ETF comparison
EPP vs EWS
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF · iShares MSCI Singapore ETF
Holdings overlap
17 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EPP and EWS would leave roughly 15.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
EPP is 3 bps cheaper than EWS. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/yr more in fees for EWS.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with EPP vs EWS.
Top shared holdings
17 shared in total| # | Holding | In EPP | In EWS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DBS Group Holdings Ltd | 3.87% | 22.55% | 3.87% |
| 2 | Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd | 2.44% | 5.14% | 2.44% |
| 3 | Sea Ltd | 1.78% | 13.95% | 1.78% |
| 4 | United Overseas Bank Ltd | 1.56% | 4.86% | 1.56% |
| 5 | Singapore Telecommunications Ltd | 1.27% | 4.79% | 1.27% |
| 6 | Keppel Ltd | 0.69% | 5.76% | 0.69% |
| 7 | Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd | 0.53% | 5.39% | 0.53% |
| 8 | CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust | 0.51% | 3.18% | 0.51% |
| 9 | Singapore Exchange Ltd | 0.48% | 4.59% | 0.48% |
| 10 | Grab Holdings Ltd | 0.44% | 3.18% | 0.44% |
| 11 | Singapore Airlines Ltd | 0.41% | 4.82% | 0.41% |
| 12 | Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd | 0.38% | 5.71% | 0.38% |
Only in EPP
77 total- Commonwealth Bank of Australia 8.87%
- BHP Group Ltd 8.80%
- AIA Group Ltd 4.98%
- National Australia Bank Ltd 4.56%
- Westpac Banking Corp 4.43%
- ANZ Group Holdings Ltd 3.64%
- Wesfarmers Ltd 2.75%
- Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd 2.49%
- Macquarie Group Ltd 2.36%
- CSL Ltd 2.17%
Only in EWS
0 totalEvery EWS position is also held by EPP.
Open EPP or EWS at a brokerage
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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