ETF comparison
EWS vs IPAC
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
16 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWS and IPAC would leave roughly 4.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IPAC is 41 bps cheaper than EWS. On a $100,000 position that's about $410/yr more in fees for EWS.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with EWS vs IPAC.
Top shared holdings
16 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWS | In IPAC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 24.02% | 1.29% | 1.29% |
| 2 | OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED | 20.37% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 3 | SEA LIMITED | 3.66% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 4 | UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED | 4.26% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 5 | SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED | 3.90% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 6 | SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED | 5.25% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 7 | KEPPEL LTD. | 3.64% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 8 | SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING LTD | 4.92% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 9 | CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust | 2.77% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 10 | SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED | 4.21% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 11 | GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED | 3.63% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 12 | CapitaLand Ascendas REIT | 4.21% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
Only in EWS
1 total- BNP Paribas 0.01%
Only in IPAC
1,354 total- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 2.58%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 2.32%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 2.27%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1.94%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 1.69%
- Tokyo Electron Limited 1.62%
- Hitachi, Ltd. 1.57%
- ADVANTEST CORPORATION 1.57%
- Sony Group Corporation 1.48%
- Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 1.33%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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