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State Street® SPDR® MSCI Japan EUR Hdg UCITS ETFIndex, costs, backtest, listings and taxation

ISIN: IE00BZ0G8C04Ticker: ZPDW (Xetra)Issuer: SPDR
Issuer-declared data
Declared index
MSCI Japan 100% Hedged to EUR Index
TER
0.17%
Transaction costs
0.00% (issuer estimate, from the KID)
Management
Passive (index-tracking) (from the KID)
Income policy
SFDR
Article 6 — does not promote specific ESG characteristics — inferred (issuer documents do not declare art. 8/9) what does it mean?
Fund assets
1.1 bn EUR
NAV
111.7 EUR (30 August 2026)
Domicile
Ireland
Inception date
29 November 2015
Data as declared by SPDR in the issuer’s official files and endpoints · collected on 2 September 2026 (monthly refresh). Facts only, no recommendation.
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Description

State Street® SPDR® MSCI Japan EUR Hdg UCITS ETF tracks the issuer-declared index: MSCI Japan 100% Hedged to EUR Index. The declared annual cost (TER) is 0.17%, plus 0.00% in transaction costs estimated by the issuer in the KID. Replication is optimised physical replication; income is accumulated and reinvested in the fund. The fund has assets of about 1.1 billion euro, was launched on 29 November 2015 and is domiciled in Ireland.

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

Investment objective The objective of the Fund is to track the performance of the Japanese equity market. The Fund seeks to track the performance of the MSCI Japan Index (the "Index") as closely as possible. The Fund is an index tracking fund (also known as a passively managed fund). Investment policies The Fund invests primarily in securities included in the Index. These securities include large and mid cap equities issued by companies in Japan. As it may be difficult to purchase all securities in the Index efficiently, in seeking to track the performance of the Index the Fund will use an optimisation strategy to build a representative portfolio which should reflect the performance of the Index. Consequently, the Fund will typically hold only a subset of the securities included in the Index. In limited circumstances the Fund may purchase securities that are not included in the Index. The Shares of the EUR Class are issued in Euro. This EUR Hedged Class is made available to reduce exchange rate fluctuations between the currency of this Share Class and the currency in which the underlying assets of the Fund are denominated. The Share Class will be hedged back to EUR and consequently should more closely track the corresponding hedged version of the Index (MSCI Japan Index). The Fund may use financial derivative instruments (that is, financial contracts whose prices are dependent on one or more underlying assets) in order to manage the portfolio efficiently. Save in exceptional circumstances, the Fund will generally only issue and redeem shares to certain institutional investors. However, Shareholders may redeem shares on any UK business day (other than days on which relevant financial markets are closed for business and/or the day preceding any such day provided that a list of such closed market days will be published for the Fund on www.ssga.com); and any other day at the Directors' discretion (acting reasonably) provided Shareholders are notified in advance of any such days. Any income earned by the Fund will be retained and reflected in an increase in the value of the shares. Index Source: The funds or securities referred to herein are not sponsored, endorsed, or promoted by MSCI, and MSCI bears no liability with respect to any such funds or securities or any index on which such funds or securities are based. The Prospectus contains a more detailed description of the limited relationship MSCI has with State Street Investment Management and any related funds, as well as additional disclaimers that apply to the MSCI indexes. The MSCI indexes are the exclusive property of MSCI and may not be reproduced or extracted and used for any other purpose without MSCI's consent. The MSCI indexes are provided without any warranties of any kind. Please see the Prospectus for the full index disclaimer.

Keep reading the KID section ▾

Intended retail investorThis Fund is intended for investors who plan to stay invested for at least 5 years and are prepared to take on a medium-high level of risk of loss to their original capital in order to get a higher potential return. It is designed to form part of a portfolio of investments. Practical information Depositary The Fund depositary is State Street Custodial Services (Ireland) Limited.

From the KID’s “Objectives” section · 5 August 2026 · original document ↓
Text generated from the data the issuer declares in official product lists. No recommendation.

Quick reads

  • TER 0.17%: below the median of equity ETFs we track (0.22%).
  • Assets larger than 76% of equity ETFs we track.
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 versionProspectusPDF in English, from the issuer’s site — the fund’s full legal documentFactsheetPDF 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) · EUR · from Nov 2015 to Sept 2026
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Return
+219.1%
Annualised
+11.4%
Volatility (ann.)
19.4%
Max drawdown
-32.74%
-28%+37%+103%+168%+234%Nov 2015Aug 2018Apr 2021Dec 2023Sept 2026The break-even line: the value at the start of the period. Above it you are in gain, below in loss.break-even (0%)+219%Nov 2015Sept 2026
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%-10%-20%-30%-40%-50%201520172019202120232025−32.74% · 16 Mar 2020
Max drawdown
-32.74%
peak → trough
Trough
16 Mar 2020
from the 23 Jan 2018 peak
Recovery time
288 days
recovery only: trough to break-even · ≈ 9 months
Underwater
1,071 days
decline + recovery: peak to break-even · ≈ 2 years and 11 months · → recovered on 29 Dec 2020

The five worst falls in the period

From the peak ofTroughDepthBack to break-evenDays underwater
23 Jan 201816 Mar 2020-32.74%29 Dec 20201,071
02 Dec 201524 Jun 2016-26.27%02 Aug 2017609
11 Jul 202405 Aug 2024-25.75%23 Jul 2025377
14 Sept 202108 Mar 2022-16.77%28 Apr 2023591
27 Feb 202623 Mar 2026-11.48%13 May 202675

Calendar-year returns

2016
-2.9%
2017
18.6%
2018
-16.2%
2019
16.7%
2020
7.5%
2021
12.5%
2022
-5.0%
2023
32.4%
2024
23.9%
2025
26.1%
2026
23.5%

Month-by-month returns

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSeptOctNovDecYear
20265.09.9-10.77.66.71.9-0.93.7-0.223.5
20250.3-3.9-0.20.55.31.92.84.53.17.80.71.126.1
20248.65.74.0-0.21.41.9-0.7-3.0-2.12.7-0.64.523.9
20234.90.91.82.94.87.81.60.30.7-2.86.3-0.132.4
2022-5.1-1.24.3-2.60.8-2.74.01.1-6.35.63.1-5.2-5.0
20210.43.34.7-2.61.61.1-2.43.14.3-1.3-3.03.212.5
2020-1.7-9.8-7.34.46.60.1-3.57.80.4-2.612.03.07.5
20194.92.1-0.11.9-6.62.90.9-3.45.84.81.81.316.7
20181.2-3.8-3.24.3-1.9-0.71.5-0.85.4-9.31.0-9.9-16.2
20170.10.4-0.81.02.02.50.3-0.54.15.51.31.318.6
2016-7.7-9.84.2-0.42.5-10.56.31.3-0.65.15.53.3-2.9
2015-3.4-3.4
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: SPDR. 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 — issuer-declared

How much the fund returned above (+) or below (−) its index, year by year. It measures the actual deviation: the combined effect of costs (TER and transaction), securities-lending revenue and replication optimisations — which is why it can beat the TER. Tracking difference was positive in 1 of the last 9 calendar years: a past observation, not an indication of future outperformance.
Average TD (last 3 years)
-0.57% /anno
Declared TER
0.17%
YearFundIndexDifference
2025+26.06%+26.30%-0.24%
2024+23.87%+24.96%-1.10%
2023+32.44%+32.82%-0.37%
2022-5.04%-4.44%-0.61%
2021+12.49%+12.76%-0.28%
2020+7.49%+7.87%-0.37%
2019+16.73%+17.72%-0.99%
2018-16.15%-16.21%+0.06%
2017+18.62%+19.18%-0.56%
Figures declared by the issuer on the fund page (net fund and index returns per calendar year, as of 31 July 2026), not computed by us. Partial years excluded. What is tracking difference? →

Risk indicators· EUR

Last yearLast 3 yearsLast 5 yearsLast 10 yearsFull history
Volatility (ann.)21.42%22.52%20.18%18.19%19.22%
Max drawdown-11.48%-25.75%-25.75%-32.74%-32.74%
Sharpe1.460.970.820.750.59
Sortino2.181.371.171.070.83
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: 2.21%), 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, the fund's currency; the table follows the currency selected in the chart.

Portfolio holdings

Securities in portfolio
167
Top-10 weight
30.0%

Top 10 holdings

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.
4.65%
Toyota Motor Corp.
3.61%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.
2.99%
Hitachi Ltd.
2.88%
Tokyo Electron Ltd.
2.86%
Advantest Corp.
2.86%
Sony Group Corporation
2.76%
Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.
2.72%
Mizuho Financial Group Inc.
2.36%
SoftBank Group Corp.
2.30%

Sectors

Industrials
24.4%
Financials
19.1%
Information Technology
18.1%
Consumer Discretionary
15.1%
Communication Services
6.7%
Health Care
5.4%
Materials
3.8%

Countries

AfghanistanAngolaAlbaniaUnited Arab EmiratesArgentinaArmeniaFrench Southern and Antarctic LandsAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBurundiBelgiumBeninBurkina FasoBangladeshBulgariaThe BahamasBosnia and HerzegovinaBelarusBelizeBoliviaBrazilBruneiBhutanBotswanaCentral African RepublicCanadaSwitzerlandChileChinaIvory CoastCameroonDemocratic Republic of the CongoRepublic of the CongoColombiaCosta RicaCubaCyprusCzech RepublicGermanyDjiboutiDenmarkDominican RepublicAlgeriaEcuadorEgyptEritreaSpainEstoniaEthiopiaFinlandFijiFalkland IslandsFranceGabonUnited KingdomGeorgiaGhanaGuineaGambiaGuinea BissauEquatorial GuineaGreeceGreenlandGuatemalaFrench GuianaGuyanaHondurasCroatiaHaitiHungaryIndonesiaIndiaIrelandIranIraqIcelandIsraelItalyJamaicaJordanJapan: 100%KazakhstanKenyaKyrgyzstanCambodiaSouth KoreaKosovoKuwaitLaosLebanonLiberiaLibyaSri LankaLesothoLithuaniaLuxembourgLatviaMoroccoMoldovaMadagascarMexicoMacedoniaMaliMyanmarMontenegroMongoliaMozambiqueMauritaniaMalawiMalaysiaNamibiaNew CaledoniaNigerNigeriaNicaraguaNetherlandsNorwayNepalNew ZealandOmanPakistanPanamaPeruPhilippinesPapua New GuineaPolandPuerto RicoNorth KoreaPortugalParaguayQatarRomaniaRussiaRwandaWestern SaharaSaudi ArabiaSudanSouth SudanSenegalSolomon IslandsSierra LeoneEl SalvadorSomaliaRepublic of SerbiaSurinameSlovakiaSloveniaSwedenSwazilandSyriaChadTogoThailandTajikistanTurkmenistanEast TimorTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyTaiwanUnited Republic of TanzaniaUgandaUkraineUruguayUnited States of AmericaUzbekistanVenezuelaVietnamVanuatuWest BankYemenSouth AfricaZambiaZimbabwe
up to 1%1–5%5–15%15–30%over 30%
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Top 7 countries
Japan100%
Download the full portfolio — Excel, 167 rows
Full portfolio declared by SPDR, 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 →

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:

IE00BZ0G8C04ZPDW
  • Moneyfarmzero on single buys from 1,000 €, agreement until 12 January 2028
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 DüsseldorfZPDW26 Jan 2016
Börse FrankfurtZPDW1 Dec 2015
Börse HamburgZPDW1 Aug 2016
Börse HannoverZPDW9 Dec 2024
Börse München / gettexZPDW21 Feb 2019
Börse StuttgartZPDW1 Dec 2015
Tradegate ExchangeZPDW7 Sept 2020
Xetra (Deutsche Börse)ZPDW1 Dec 2015
+ 8 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 State Street® SPDR® MSCI Japan EUR Hdg UCITS ETF track?
The issuer SPDR declares the benchmark: MSCI Japan 100% Hedged to EUR Index.
How much does ZPDW cost?
The issuer-declared TER is 0.17% per year; the transaction costs estimated in the KID are 0.00%.
How is ZPDW 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 ZPDW?
The fund size declared by SPDR is about 1.1 billion euro.
When was ZPDW launched?
The fund was launched on 29 November 2015: it has 10 years of history.
How does ZPDW replicate its index?
It is a passively managed ETF: it follows the declared index. Physical (optimised) (issuer wording: “Optimised”).
Does ZPDW pay dividends?
No: it is an accumulating share class — income stays in the fund and is reinvested automatically (issuer wording: “Accumulation”).
Where does ZPDW trade?
Per the official ESMA register it trades on 8 main exchanges, including Börse Düsseldorf (ZPDW), Börse Frankfurt (ZPDW), Börse Hamburg (ZPDW), Börse Hannover (ZPDW), Börse München / gettex (ZPDW), Börse Stuttgart (ZPDW).
What was ZPDW's worst fall?
Over the available history (since 2015), the maximum drawdown was -32.74%, reached in March 2020. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
How many securities does ZPDW hold?
The declared portfolio holds 167 securities; the top 10 positions weigh 30%.
Transparency note
The data in this sheet is declared by SPDR 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.