VanEck World Equal Weight Screened UCITS ETF
- World ETF offers global diversification across 250 stocks
- The Fund includes extensive ESG screening
- 0.2% annual expense ratio
- Equal weighting to balance diversification
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ETF Details
ETF Details
Basis-Ticker: TSWEISIN: NL0010408704
TER: 0.20%
AUM: €899.5 M (as of 18-02-2025)
SFDR Classification: Article 8
Risk: You may lose money up to the total loss of your investment due to as Equity Market Risk and Foreign Currency Risk as described in the Main Risk Factors,
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Investment priorities have evolved over time, with an increasing focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in addition to financial returns. ESG investment solutions aim to address important global challenges such as environmental sustainability and social development while striving to achieve competitive financial performance.
The VanEck World Equal Weight Screened UCITS ETF offers a simple way to gain exposure to a broad selection of global companies. The ETF excludes firms that violate against established norms for responsible corporate behavior, applying ESG criteria established by our independent research partner ISS ESG.
Performance trends of ESG-Screened Equities
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| Solactive Sustainable World Total Return Index | 5.12% | 9.13% | 7.78% | 21.08% | 11.75% | 11.11% |
Figures in the table as of 18 February 2025. Periods greater than one year are annualised.
Source: VanEck. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Fund performance is not equal to index performance. For important information on the Index, please refer to the bottom of this page.
Exclusions by the Fund
The VanEck World ETF applies a robust screening process in collaboration with ISS ESG, excluding companies that do not meet defined ESG standards. For instance, the VanEck World ETF, focused on ESG investing, does not invest in companies that make civilian firearms of concern, or those that compromise animal welfare. For the full list of exclusions see below:
Alcohol
Civilian Firearms
Military
Animal Welfare and Testing
Gambling
GMOs
Nuclear Power
Pesticides
Pornography
Thermal Coal Mining and Oil Sands
Tobacco
Violations of Norm-Based Research
Committed to Quality
When developing our ETFs, we focus on strategies to mitigate risks. VanEck’s World ETF adopts three targeted measures to manage equity market and ETF construction risks:
Equity market indices are often dominated by the largest companies, which are also frequently highly valued. For example, today’s tech stocks illustrate this concentration risk. By utilizing an equally-weighted index, the ETF reduces reliance on these companies, helping to mitigate the risk of sudden value declines. On the other side, this results in increased volatility as greater exposure to smaller-cap stocks can result in higher volatility.
VanEck’s World ETF holds the physical securities of the market indices it tracks, a widely recognized method for constructing ETFs with reduced risk. In contrast, some ETFs use synthetic structures, relying on derivatives, which could present challenges if the issuing counterparties face difficulties. Holding the physical securities does not prevent a loss of investment.
Often firms managing ETFs lend out underlying securities to juice up their profits. However, financial regulators have highlighted the risks of doing so, and there are concerns about lack of transparency. VanEck in Europe has never lent out securities in the past, as a matter of principle.
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Main Risk Factors of a World ETF
Because all or a portion of the Fund are being invested in securities denominated in foreign currencies, the Fund’s exposure to foreign currencies and changes in the value of foreign currencies versus the base currency may result in reduced returns for the Fund, and the value of certain foreign currencies may be subject to a high degree of fluctuation.
The prices of the securities in the Fund are subject to the risks associated with investing in the securities market, including general economic conditions and sudden and unpredictable drops in value. An investment in the Fund may lose money.
Please contact us for more information:
- VanEck Netherlands, Amsterdam
- Phone: +31 (0)20 719 51 00
- Email: nlinfo@vaneck.com