VHVG 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.

VHVG tracks the FTSE Developed World IndexIWFV tracks the MSCI World Enhanced Value Index

What did the last 6 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. Both funds are measured over the same 6 full years (2020–2025) — the longest stretch both were trading.

VHVG turned it into
£20,355
+12.58% per year on average · 20202025
IWFV turned it into
£18,032
+10.33% per year on average · 20202025
Difference
+£2,323
VHVG made more of the same money

VHVG 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.

Years compared
8
where both funds were trading
VHVG won
4
years
IWFV won
4
years
YearVHVGIWFVWinner
2026 (so far)+12.47%+33.94%IWFV
2025+13.85%+30.69%IWFV
2024+19.99%+6.85%VHVG
2023+17.54%+13.02%VHVG
2022-8.16%+0.95%IWFV
2021+22.64%+21.60%VHVG
2020+12.56%-6.91%VHVG
2019-17.91%+14.69%IWFV
2018-9.34%
2017+12.04%
2016+29.68%
2015+1.33%
2014-34.90%

VHVG vs IWFV in plain words

VHVG tracks the FTSE Developed World 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. VHVG charges 0.12% a year in running costs and IWFV charges 0.25% — VHVG 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 8 calendar years both funds were trading, VHVG finished the year ahead 4 times and IWFV 4 times. £10,000 invested at the start of 2020 was worth £20,355 in VHVG versus £18,032 in IWFV by the end of 2025, dividends reinvested.

VHVE is the London (USD) listing and VGVF the Xetra (EUR) line of the same fund, ISIN IE00BK5BQV03 — VHVG 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: VHVG vs IWFV

FactVHVGIWFV
FundVanguard FTSE Developed World UCITS ETF (Acc)iShares Edge MSCI World Value Factor UCITS ETF
TracksFTSE Developed World IndexMSCI World Enhanced Value Index
Yearly cost (TER)0.12%0.25%
DividendsAccumulating — dividends reinvestedAccumulating — dividends reinvested
Launched24 Sept 20193 Oct 2014
ISINIE00BK5BQV03IE00BP3QZB59

Frequently asked

Is VHVG or IWFV better?

Across the 8 calendar years both funds were trading, VHVG finished the year ahead 4 times and IWFV 4 times. £10,000 invested at the start of 2020 was worth £20,355 in VHVG versus £18,032 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 VHVG and IWFV?

VHVG tracks the FTSE Developed World 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. VHVG charges 0.12% a year in running costs and IWFV charges 0.25% — VHVG 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 VHVG have become?

£10,000 invested in VHVG at the start of 2020 grew to £20,355 by the end of 2025, with dividends reinvested — an average of 12.6% per year.

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