XTrackers MSCI World UCITS ETF 1D

Issuer: Xtrackers

Asset Class: Equity

TER: 12bps

Trading Currency: HKD

Pays Income: False

Listing Date: 17 Nov 2025

Ticker: XDWK

ISIN: IE00BK1PV551

This fund offers a comprehensive and cost-effective way to gain exposure to the global developed equity market. By tracking the MSCI World Total Return Net Index, it provides a diversified portfolio of large and mid-capitalization stocks across 23 developed countries. This broad diversification helps to mitigate single-country and single-stock risk, making it an ideal core holding for investors looking to build a long-term, globally-oriented portfolio. The underlying index is market-capitalization weighted, meaning that larger companies have a greater impact on its performance, reflecting their significance in the global economy. Key geographic exposures typically include the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, and various countries within continental Europe.

The investment strategy is based on physical replication, which means the fund directly owns the underlying shares of the companies in the index. This approach offers a high degree of transparency and is often preferred by investors for its straightforward structure. As a distributing share class, the fund aims to pay out any dividends received from its underlying holdings to investors on a semi-annual basis. This feature can be particularly attractive for those seeking a regular income stream in addition to potential capital appreciation. The fund’s low expense ratio makes it an efficient tool for capturing the performance of the world's leading companies without incurring high management costs, allowing investors to keep more of their returns over the long term.