iShares World Equity High Income Complex ETF
Performance
Total return to 23 Oct 2026, distributions reinvested, before franking. ASX figures are to 30 Sept 2026 and gross of franking, so they run higher for franked Australian funds.
What it costs to hold
Management fee plus trading costs, compared with similar funds.
A typical fund among Global ex-Australia equity funds would cost $296 (0.59% a year), so WYNC is $72 cheaper.
Spread is the average gap between buying and selling prices on the ASX. Fees are shown on a flat balance, not compounded on growth. Excludes tax and any adviser or platform fees.
Calendar-year returns
No full calendar year yet.
Where the money is
Look-through exposure as at 2 Sept 2026 · 1 securities · top 10 = 100.0%
Country
Monthly returns
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.2 | −0.4 | 2.6 | −0.7 | 1.7YTD |
Total return each month in %, distributions reinvested, before franking. The latest month runs to the last price date. The first year starts from listing.
Top holdings
Most similar funds
Overlap is the share of the portfolio held in common, look-through. Correlation is of daily returns. High overlap means close substitutes.
WYNC questions answered
Written from the latest data on this page. General information only, not financial advice.
How diversified is iShares World Equity High Income Complex ETF?
iShares World Equity High Income Complex ETF holds 1 securities, and its ten largest positions make up 100.0% of the fund, more concentrated than the 35.9% typical of Global ex-Australia equity funds. That makes it fairly concentrated.
Its country exposure is almost entirely Ireland (100.0%), based on holdings as at 2 Sept 2026.
Which ETFs does WYNC double up with most?
No other ASX fund shares more than 10% of its holdings with WYNC, and no fund's returns track it closely, so it offers a fairly distinct exposure.
How is iShares World Equity High Income Complex ETF managed – active or passive?
iShares World Equity High Income Complex ETF is passively managed: it follows an index and holds what that index holds, rather than relying on a manager's stock picks. Its index uses a dividend approach, so it is sometimes called "smart beta".
Among Global ex-Australia equity funds, active funds charge a median 0.75% a year and index funds 0.45%.
What will I pay in fees for WYNC?
WYNC charges a management fee of 0.39% a year, about $39 for every $10,000 invested. That is cheaper than 55% of the 471 ASX ETFs we track, where the median fee is 0.44%. Among Global ex-Australia equity funds, the median is 0.55%.
Lower-cost funds with a similar focus include SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF (WDIV) at 0.35% and Vanguard International Shares High Yield ETF (VIHY) at 0.30%.
If you would rather have a manager choose the investments, active options such as CB Global Infrastructure Income (Hedged) Active ETF (CIIH) at 1.02% and Plato Global Shares Income Fund - Active ETF (PGI2) at 0.85% cost more.
The fee is taken from the fund's assets and is already reflected in its returns. You'll also pay brokerage when you buy or sell, and the bid-ask spread, which has averaged 0.29% for WYNC.
Does iShares World Equity High Income Complex ETF follow a theme?
Its focus is income. It favours investments that pay higher, regular distributions. Over the past year it paid out 2.8% of its price, across 1 payments.
What is under the hood of WYNC?
As at 2 Sept 2026, WYNC's largest holding is iShares Wrld Eq High Inc Ac USD D (100.0%).
Rather than simply weighting companies by market size, its index favours companies that pay higher dividends.
How well has iShares World Equity High Income Complex ETF performed?
Based on its category, iShares World Equity High Income Complex ETF aims mainly to pay a regular income, with capital growth secondary.
WYNC doesn't have a full year of price history yet, so we can't judge its performance.
Tracking difference is the gap between a fund's return and its index's return. We don't hold index returns, so we can't measure it for WYNC; the issuer reports it in the monthly fact sheet. As a guide, a well-run index fund trails its index by about its fee, here 0.39% a year, and a much bigger gap is a warning sign.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.