Alternatives in the same category

iShares Core € Govt Bond vs Xtrackers II Global Government Bond

iShares Core € Govt Bond tracks Bloomberg Euro Treasury and Xtrackers II Global Government Bond tracks Bloomberg Global Aggregate Government. 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 € Govt Bond

Bloomberg Euro Treasury

Xtrackers II Global Government Bond

Bloomberg Global Aggregate Government

Comparison

iShares Core € Govt BondXtrackers II Global Government Bond
IndexBloomberg Euro TreasuryBloomberg Global Aggregate Government
TER0.07%0.25%
Hist. return*~2%~2%
ReplicationPhysicalPhysical
DistributionDistributingDistributing
DomicileIrlandaLuxemburgo
CurrencyEUREUR
Risk2/72/7
ISINIE00B4WXJJ64LU0378818131

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 € Govt BondXtrackers II Global Government BondDifference
10 years€52,025€51,505€519
20 years€155,851€152,472€3,379
30 years€363,061€350,400€12,661

iShares Core € Govt 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 € Govt Bond

Xtrackers

Xtrackers II Global Government Bond

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Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between iShares Core € Govt Bond and Xtrackers II Global Government Bond?+

They track different indices: iShares Core € Govt Bond follows Bloomberg Euro Treasury and Xtrackers II Global Government Bond follows Bloomberg Global Aggregate Government. They also differ in cost (0.07% vs 0.25% 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 € Govt Bond has the lower annual fee. Applying the same 7% gross return to both with €300/month, that fee gap alone is worth about €3,379 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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