Vanguard FTSE Developed World UCITS ETF (USD) Distributing

Vanguard FTSE Developed World UCITS ETF (USD) Distributing is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Developed index, which captures the largest stocks across developed markets worldwide. Launched on 30 September 2014 and domiciled in Ireland, it employs a physical replication strategy through optimized sampling, holding approximately 1,985 to 2,001 securities to mirror the benchmark's composition. The fund's total expense ratio stands at a low 0.12% per annum, with assets under management reaching around EUR 3,422 million to 3,537 million, underscoring its substantial scale in the ETF landscape. As a distributing ETF, it pays dividends quarterly to investors, with a recent yield of about 1.45% and last 12-month dividends of EUR 1.56 per share. Key holdings include major U.S. firms like NVIDIA (5.00%), Microsoft (4.60%), and Apple (4.19%), representing 25.08% of the top 10. Geographically, it emphasizes the United States (69.26%), followed by Japan (6.31%), the United Kingdom (3.80%), and Canada (3.34%), providing broad exposure to global developed equities without currency hedging. This ETF plays a key role in offering cost-effective, diversified access to international large- and mid-cap developed market stocks for long-term portfolio construction.