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Franklin Euro Green Bond vs Vanguard Global Bond Index Fund EUR-H Acc

Franklin Euro Green Bond tracks Bloomberg MSCI Euro Green Bond and Vanguard Global Bond Index Fund EUR-H Acc tracks Bloomberg Global Aggregate Float Adjusted. They are realistic alternatives for the same slot in a portfolio, but because the indices are different nobody can tell you in advance which will return more. What can be compared objectively is the cost, the replication method, the domicile and how each one is structured — and that is what this page does.

What each one tracks

This is the underlying difference: they do not follow the same index, so their returns will diverge.

Franklin Euro Green Bond

Bloomberg MSCI Euro Green Bond

Vanguard Global Bond Index Fund EUR-H Acc

Bloomberg Global Aggregate Float Adjusted

Comparison

Franklin Euro Green BondVanguard Global Bond Index Fund EUR-H Acc
IndexBloomberg MSCI Euro Green BondBloomberg Global Aggregate Float Adjusted
TER0.25%0.15%
Hist. return*~2%~2.5%
ReplicationPhysicalPhysical
DistributionDistributingAccumulating
DomicileIrlandaIrlanda
CurrencyEUREUR
Risk2/72/7
ISINIE00BHZRR253IE00B18GC888

What the fee gap actually costs

Applying the SAME 7% gross return to both and contributing €300/month, the only thing moving the result is the TER. This is not a return forecast: it is how much the fee weighs.

HorizonFranklin Euro Green BondVanguard Global Bond Index Fund EUR-H AccDifference
10 years€51,505€51,793€288
20 years€152,472€154,339€1,866
30 years€350,400€357,370€6,970

Vanguard Global Bond Index Fund EUR-H Acc is the cheaper of the two. Remember they track different indices: cost is one factor, not the verdict.

Nobody can know which will perform better: they track different indices and past performance is not a prediction. What is objective today is the cost, the replication, the domicile and the distribution policy.

Franklin Templeton

Franklin Euro Green Bond

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Vanguard Global Bond Index Fund EUR-H Acc

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Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Franklin Euro Green Bond and Vanguard Global Bond Index Fund EUR-H Acc?+

They track different indices: Franklin Euro Green Bond follows Bloomberg MSCI Euro Green Bond and Vanguard Global Bond Index Fund EUR-H Acc follows Bloomberg Global Aggregate Float Adjusted. They also differ in cost (0.25% vs 0.15% TER), replication (physical vs physical) and domicile (Irlanda vs Irlanda).

Which one will perform better?+

Nobody can know that: they track different indices, so their returns will diverge, and past index performance is not a prediction. What you can control today is the cost, the tax structure and whether the index actually covers what you want exposure to.

Which one is cheaper?+

Vanguard Global Bond Index Fund EUR-H Acc has the lower annual fee. Applying the same 7% gross return to both with €300/month, that fee gap alone is worth about €1,866 after 20 years — that part is arithmetic, not a forecast.

Accumulating or distributing?+

Vanguard Global Bond Index Fund EUR-H Acc is accumulating (dividends are reinvested inside the fund) and Franklin Euro Green Bond is distributing (dividends are paid out to you). For long-term compounding in Spain, accumulating usually defers taxation; distributing gives you income you are taxed on each year.

Can I hold both?+

Yes. Unlike two funds tracking the identical index, these give you genuinely different exposure, so holding both is not automatically redundant — just be aware you may end up overlapping on the largest companies and doubling your rebalancing work.

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