Analysis & Research

The research desk: head-to-head fund comparisons, provider analyses and market structure deep-dives. This is where the VWCE-versus-everything questions get settled with data — all-world against S&P 500, iShares against Vanguard against Amundi, accumulating share classes against their distributing twins — using TER, tracking difference, spreads, fund size and domicile rather than marketing copy. The provider series reviews each ETF house available to Europeans, from the giants to the newcomers competing on price. Market-mechanics pieces cover how ETFs are created and redeemed, why tracking difference beats TER as a cost measure, and how to run due diligence before buying any fund. Comparisons follow our published ETF comparison methodology, and the recurring datasets behind them are refreshed on a quarterly cycle.