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 - USD - Benchmark Price Return; 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 12 months
to · after fund charges, before inflation
- SGLN£9,425−5.8%
- IGLT£9,814−1.9%
The start is the first date every fund has a price. Weekly closes of the price as traded: income a fund pays out is not counted, so a distributing fund’s line understates its total return (see “Measured as” below). Where we hold no close of our own, the week’s close is from the weekly price history for the listing.
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 - USD - Benchmark Price Return | 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 | £28bn | £3.4bn |
| Latest close | £57.00 | £9.61 |
| Past returns, after charges | ||
| 1 year | −3.7% | −0.3% |
| 3 years | +91.6% | +7.8% |
| 5 years | +116.7% | −20.7% |
| 5 years after inflation | +69.1% | −38.1% |
| Measured as | income reinvested | income reinvested |
| Ups and downs | ||
| Volatility, 5 years | 16.0% | 9.2% |
| Largest fall, 5 years | −25.1%27/02/2026 to 30/10/2026 | −31.8%10/12/2021 to 14/10/2022 |
| Lowest 12 months | −5.8%to 13/11/2026 | −27.7%to 14/10/2022 |
| Highest 12 months | +71.5%to 27/02/2026 | +9.8%to 16/08/2024 |
Returns: as reported (delayed data). Inflation: UK 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 13/11/2026), in pounds, after charges. The smaller figure is after UK inflation.
| Year | SGLN | IGLT |
|---|---|---|
| −8.2%after inflation −11.1% | −0.7%after inflation −3.9% | |
| +50.2%after inflation +45.0% | +5.0%after inflation +1.4% | |
| +31.0%after inflation +26.6% | −1.6%after inflation −4.9% | |
| +7.2%after inflation +3.0% | +3.6%after inflation −0.6% | |
| +11.8%after inflation +2.4% | −23.7%after inflation −30.2% |
- SGLN: price only; income paid out is not included; to 13/11/2026.
- IGLT: income reinvested to 10/07/2026, price only after; to 13/11/2026.
- Worked out from recorded closes; inflation UK 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. Overlap needs each fund’s published holdings; more funds are added as their holdings become available.
snapshots of SGLN none and IGLT 06/11/2026
Overlap is the sum, company by company, of the smaller of the two weights. How overlap is measured
Dates
As of , at least 15 min delayed
Inflation: UK CPIH, 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.