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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and VPL +24.8%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or VPL?

VPL is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 0% of VPL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWI vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to VPL's +24.8%; 9% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $33.0bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI ACWI ETF, and $9.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+24.8%

VPL total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.07%

VPL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VPL costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.4 points; ACWI is 3.6 times larger.

ACWI vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	VPL
Return
Measure	ACWI	VPL
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+24.8%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWI	VPL
Below its high		7.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	VPL
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	VPL
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$32.8bn	$9.0bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	VPL
Holdings in common	9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	24.8%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and VPL hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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9% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI VPL

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 0.76% 7.11%

SK HYNIX 0.55% 5.82%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.22% 1.98%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.20% 1.69%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.19% 1.37%

TOYOTA MOTOR 0.18% 1.51%

ADVANTEST 0.15% 1.25%

HITACHI 0.15% 1.20%

RECRUIT HOLDINGS LTD 0.15% 1.12%

SONY GROUP 0.15% 1.10%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 0.14% 1.25%

TOKYO ELECTRON 0.13% 1.30%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ACWI

APPLE 4.97%

NVIDIA 4.89%

MICROSOFT 3.66%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.39%

ALPHABET CLASS A 1.83%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 1.77%

BROADCOM INC 1.51%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.44%

Only in VPL

SLBBH1142 1.57%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS-PREF 0.90%

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd 0.46%

SMC Corp 0.20%

Oriental Land Co Ltd 0.15%

Nippon Yusen KK 0.14%

Samsung Life Insurance Co Ltd 0.13%

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co Ltd 0.11%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF VPL Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks an index of Pacific Stock

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +24.8%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 0.0%

Holdings 2197 2343

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and VPL as of Sep 30, 2026 $33.0bn $9.0bn

ACWI and VPL on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

ACWI

ACWI tracks the MSCI ACWI. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 61% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,197 positions, with the top ten at 24.9%.

VPL

VPL tracks an index of Pacific Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +24.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,343 positions, with the top ten at 24.8%. It sat 7.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or VPL?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and VPL +24.8%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or VPL?: VPL is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and VPL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 0% of VPL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ACWI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ACWI ↗

VPL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VPL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VPL ↗

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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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