UK funds and ETFs, grouped by what they hold

A fund pools money from many people and invests it for them: in shares, bonds, property or something else. These groups sort funds by what they own, with one plain sentence on each.

3,331 UK-listed funds with a recorded price, leaving out US- and Canada-domiciled lines that are generally not sold to UK retail investors. A group is a description, not a recommendation. How funds are grouped

Shares by region

Funds that own companies, grouped by where those companies are.

Global shares
211 funds · typical charge 0.25% a year
Thousands of companies across many countries, held in one fund — the broadest way to own the stock market.
UK shares
37 funds · typical charge 0.13% a year
Companies listed in the UK, such as those in the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250.
US shares
263 funds · typical charge 0.20% a year
American companies, including the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 — the largest stock market in the world.
European shares
243 funds · typical charge 0.23% a year
Companies across Europe. Some funds include the UK and some leave it out — the fund name says which.
Japan & Asia Pacific
113 funds · typical charge 0.23% a year
Companies in Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and the wider Pacific region.
Emerging markets
157 funds · typical charge 0.40% a year
Companies in faster-growing but less mature economies such as China, India, Taiwan and Brazil. Prices tend to move more.
Smaller companies
38 funds · typical charge 0.31% a year
Smaller firms, which can grow faster than large ones but whose prices usually swing more.

Themes and sectors

Funds that focus on one idea or industry rather than a whole market.

Dividend & income
111 funds · typical charge 0.37% a year
Funds that pick companies paying regular dividends, or that aim to pay out an income.
Technology
125 funds · typical charge 0.50% a year
Software, chips, AI and other tech companies. One sector only, so prices can move more than a broad fund.
Healthcare
30 funds · typical charge 0.35% a year
Pharmaceutical, biotech and medical-equipment companies.
Sustainable & clean energy
175 funds · typical charge 0.25% a year
Funds that screen companies on environmental, social or governance grounds, or focus on clean energy.
Single sectors
167 funds · typical charge 0.30% a year
Funds focused on one industry — banks, energy, defence, mining and so on.

Bonds and cash-like

Loans to governments and companies, and funds that behave like cash.

Government bonds
319 funds · typical charge 0.13% a year
Loans to governments, such as UK gilts and US Treasuries. They pay interest; their prices move when interest rates change.
Corporate & other bonds
434 funds · typical charge 0.25% a year
Loans to companies and other borrowers, which usually pay more interest than government bonds in exchange for more risk.
Cash-like & short-term
44 funds · typical charge 0.10% a year
Very short-term loans and money-market funds that aim to follow interest rates with little price movement.

Other building blocks

Ready-made mixes, property, commodities, trusts and higher-risk products.

Ready-made mixes
45 funds · typical charge 0.24% a year
Shares and bonds combined in one fund at a set balance — for example 60% shares and 40% bonds.
Property & infrastructure
62 funds · typical charge 0.45% a year
Property companies (REITs) and infrastructure such as energy networks, roads and data centres.
Gold & commodities
155 funds · typical charge 0.40% a year
Gold, silver, oil and other raw materials. They pay no dividends or interest — returns come only from price changes.
Investment trusts
217 funds
Companies on the stock exchange that invest in other assets. Their share price can be above or below the value of what they own.
Crypto
22 funds · typical charge 0.50% a year
Products that track Bitcoin and other cryptoassets.
Higher risk
Leveraged & inverse
295 funds · typical charge 1.25% a year
Products that multiply or reverse a single day’s move — for example three times the daily change of an index.
Higher risk
Other
68 funds · typical charge 0.59% a year
Alternatives, currencies and funds that do not fit the groups above.