ETF comparison
EWSvsIPAC
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
16 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWS and IPAC would leave roughly3.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
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 thecost 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% | 1.05% | 1.05% |
| 2 | OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED | 20.37% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 3 | UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED | 4.26% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 4 | SEA LIMITED | 3.66% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 5 | SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED | 3.90% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 6 | SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED | 5.25% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 7 | SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING LTD | 4.92% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 8 | KEPPEL LTD. | 3.64% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 9 | CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust | 2.77% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 10 | GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED | 3.63% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 11 | YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. | 4.56% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 12 | CapitaLand Ascendas REIT | 4.21% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
Only in EWS
1 total- BNP Paribas0.01%
Only in IPAC
1,351 total- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA2.30%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.2.21%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED2.19%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION1.98%
- Hitachi, Ltd.1.59%
- ADVANTEST CORPORATION1.56%
- Tokyo Electron Limited1.44%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.1.41%
- SoftBank Group Corp.1.38%
- Sony Group Corporation1.34%
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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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