U.K. Short-Term Gilt Index Fund

U.K. Short-Term Gilt Index Fund - Institutional Plus GBP Acc (VGUSTIP)

About this fund

Fund objectives

  • The Fund employs a passive management – or indexing – investment approach, through physical acquisition of securities, and seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg UK Gilt 1-5Yr Float Adjusted Index (the “Index”).
  • The Index is designed to reflect the universe of float adjusted fixed-rate investment grade GBP-denominated sovereign debt issued by the government of the United Kingdom, with maturities of between one and up to, but not including, five years and which have a par amount (i.e. the amount of money that issuers agree to repay to the purchaser at the bond's maturity) outstanding greater than or equal to £200 million.
  • The Fund attempts to: 1. Track the performance of the Index by investing in a portfolio of securities that, insofar as possible and practicable, consists of a representative sample of the component securities of the Index. 2. Remain fully invested except in extraordinary market, political or similar conditions where the Fund may temporarily depart from this investment policy to avoid losses.

Fund facts

Share class inception
12 Jun 2025
Minimum initial investment
£100,000,000.00
Investment structure
Irish UCITS
Share Class Assets'
Total Assets
Risk indicator
Strategy
Index
Asset Class
Bond
Domicile
Ireland
Dividend schedule
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Currency
GBP
Index ticker
I39206GB
Benchmark
Bloomberg UK Gilt 1-5 Year Float Adjusted Index
Register countries
United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Isle of Man, Norway, France, Portugal, Spain, Guernsey, C.I., Iceland, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, Finland, Ireland, Jersey, C.I., Liechtenstein, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Sweden

The value of investments, and the income from them, may fall or rise and investors may get back less than they invested.

Performance

Risk and Volatility

As at 31 Aug 2026

Beta
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R²
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Annualized Tracking Error
1 year
3 years
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5 years
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Please note Beta and R-squared data will only display for funds with 3 full years of history.

The value of investments, and the income from them, may fall or rise and investors may get back less than they invested.

Portfolio data

Characteristics
FundamentalsFundBenchmarkAs at
Number of bonds 15 15 31 Aug 2026
4.5% 4.4% 31 Aug 2026
3.2% 3.1% 31 Aug 2026
2.9 Years 2.9 Years 31 Aug 2026
AA- AA- 31 Aug 2026
2.7 Years 2.7 Years 31 Aug 2026
Cash Investment 0.8% — 31 Aug 2026
Market allocation

As at 31 Aug 2026

CountryRegionFundBenchmarkVariance +/-
United KingdomEurope 99.22% 100.00% -0.78%
OtherOther 0.78% — —

As at 31 Aug 2026

Bar chart showing the credit quality breakdown for the fund and its benchmark. The same data is available in the table view.
Distribution by credit issuer (% of funds)

As at 31 Aug 2026

Bar chart showing the credit issuer breakdown for the fund and its benchmark. The same data is available in the table view.
Distribution by credit maturity (% of funds)

As at 31 Aug 2026

Bar chart showing the credit maturity breakdown for the fund and its benchmark. The same data is available in the table view.
Holdings details

As at 31 Aug 2026

Holding name% of market valueMarket valueFace amountCoupon/YieldMaturity date
United Kingdom Gilt 13.53071% £133,811,365.98 133,860,000 4.38% 07 Mar 2028
United Kingdom Gilt 11.02920% £109,072,797.51 109,715,000 4.38% 07 Mar 2030
United Kingdom Gilt 10.45365% £103,380,945.16 105,470,000 4.13% 07 Mar 2031
United Kingdom Gilt 9.43661% £93,322,995.35 94,564,742 4.00% 22 May 2029
United Kingdom Gilt 9.01697% £89,172,999.55 90,117,208 4.13% 22 Jul 2029
United Kingdom Gilt 8.80690% £87,095,512.65 86,992,000 4.50% 07 Jun 2028
United Kingdom Gilt 6.63410% £65,607,631.36 71,942,000 0.50% 31 Jan 2029
United Kingdom Gilt 5.14935% £50,924,235.00 53,920,000 1.63% 22 Oct 2028
United Kingdom Gilt 5.08196% £50,257,814.21 49,827,000 4.75% 07 Dec 2030
United Kingdom Gilt 5.06836% £50,123,325.78 52,990,000 0.13% 31 Jan 2028

Prices and distribution

Prices

NAV Price (GBP)
£102.87
GBP
Change
-£0.09-0.09%
At closure 07 Oct 2026
NAV 52-week high
£103.51
At closure 08 Oct 2026
NAV 52-week low
£100.77
At closure 08 Oct 2026
NAV 52-week difference
£2.73
Change
+2.64%
At closure 08 Oct 2026
Historical Prices

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Inception date

12 Jun 2025

Date NAV (GBP)
07 Oct 2026 £102.8735
06 Oct 2026 £102.9617
05 Oct 2026 £102.8592
02 Oct 2026 £102.9575
01 Oct 2026 £102.8862
30 Sep 2026 £102.7476
29 Sep 2026 £102.6826
28 Sep 2026 £102.5874
25 Sep 2026 £102.7283
24 Sep 2026 £102.5830

Distribution history

Distribution frequency

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Historical performance

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All dividends are reinvested for the "Accumulation" shares.

Purchase information

Currency

Base currency:GBP

Fund codes

  • Bloomberg:VGUSTIP
  • Citi:BU704
  • ISIN:IE0001XQBMD1
  • MEX ID:VIAAYM
  • SEDOL:BTJSN31