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iShares Core Global Aggregate Bond EUR-H vs Xtrackers II Germany Government Bond

iShares Core Global Aggregate Bond EUR-H tracks Bloomberg Global Aggregate and Xtrackers II Germany Government Bond tracks Bloomberg Germany Treasury. 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.

iShares Core Global Aggregate Bond EUR-H

Bloomberg Global Aggregate

Xtrackers II Germany Government Bond

Bloomberg Germany Treasury

Comparison

iShares Core Global Aggregate Bond EUR-HXtrackers II Germany Government Bond
IndexBloomberg Global AggregateBloomberg Germany Treasury
TER0.10%0.15%
Hist. return*~2.5%~1.8%
ReplicationPhysicalPhysical
DistributionAccumulatingDistributing
DomicileIrlandaLuxemburgo
CurrencyEUREUR
Risk2/72/7
ISINIE00BDBRDM35LU0643975161

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.

HorizoniShares Core Global Aggregate Bond EUR-HXtrackers II Germany Government BondDifference
10 years€51,938€51,793€145
20 years€155,282€154,339€943
30 years€360,914€357,370€3,545

iShares Core Global Aggregate Bond EUR-H 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.

iShares

iShares Core Global Aggregate Bond EUR-H

Xtrackers

Xtrackers II Germany Government Bond

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Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between iShares Core Global Aggregate Bond EUR-H and Xtrackers II Germany Government Bond?+

They track different indices: iShares Core Global Aggregate Bond EUR-H follows Bloomberg Global Aggregate and Xtrackers II Germany Government Bond follows Bloomberg Germany Treasury. They also differ in cost (0.10% vs 0.15% TER), replication (physical vs physical) and domicile (Irlanda vs Luxemburgo).

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?+

iShares Core Global Aggregate Bond EUR-H has the lower annual fee. Applying the same 7% gross return to both with €300/month, that fee gap alone is worth about €943 after 20 years — that part is arithmetic, not a forecast.

Accumulating or distributing?+

iShares Core Global Aggregate Bond EUR-H is accumulating (dividends are reinvested inside the fund) and Xtrackers II Germany Government 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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