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Ireland (IE)Answered from the same data and calculations used above.
The ISIN of L&G Emerging Markets Government Bond (USD) 0-5 Year Screened UCITS ETF is IE00BLRPQP15. It trades in USD. The ISIN identifies the fund itself, so every exchange listing of this share class shares it.
L&G Emerging Markets Government Bond (USD) 0-5 Year Screened UCITS ETF (EMD5) charges a total expense ratio of 0.25% a year, about $25 a year on a $10,000 holding. The TER is deducted continuously from fund assets rather than billed to you, so it shows up as a drag on returns and never as a separate charge.
Measured against EM USD bonds (proxy: EMB), EMD5 lagged by -1.59% a year — that is the cost you actually bore, versus a headline TER of 0.25%. It trailed by LESS than its stated fee, so securities lending or tax treatment recovered part of the cost. This realised tracking difference is the honest number to compare funds on; the TER alone is not.
Yes — L&G Emerging Markets Government Bond (USD) 0-5 Year Screened UCITS ETF (EMD5) is a distributing share class, so it pays income out to holders rather than reinvesting it. Its trailing yield is about 5.68%. You receive cash and are typically taxed in the year of the distribution.
L&G Emerging Markets Government Bond (USD) 0-5 Year Screened UCITS ETF (EMD5) is domiciled in Ireland (IE). A Ireland-domiciled UCITS fund receives US dividends at a 15% treaty withholding rate inside the fund, versus the 30% statutory rate on dividends paid directly to a non-resident (generally 25% for an Indian resident under the India-US treaty with a valid W-8BEN). The fund-level 15% is deducted before NAV and is not reclaimable by you. Its shares also sit outside US estate tax, which applies to US-situs assets above $60,000 for non-resident aliens.
L&G Emerging Markets Government Bond (USD) 0-5 Year Screened UCITS ETF (EMD5) tracks the JP Morgan EMBI Global Diversified 0–5 Year ESG Screened, holding 0 positions. Any fund tracking the same index gives you materially the same exposure, so cost, size and share class are usually what separate the alternatives, not the strategy.
L&G Emerging Markets Government Bond (USD) 0-5 Year Screened UCITS ETF (EMD5) holds $1.0bn in assets. Size matters mainly for liquidity and durability: larger funds tend to quote tighter spreads and are far less likely to be closed or merged away.
Over the measured window EMD5 showed annualised volatility of about 5.0% and a worst peak-to-trough fall of 16.1%. Volatility describes the size of a typical swing; the drawdown is what actually happened at the worst moment, and it is the number worth checking you could have held through.
EMD5 returned 11.7% in total over the trailing five years, measured in USD. Past performance describes what the index did, not what it will do, and for an index tracker it is mostly a statement about the market rather than about the manager.
L&G Emerging Markets Government Bond (USD) 0-5 Year Screened UCITS ETF (EMD5) launched on 2020-12-09, giving it about 6 years of history. Note that a price series for one exchange listing can start later than the fund itself if the listing was added afterwards.
