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Ireland (IE)Answered from the same data and calculations used above.
The ISIN of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets UCITS ETF (USD) Distributing is IE00B3VVMM84. It trades in GBP. The ISIN identifies the fund itself, so every exchange listing of this share class shares it.
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets UCITS ETF (USD) Distributing (VFEM) charges a total expense ratio of 0.17% a year, about $17 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 MSCI EM (proxy: EEM), VFEM lagged by 0.63% a year — that is the cost you actually bore, versus a headline TER of 0.17%. 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.
Yes — Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets UCITS ETF (USD) Distributing (VFEM) is a distributing share class, so it pays income out to holders rather than reinvesting it. Its trailing yield is about 2.13%. You receive cash and are typically taxed in the year of the distribution.
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets UCITS ETF (USD) Distributing (VFEM) 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 FTSE Emerging Markets UCITS ETF (USD) Distributing (VFEM) tracks the FTSE Emerging Markets, holding 2,397 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 FTSE Emerging Markets UCITS ETF (USD) Distributing (VFEM) holds $5.9bn 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 VFEM showed annualised volatility of about 15.5% and a worst peak-to-trough fall of 19.2%. 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.
VFEM returned 39.8% in total over the trailing five years, measured in GBP. 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.
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets UCITS ETF (USD) Distributing (VFEM) launched on 2012-05-22, giving it about 14 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.
