UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities). Defined as organizations, whose sole purpose is to
collectively invest - in securities and other financial assets - capital raised by the public and which operate under the principle of risk management.
When you look at the ETF, check the "
ISIN"
(1) VANGUARD FUNDS PLC FTSE DEVELOPED WORLD UCITS (VEVE)
example
https://www.hl.co.uk/shares/shares-sear ... orld-ucitsISIN: IE00BKX55T58
The "IE" tells you where the fund is "domiciled" - in this case IE = Ireland. It is thus treated as "foreign".
VEVE (this fund) contains roughly 4% UK share holdings.
(2) VANGUARD FUNDS PLC FTSE DEVELOPED EUROPE EX-UK UCITS ETF (VERX)
https://www.hl.co.uk/shares/shares-sear ... rope-ex-ukISIN: IE00BKX55S42 (also "Foreign" domiciled)
THis fund does not hold UK based shares.
(3) ESG ---- look it up, if that what floats your boat! It probably (?) means not investing in sin stocks/arms manufacturers/oil/gambling. But (from what I glean) one funds ESG acceptable stocks list diffes from another funds.
(ISIN is an acronym for International Securities Identification Number. ISIN numbers are the unique 12-digit numbers that are recognized by the International Standards Organization, located in Geneva, Switzerland, as security identifiers for cross-border securities transactions.)