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After some research, I discovered that VLS100 has a home (UK) bias in it's weightings. Would it be sensible to add a tracker (Vanguard FTSE Developed World ex-UK Equity Index) alongside it in order to lower the weightings of UK. If so, what percentages would you allocate to this tracker and the VLS100 (Core holding)?
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How to lower the UK bias of VLS100
Re: How to lower the UK bias of VLS100
Hold a global market cap weighted equity fund in the first place.
Re: How to lower the UK bias of VLS100
Genghis wrote:Hold a global market cap weighted equity fund in the first place.
This. Just go and get Fidelity Index World instead.
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Re: How to lower the UK bias of VLS100
Shaker wrote:Genghis wrote:Hold a global market cap weighted equity fund in the first place.
This. Just go and get Fidelity Index World instead.
Fidelity Index World doesn't have emerging markets, whereas LS100 does. So, assuming it wasn't an accident that they wanted EM, perhaps something like Vanguard Ftse Global All CAP would be a more suitable replacement.
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Re: How to lower the UK bias of VLS100
Another option (I have taken) is to drop the UK-weighted LS fund completely, and largely replace with an ex-UK global tracker, then add back in some limited UK exposure, but in a more selective way than just buying the FTSE100/350 (which I find unattractive in whole, but attractive in parts).
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