ACWI vs AKRE: Differences, Returns & Fees

ACWI and AKRE hold 2% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $32.8bn on Oct 20, 2026 for iShares MSCI ACWI ETF, and $5.2bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Akre Focus ETF.

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ACWI costs 0.66 points a year less; ACWI is 6.2 times larger.

ACWI vs AKRE: Differences, Returns & Fees
ACWIAKRE
Expense ratio0.32%0.98%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$32.5bn$5.2bn
Total return, 1 year+15.1%not published
What it tracksMSCI ACWInot published
Holdings in common2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund25.2%80.9%
Below its high14.0%, high on Oct 27, 2025

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

+15.1%
ACWI total return, 1 year
−14.0%
AKRE total return, since launch, Oct 27, 2025
0.32%
ACWI expense ratio
0.98%
AKRE expense ratio

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and AKRE hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ACWI AKRE
VISA CLASS A 0.65% 7.24%
MASTERCARD CLASS A 0.49% 14.24%
ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.31% 7.29%
SALESFORCE 0.19% 2.52%
SERVICENOW 0.15% 2.32%
LVMH 0.10% 2.54%
AIRBNB CLASS A 0.07% 2.90%
BROOKFIELD CLASS A 0.07% 7.33%
MOODYS CORP 0.07% 6.94%
OREILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC 0.07% 1.19%
KKR AND CO INC 0.05% 7.22%
CONSTELLATION SOFTWARE 0.04% 12.68%
Only in ACWI
APPLE 4.91%
NVIDIA 4.87%
MICROSOFT 3.67%
AMAZON.COM INC 2.48%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.97%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 1.78%
ALPHABET CLASS C 1.55%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.51%
Only in AKRE
Topicus.com Inc 7.33%
CoStar Group Inc 4.65%
CCC Intelligent Solutions Hold 3.10%

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On the same fields

ACWI
iShares MSCI ACWI ETF
AKRE
Akre Focus ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Akre
What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Equity fund
Total return, 1 year +15.1% −14.0% (since launch, Oct 27, 2025)
Expense ratio 0.32% 0.98%
Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 66.4%
Holdings 2199 17
Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 20, 2026 and AKRE as of Jul 31, 2026 $32.8bn $5.2bn

ACWI and AKRE on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About ACWI

ACWI tracks the MSCI ACWI. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +15.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 61% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,199 positions, with the top ten at 25.2%.

About AKRE

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.98% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 66% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 17 positions, with the top ten at 80.9%. It sat 14.0% below its high of Oct 27, 2025 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ACWI or AKRE?
ACWI is cheaper, by 0.66 percentage points a year. That is about $66 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and AKRE overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 66% of AKRE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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