNigerNigeriaNicaraguaNetherlands: 0.9%NorwayNepalNew Zealand: 0.1%OmanPakistanPanamaPeruPhilippinesPapua New GuineaPolandPuerto RicoNorth KoreaPortugal: 0.1%ParaguayQatarRomaniaRussiaRwandaWestern SaharaSaudi ArabiaSudanSouth SudanSenegalSolomon IslandsSierra LeoneEl SalvadorSomaliaRepublic of SerbiaSurinameSlovakiaSloveniaSweden: 0.1%SwazilandSyriaChadTogoThailandTajikistanTurkmenistanEast TimorTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyTaiwanUnited Republic of TanzaniaUgandaUkraineUruguayUnited States of America: 67.6%UzbekistanVenezuelaVietnamVanuatuWest BankYemenSouth AfricaZambiaZimbabwe
up to 1%1–5%5–15%15–30%over 30%
Hover a country for its percentage.
Top 7 countries
United States67.6%
Japan10.9%
Canada3.8%
Switzerland3%
France2.5%
Germany1.4%
Hong Kong1.4%
Download the full portfolio — Excel, 325 rows
Full portfolio declared by iShares, as of 31 August 2026: this is the summary. Percentages may not sum to 100 due to cash, derivatives and rounding.
Fund historyFund-assets (AUM) chart year by year and monthly basket snapshots.Open the history →

Share classes of the same fund

This page covers ISIN IE00BGPP8L80 (share class Hedged). The other classes belong to the same fund but may differ in currency, income policy or currency hedging.
Share classISINTickerIncomeCurrency
USD (Acc)IE00B8FHGS14MVOLAccumulatingUSD
GBP Hedged (Acc) · this pageIE00BGPP8L80WMVGAccumulatingGBP
USD (Dist)IE00BMCZLJ20UEEHDistributingUSD
EUR Hedged (Acc)IE00BYXPXL17SXR0AccumulatingEUR
Share classes declared by the issuer in official product lists (same fund = same issuer and same declared name). A dash “—” = not declared — not a zero.

Italian taxation

Effective rate on capital gains
26.00%
White-list share
0.00%
From the government-bond («white list») share certified by the issuer every semester: 12.5% on that portion, 26% on the rest.
Deep-dive into this fund’s taxation →

Where it shows up commission-free in Italy

According to the official lists published by the brokers (downloaded and cross-checked by us), these share classes of the fund appear tradable with zero fees:

IE00BGPP8L80S6DV(class: GBP Hedged (Acc))
  • XTBzero (up to €100,000 monthly volume, unreachable for a retail plan); fractions available in plans
IE00B8FHGS14MVOL(class: USD (Acc))
  • BG Saxozero within the savings plan (buys)
  • Directazero within the savings plan (buys)
  • Directazero on single buys from 1,500 €, agreement until 31 December 2026
  • Moneyfarmzero within the savings plan (buys), agreement until 31 March 2027
  • Moneyfarmzero on single buys from 1,000 €, agreement until 31 March 2027
  • XTBzero (up to €100,000 monthly volume, unreachable for a retail plan); fractions available in plans
IE00BMCZLJ20UEEH(class: USD (Dist))
  • XTBzero (up to €100,000 monthly volume, unreachable for a retail plan); fractions available in plans
IE00BYXPXL17SXR0(class: EUR Hedged (Acc))
  • XTBzero (up to €100,000 monthly volume, unreachable for a retail plan); fractions available in plans
Full terms, traps and method in the observatory: Free savings plans and zero-commission ETFs: the broker survey

Official lists verified on 3 September 2026. We record published terms — this is neither an invitation to open accounts nor a recommendation: lists change, the broker’s documents prevail. Trade Republic, Scalable Capital and Trading 212 publish no per-ISIN lists and don’t appear here.

Stock exchange listings

ExchangeTickerTrading since
Börse DüsseldorfS6DV20 May 2025
Börse HamburgS6DV13 May 2019
Börse HannoverS6DV16 Jan 2026
Tradegate ExchangeS6DV27 Nov 2024
+ 5 more trading venues (MTFs and professional platforms).
Trading venues from the official ESMA register (FIRDS); per-exchange tickers from the issuer’s tax documents and official listings. A dash “—” = that venue does not publish the item (ticker, currency or start date) in the sources we read. The same fund may trade in different currencies depending on the exchange: check the trading currency with your broker. Non-EU listings (e.g. UK, Mexico) not included.

Frequently asked questions

Which index does iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility UCITS ETF track?
The issuer iShares declares the benchmark: MSCI WORLD MINIMUM VOLATILITY (USD).
How much does WMVG cost?
The issuer-declared TER is 0.35% per year; the transaction costs estimated in the KID are 0.02%.
How is WMVG taxed in Italy?
On sale, the capital gain is taxed at an effective 26.00% rate (white-list share 0.00%): 12.5% on the government-bond “white list” portion, 26% on the rest.
What is the fund size of WMVG?
The fund size declared by iShares is about 61 million euro.
When was WMVG launched?
The fund was launched on 26 February 2019: it has 7 years of history.
How does WMVG replicate its index?
It is a passively managed ETF: it follows the declared index. Physical (optimised) (declared in the KID objectives).
Does WMVG pay dividends?
No: it is an accumulating share class — income stays in the fund and is reinvested automatically (issuer wording: “Accumulating”).
Where does WMVG trade?
Per the official ESMA register it trades on 4 main exchanges, including Börse Düsseldorf (S6DV), Börse Hamburg (S6DV), Börse Hannover (S6DV), Tradegate Exchange (S6DV).
What was WMVG's worst fall?
Over the available history (since 2019), the maximum drawdown was -29.15%, reached in March 2020. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
How many securities does WMVG hold?
The declared portfolio holds 295 securities (plus 30 cash & derivative lines); the top 10 positions weigh 13.2%.
Transparency note
The data in this sheet is declared by iShares in the issuer’s official files and endpoints, collected by Rebalix with a monthly refresh; taxation derives from the issuer’s tax documents (Italian Law Decree 138/2011). This is factual information for informational purposes only: it is not financial or tax advice, nor an investment recommendation. Read the fund’s KID and prospectus before investing.