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Ireland (IE)Answered from the same data and calculations used above.
The ISIN of HSBC MSCI Japan Climate Paris Aligned UCITS ETF is IE000UU299V4. It trades in USD. The ISIN identifies the fund itself, so every exchange listing of this share class shares it.
HSBC MSCI Japan Climate Paris Aligned UCITS ETF (HPJP) charges a total expense ratio of 0.18% a year, about $18 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 Japan equity (proxy: EWJ), HPJP lagged by 7.35% a year — that is the cost you actually bore, versus a headline TER of 0.18%. It trailed by MORE than its stated fee, so trading costs, cash drag or withholding tax added to what the TER implies. This realised tracking difference is the honest number to compare funds on; the TER alone is not.
No — HSBC MSCI Japan Climate Paris Aligned UCITS ETF (HPJP) is an accumulating share class, so dividends received from its holdings are reinvested inside the fund instead of being paid out. You realise that income as capital growth when you sell, which in many jurisdictions defers the tax event rather than triggering one each distribution.
HSBC MSCI Japan Climate Paris Aligned UCITS ETF (HPJP) 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.
HSBC MSCI Japan Climate Paris Aligned UCITS ETF (HPJP) tracks the MSCI Japan Climate Paris Aligned, 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.
HSBC MSCI Japan Climate Paris Aligned UCITS ETF (HPJP) holds $13m 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 HPJP showed annualised volatility of about 24.8% and a worst peak-to-trough fall of 33.8%. 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.
HSBC MSCI Japan Climate Paris Aligned UCITS ETF (HPJP) launched on 2021-11-10, giving it about 5 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.
