Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or CRBN?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +17.2% and CRBN +15.7%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or CRBN?

CRBN is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do ACWI and CRBN overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 61% of CRBN by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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ACWI vs CRBN: Differences, Returns & Fees

ACWI and CRBN hold 77% of their weight in the same names, and ACWI returned +17.2% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $33.3bn for iShares MSCI ACWI ETF and $1.2bn for iShares Low Carbon Optimized MSCI ACWI ETF.

CRBN costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.5 points; ACWI is far larger, $33.3bn against $1.2bn.

	ACWI	CRBN
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.20%
Net assets	$33.3bn	$1.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.2%	+15.7%
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	77%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	25.6%	25.9%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+17.2%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+15.7%

CRBN total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.20%

CRBN expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and CRBN hold 77% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

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77% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ACWI CRBN

NVIDIA 5.12% 5.18%

APPLE 4.83% 4.92%

MICROSOFT 3.56% 3.61%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.38% 2.42%

ALPHABET CLASS A 1.97% 2.10%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 1.90% 1.94%

BROADCOM INC 1.57% 1.59%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.53% 1.54%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.56% 1.45%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.13% 1.17%

TESLA INC 1.04% 1.08%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 0.98% 1.00%

Only in ACWI

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.67%

CHEVRON 0.38%

SHELL 0.29%

GE VERNOVA 0.26%

RTX 0.24%

SANDISK 0.23%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.21%

TOYOTA MOTOR 0.17%

Only in CRBN

PROMOTORA Y OPERADORA DE INFRAESTR 0.04%

CAIXA SEGURIDADE PARTICIPACOES SA 0.02%

BANK OF CHENGDU LTD A 0.01%

BANK OF SUZHOU LTD A 0.01%

CHINA MERCHANTS EXPRESSWAY NETWORK 0.01%

COSCO SHIPPING ENERGY TRANSPORTATI 0.01%

KUANG-CHI TECHNOLOGIES LTD A 0.01%

PLAZA SA 0.01%

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On the same fields

ACWI

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF

CRBN

iShares Low Carbon Optimized MSCI ACWI ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +17.2% +15.7%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 0.0 pts −1.6 pts

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.20%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 60.8%

Holdings 2199 1059

Net assets $33.3bn $1.2bn

ACWI and CRBN on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ACWI in plain words

ACWI tracks the MSCI ACWI. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 61% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,199 positions, with the top ten at 25.6%.

CRBN in plain words

CRBN tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 61% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,059 positions, with the top ten at 25.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or CRBN?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +17.2% and CRBN +15.7%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or CRBN?: CRBN is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and CRBN overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 61% of CRBN by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

ACWI and CRBN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ACWI and CRBN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ACWI ↗iShares page for CRBN ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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