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Ireland·Bloomberg Global Aggregate Corporate USD 1-3 (EUR Hedged)·Trades in EURiAnswered from the same data and calculations used above.
The ISIN of Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF (EUR) Hedged Accumulating is IE00BGYWSW13. It trades in EUR. The ISIN identifies the fund itself, so every exchange listing of this share class shares it.
Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF (EUR) Hedged Accumulating (VCDE) charges a total expense ratio of 0.14% a year, about $14 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 — Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF (EUR) Hedged Accumulating (VCDE) 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.
Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF (EUR) Hedged Accumulating (VCDE) 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.
Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF (EUR) Hedged Accumulating (VCDE) tracks the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Corporate USD 1-3 (EUR Hedged), holding 1,633 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.
Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF (EUR) Hedged Accumulating (VCDE) holds $93m 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 VCDE showed annualised volatility of about 3.4% and a worst peak-to-trough fall of 0.9%. 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.
Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF (EUR) Hedged Accumulating (VCDE) launched on 2023-10-03, giving it about 3 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.