Vanguard Japan Stock Index Fund EUR Acc IE0007286036

Vanguard Japan Stock Index Fund EUR Acc is an index fund managed by Vanguard, classified by Morningstar as Japan Large-Cap Blend Equity and domiciled in Ireland. It was launched on 29 March 2006 and manages 4.08bn GBP. Its ongoing charge is 0.16% a year. It accumulates its income (no dividends paid out).

It belongs to the Japan family. Japan is the largest developed market in Asia and carries its own weight inside global indices. People who buy it separately usually do so to overweight it relative to what a world fund already gives them.

Stated objective, as published by Financial Times:

The Fund seeks to track the performance of the Index. To the extent practicable, the Fund uses a full replication strategy to select securities, so that the Fund invests in all the constituents of the Index, making the weight of such investments approximate those of the Index.

Financial Times

The yen moves a fair amount against the euro, so in these products the exchange rate matters as much as the Japanese market itself. That's why currency-hedged (Hedged) versions exist.

Comparing only the index funds in this family that publish their ongoing charge (6), the cheapest charges 0.10% and the most expensive 0.45%. Vanguard Japan Stock Index Fund EUR Acc sits at 0.16%.

These are the other products of the same family in the catalogue. Not all of them track exactly the same index: compare the full name, the TER, the currency, whether they accumulate or distribute and where they are listed.

Product	ISIN / Ticker	Type	Market	Currency	Dividends	Ongoing charge (TER)
Vanguard FTSE Japan UCITS ETF (Dist)	VJPN.L	ETF	London SE	USD	Distributing	0.10%
Amundi Index MSCI Japan AE-C (now Amundi MSCI Japan ESG Broad Transition)	LU0996180864	Index fund	Fund (not listed)	EUR	Accumulating	0.30%
Fidelity MSCI Japan Index Fund P-ACC-EUR	IE00BYX5N771	Index fund	Fund (not listed)	EUR	Accumulating	0.10%
iShares Japan Index Fund (IE) D Acc EUR	IE00BDRK7T12	Index fund	Fund (not listed)	EUR	Accumulating	0.15%
Pictet-Japan Index P EUR	LU0474966750	Index fund	Fund (not listed)	EUR	Accumulating	0.45%
Vanguard Japan Stock Index Fund Institutional Plus EUR Acc	IE00BFPM9P35	Index fund	Fund (not listed)	EUR	Accumulating	0.12%

Japan funds and ETFs

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• The app updates the price and recalculates your net worth on its own.

Everything you add feeds the same number you see on the main screen, so you don't keep one app for spending and another for investments: it's the same picture.

What ongoing charge (TER) does Vanguard Japan Stock Index Fund EUR Acc have?

According to the Financial Times, 0.16% a year. It is what the product deducts from its own value for running it; you don't pay it separately and it is already reflected in the price you see in Neto.

Does Vanguard Japan Stock Index Fund EUR Acc accumulate or distribute dividends?

It accumulates: dividends received are reinvested inside the product instead of being paid out. In Neto you see that as a price increase, not as income.

How is Vanguard Japan Stock Index Fund EUR Acc identified?

By its ISIN, IE0007286036. Funds are not exchange-listed: they have a daily net asset value published by the manager. In Neto you add it by that ISIN and the price updates on its own.

Can I track Vanguard Japan Stock Index Fund EUR Acc in Neto?

Yes. Add it by its ISIN, enter your units and average price, and the app keeps the value up to date and adds it to your net worth, next to your accounts, savings and debts. No broker connection.