CNX1 vs IWFV: which ETF won each year?
Yearly returns side by side, one winner per year — dividends included, priced as you'd actually buy them.
Every figure here is in pounds — what you'd actually pocket buying on the London Stock Exchange. Fund fact sheets usually headline returns in US dollars, which can look very different in years when the pound moves against the dollar. Here's the full story, year by year.
CNX1tracks the Nasdaq-100 Index
IWFVtracks the MSCI World Enhanced Value Index
CNX1 tracks the Nasdaq-100 IndexIWFV tracks the MSCI World Enhanced Value Index
What did the last 10 years do to £10,000?
You invest £10,000 at the start of the window and touch nothing — dividends reinvested, the running year not counted.
CNX1 vs IWFV, year by year
Calendar-year total returns (dividends included) side by side, and who took the crown each year. A dash means the fund did not exist yet.
| Year | CNX1 | IWFV | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | +20.13% | +33.94% | IWFV |
| 2025 | +11.83% | +30.69% | IWFV |
| 2024 | +28.51% | +6.85% | CNX1 |
| 2023 | +47.71% | +13.02% | CNX1 |
| 2022 | -25.53% | +0.95% | IWFV |
| 2021 | +29.50% | +21.60% | CNX1 |
| 2020 | +43.24% | -6.91% | CNX1 |
| 2019 | +33.63% | +14.69% | CNX1 |
| 2018 | +4.62% | -9.34% | CNX1 |
| 2017 | +20.13% | +12.04% | CNX1 |
| 2016 | +28.85% | +29.68% | IWFV |
| 2015 | +14.71% | +1.33% | CNX1 |
| 2014 | +28.19% | -34.90% | CNX1 |
| 2013 | +36.05% | — | — |
| 2012 | +9.20% | — | — |
| 2011 | +3.56% | — | — |
| 2010 | -20.33% | — | — |
CNX1 vs IWFV in plain words
CNX1 tracks the Nasdaq-100 Index while IWFV follows the MSCI World Enhanced Value Index, so they own different slices of the market and their years can look very different. CNX1 charges 0.30% a year in running costs and IWFV charges 0.25% — IWFV is the cheaper fund to hold.
Both are accumulating funds: dividends are reinvested inside the fund and show up as a higher share price, never as a payout. Across the 13 calendar years both funds were trading, CNX1 finished the year ahead 9 times and IWFV 4 times. £10,000 invested at the start of 2016 was worth £63,451 in CNX1 versus £27,242 in IWFV by the end of 2025, dividends reinvested.
CNDX is the London (USD) listing and SXRV the Xetra (EUR) line of the same fund, ISIN IE00B53SZB19 — CNX1 is its GBP line on the London Stock Exchange.
IWVL is the London (USD) listing and IS3S the Xetra (EUR) line of the same fund, ISIN IE00BP3QZB59 — IWFV is its GBP line on the London Stock Exchange.
Fund facts: CNX1 vs IWFV
| Fact | CNX1 | IWFV |
|---|---|---|
| Fund | iShares Nasdaq 100 UCITS ETF (Acc) | iShares Edge MSCI World Value Factor UCITS ETF |
| Tracks | Nasdaq-100 Index | MSCI World Enhanced Value Index |
| Yearly cost (TER) | 0.30% | 0.25% |
| Dividends | Accumulating — dividends reinvested | Accumulating — dividends reinvested |
| Launched | 26 Jan 2010 | 3 Oct 2014 |
| ISIN | IE00B53SZB19 | IE00BP3QZB59 |
Frequently asked
Is CNX1 or IWFV better?
Across the 13 calendar years both funds were trading, CNX1 finished the year ahead 9 times and IWFV 4 times. £10,000 invested at the start of 2016 was worth £63,451 in CNX1 versus £27,242 in IWFV by the end of 2025, dividends reinvested. Past returns don't promise future ones — but this is what actually happened.
What is the difference between CNX1 and IWFV?
CNX1 tracks the Nasdaq-100 Index while IWFV follows the MSCI World Enhanced Value Index, so they own different slices of the market and their years can look very different. CNX1 charges 0.30% a year in running costs and IWFV charges 0.25% — IWFV is the cheaper fund to hold. Both are accumulating funds: dividends are reinvested inside the fund and show up as a higher share price, never as a payout.
What would £10,000 in CNX1 have become?
£10,000 invested in CNX1 at the start of 2016 grew to £63,451 by the end of 2025, with dividends reinvested — an average of 20.3% per year.
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