Alternatives in the same category

iShares Core € Corp Bond vs Xtrackers II EUR Overnight Rate Swap

iShares Core € Corp Bond tracks Bloomberg Euro Corporate and Xtrackers II EUR Overnight Rate Swap tracks €STR (money market). 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

Xtrackers II EUR Overnight Rate Swap

€STR (money market)

Comparison

iShares Core € Corp BondXtrackers II EUR Overnight Rate Swap
IndexBloomberg Euro Corporate€STR (money market)
TER0.09%0.10%
Hist. return*~2.5%~2.5%
ReplicationPhysicalSynthetic
DistributionDistributingAccumulating
DomicileIrelandLuxembourg
CurrencyEUREUR
Risk2/71/7
ISINIE00B3F81R35LU0290358497

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 BondXtrackers II EUR Overnight Rate SwapDifference
10 years€51,967€51,938€29
20 years€155,471€155,282€190
30 years€361,628€360,914€714

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.

iShares

iShares Core € Corp Bond

Xtrackers

Xtrackers II EUR Overnight Rate Swap

Compare your own portfolio too

Create a free account to track your real portfolio against these indices, save your favorite comparisons, and bookmark the funds you care about.

Create free account

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between iShares Core € Corp Bond and Xtrackers II EUR Overnight Rate Swap?+

They track different indices: iShares Core € Corp Bond follows Bloomberg Euro Corporate and Xtrackers II EUR Overnight Rate Swap follows €STR (money market). They also differ in cost (0.09% vs 0.10% TER), replication (physical vs synthetic) and domicile (Ireland vs Luxembourg).

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 €190 after 20 years — that part is arithmetic, not a forecast.

Accumulating or distributing?+

Xtrackers II EUR Overnight Rate Swap is accumulating (dividends are reinvested inside the fund) and iShares Core € Corp 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.

← Back to funds