Bargain hunt: cheap trackers that don’t scrimp on performance
By , 29 Mar 18
Not all FTSE All-Share trackers are priced equally and the costliest passive exposure comes from the Virgin UK Tracker with a whopping 1% charge. Click through the gallery below for the five cheapest funds on offer and help investors get more for less.
Vanguard FTSE UK All Share Index
0.08% ongoing charge
The £6.8bn fund charges investors one basis point less than the Aberdeen UK All Share Tracker, but annualised performance over three years is on par at 5.96% net of fees. Over five years the Vanguard product performs slightly better, returning 7.27% annualised, compared to Aberdeen’s 7.13%, according to Morningstar.
When compared to the second most-expensive FTSE All Share tracker, the Old Mutual UK Index fund, the Vanguard product delivered 55 basis point outperformance annualised over three years and 63 basis points extra over five years. Old Mutual’s annualised performance was 5.42% and 6.64% respectively over those periods.
