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Luxembourg·MSCI Japan (EUR Hedged)·Trades in EURiAnswered from the same data and calculations used above.
The ISIN of UBS Core MSCI Japan UCITS ETF hEUR Accumulating is LU1169822266. It trades in EUR. The ISIN identifies the fund itself, so every exchange listing of this share class shares it.
UBS Core MSCI Japan UCITS ETF hEUR Accumulating (UFMA) charges a total expense ratio of 0.15% a year, about $15 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.
No — UBS Core MSCI Japan UCITS ETF hEUR Accumulating (UFMA) 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.
UBS Core MSCI Japan UCITS ETF hEUR Accumulating (UFMA) is domiciled in Luxembourg (LU). A Luxembourg-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.
UBS Core MSCI Japan UCITS ETF hEUR Accumulating (UFMA) tracks the MSCI Japan (EUR Hedged). 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.
UBS Core MSCI Japan UCITS ETF hEUR Accumulating (UFMA) holds $110m 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 UFMA showed annualised volatility of about 38.5% and a worst peak-to-trough fall of 16.5%. 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.
UFMA returned 161.4% in total over the trailing five years, measured in EUR. 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.
UBS Core MSCI Japan UCITS ETF hEUR Accumulating (UFMA) launched on 2020-06-25, 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.