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iShares Core € Corp Bond vs iShares € High Yield Corp Bond

iShares Core € Corp Bond tracks Bloomberg Euro Corporate and iShares € High Yield Corp Bond tracks Markit iBoxx EUR Liquid High Yield. 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 € Corp Bond

Bloomberg Euro Corporate

iShares € High Yield Corp Bond

Markit iBoxx EUR Liquid High Yield

Comparison

iShares Core € Corp BondiShares € High Yield Corp Bond
IndexBloomberg Euro CorporateMarkit iBoxx EUR Liquid High Yield
TER0.09%0.50%
Hist. return*~2.5%~4%
ReplicationPhysicalPhysical
DistributionDistributingDistributing
DomicileIrelandIreland
CurrencyEUREUR
Risk2/73/7
ISINIE00B3F81R35IE00B66F4759

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 € Corp BondiShares € High Yield Corp BondDifference
10 years€51,967€50,795€1,172
20 years€155,471€147,923€7,548
30 years€361,628€333,651€27,977

iShares Core € Corp Bond 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.

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iShares Core € Corp Bond

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iShares € High Yield Corp Bond

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Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between iShares Core € Corp Bond and iShares € High Yield Corp Bond?+

They track different indices: iShares Core € Corp Bond follows Bloomberg Euro Corporate and iShares € High Yield Corp Bond follows Markit iBoxx EUR Liquid High Yield. They also differ in cost (0.09% vs 0.50% TER), replication (physical vs physical) and domicile (Ireland vs Ireland).

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 € Corp Bond has the lower annual fee. Applying the same 7% gross return to both with €300/month, that fee gap alone is worth about €7,548 after 20 years — that part is arithmetic, not a forecast.

Accumulating or distributing?+

Both are distributing, so on this point there is no difference between them.

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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