SGLNiShares · IE00B4ND3602
Comparison
SGLN vs IGLT
iShares Physical Gold ETC (SGLN) and iShares Core UK Gilts UCITS ETF (IGLT): what each one is, what it costs, how it has done before and after inflation, how far it fell, and how much of what they hold is the same. Nothing here says which one to choose.
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- SGLN
- IGLT
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What differs
Facts from each fund’s own record, side by side. None of them says which fund to choose.
- SGLN tracks the LBMA Gold Price PM ($/ozt); IGLT tracks the FTSE Actuaries UK Conventional Gilts All Stocks Index.
- SGLN’s ongoing charge is 0.12% a year against 0.07% for IGLT: about £5 a year more on £10,000.
- SGLN is in Gold & commodities; IGLT is in Government bonds.
- SGLN is an ETC; IGLT is an ETF.
- Their holdings overlap cannot be measured: published holdings are missing for at least one of them.
Growth of £10,000 over 1 month
to · after fund charges, before inflation
- SGLN£9,618−3.8%
- IGLT£9,919−0.8%
The start is the first date every fund has a price (SGLN: prices on record from 18/09/2026). Weekly closes; some series count income reinvested and some do not (see “Measured as” below).
Side by side
| Measure | SGLN | IGLT |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | ||
| Category | Gold & commodities | Government bonds |
| Type | ETC | ETF |
| Provider | iShares | iShares |
| Tracks | LBMA Gold Price PM ($/ozt) | FTSE Actuaries UK Conventional Gilts All Stocks Index |
| Income | Not stated | Distributing |
| Currency hedged | No | No |
| Domicile | Ireland | Ireland |
| Launched | 08/04/2011 | 01/12/2006 |
| ISA and SIPP | ISASIPP | ISASIPP |
| What it costs | ||
| Ongoing charge | 0.12% a year | 0.07% a year |
| On £10,000 | £12 a year | £7 a year |
| Fund size | £22bn | £2.5bn |
| Latest close | £60.76 | £9.49 |
| Past returns, after charges | ||
| 1 year | +10.3% | +0.7% |
| 3 years | +104.5% | +7.2% |
| 5 years | +144.3% | −20.3% |
| 5 years after inflation | +91.0% | −37.7% |
| Measured as | income reinvested | income reinvested |
| Ups and downs | ||
| Volatility, 5 years | Not available | 9.5% |
| Largest fall, 5 years | Not available | −31.8%10/12/2021 to 14/10/2022 |
| Lowest 12 months | Not available | −27.7%to 14/10/2022 |
| Highest 12 months | Not available | +9.8%to 16/08/2024 |
Returns: TradingView (delayed data). Inflation: ONS CPIH, latest month published.
Returns run to each fund’s latest close. Past performance is not a guide to future returns. How returns are calculated
Calendar-year returns
Each full calendar year and 2026 so far (to 30/09/2026), in pounds, after charges. The smaller figure is after UK inflation.
| Year | SGLN | IGLT |
|---|---|---|
| Not available | −2.0%after inflation −4.7% | |
| Not available | +5.1%after inflation +1.5% | |
| Not available | −1.8%after inflation −5.1% | |
| Not available | +3.6%after inflation −0.6% | |
| Not available | −23.7%after inflation −30.2% |
- SGLN: no calendar-year figures on record.
- IGLT: income reinvested to 10/07/2026, price only after; to 30/09/2026.
- Source: Fundology, from recorded closes; inflation ONS CPIH. How calendar-year returns are worked out
Holdings in common
How much of the funds is the same companies at the same weights. The higher it is, the more owning both is like owning one fund twice.
SGLN has no published holdings on record, so the overlap cannot be measured. Holdings come from issuers that publish them (today mainly iShares and Vanguard ETFs); the list grows as more do.
Source: issuer-published holdings, snapshots of SGLN none and IGLT 29/09/2026
Overlap is the sum, company by company, of the smaller of the two weights. How overlap is measured
Sources and dates
Source: TradingView (prices), as of , at least 15 min delayed
Source: fund issuers and the FCA register (charges, identity)
Source: ONS CPIH (inflation, latest month published)
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Terms on this page: ongoing charge, real return, accumulating and distributing, volatility, largest fall, holdings overlap, calendar-year returns.