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ERNA iShares USD Ultrashort Bond UCITS ETF Acc

ISIN IE00BGCSB447London Stock Exchange: ERNABlackRock, Inc.

Latest close

LSE

$6.47

on

Ongoing charge
0.09% a year
Fund size
£1.7bn

As of , at least 15 min delayed

At a glance

As of 13/11/2026, ERNA (iShares USD Ultrashort Bond UCITS ETF Acc, ISIN IE00BGCSB447) closed at $6.47 on the London Stock Exchange. Its ongoing charge is 0.09% a year (about £9 on £10,000). Over the five years to 13/11/2026 its total return was +23.7%, or −3.5% after UK CPIH inflation.

Past returns

Total return: the change in the fund’s value with any income reinvested, after its ongoing charges. Periods to .
1 year to 13/11/2026
+3.5%
−0.2% after inflation
3 years to 13/11/2026
+6.8%
−3.5% after inflation
5 years to 13/11/2026
+23.7%
−3.5% after inflation

£1,000 put in five years ago would have been worth about £1,237 on 13/11/2026 — about £965 in today’s spending power, once price rises are taken out. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

Returns: as reported (delayed data). Inflation: UK CPIH, latest month published.

How we work it out:ReturnsReturns after inflationTotal returnReal returnCPIH

Calendar-year and 12-month returns

Calendar-year returns of iShares USD Ultrashort Bond UCITS ETF Acc in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2022 +13.7%, 2023 −0.2%, 2024 +8.3%, 2025 −3.4%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 +5.0%. Returns of iShares USD Ultrashort Bond UCITS ETF Acc in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) over the 12 months to 30/09/2026: +5.0%; to 30/09/2025: +4.5%; to 30/09/2024: −2.9%; to 30/09/2023: −5.4%; to 30/09/2022: +22.8%.

Calendar-year returns of ERNA, in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund), to 13/11/2026
YearReturnAfter inflationReturn shown as a bar
to +5.0%+1.6%
to −3.4%−6.7%
to +8.3%+4.7%
−0.2%−4.2%
+13.7%+4.1%
Returns of ERNA over 12-month periods to 30/09/2026, in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund)
12 months toReturnAfter inflation
from +5.0%+1.2%
from +4.5%+0.5%
from −2.9%−5.4%
from −5.4%−11.0%
from +22.8%+12.9%

As of , inflation: UK CPIH

How we work it out:Calendar-year returnsWhat a calendar-year return isAccumulating and distributing

Risk: volatility and largest fall

How far the price has swung and fallen. The same record as the returns, in pounds.

Volatility (annualised)

7.5%over 5 years

Volatility, annualised from weekly returns, by period
1 year5.4%
3 years6.1%
5 years7.5%

Annualised from weekly returns. Higher means bumpier.

Largest fall since November 2021
−12.6%
From to
Lowest 12-month return
−5.8%
12 months to
Highest 12-month return
+24.6%
12 months to
Below its highest weekly close since November 2021
0.6%
High of , latest

In words: Volatility of iShares USD Ultrashort Bond UCITS ETF Acc in pounds, annualised from weekly returns to 13/11/2026: 5.4% over 1 year, 6.1% over 3 years, 7.5% over 5 years. Largest fall in the price of iShares USD Ultrashort Bond UCITS ETF Acc since November 2021, in pounds: −12.6% from 30/09/2022 to 14/07/2023. The lowest 12-month return of iShares USD Ultrashort Bond UCITS ETF Acc in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) since January 2021 was −5.8% (12 months to 14/07/2023); the highest was +24.6% (12 months to 21/10/2022). On 13/11/2026 the price of iShares USD Ultrashort Bond UCITS ETF Acc was 0.6% below its highest weekly close since November 2021 (17/01/2025), in pounds.

As of , price, with income reinvested in the fund

How we work it out:Risk figuresFallsVolatilityLargest fall

Charges compared with similar funds

The ongoing charge is taken from the fund’s value every day, so the returns on this page are already after it. Platform and dealing fees are charged separately.
Ongoing charge
0.09%
a year
On £10,000
£9
a year, roughly
Over five years
£45
of £10,000, before growth
Among 44 cash-like and short-term funds, share classes counted once
  • 12 charge less
  • 5 the same
  • 26 charge more

Ongoing charge of iShares USD Ultrashort Bond UCITS ETF Acc 0.09% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 26 of the 43 other cash-like and short-term funds charge more, 5 the same and 12 less (share classes counted once).

As of

A lower charge is not a promise of a higher return: what the fund holds matters more.

Read more:Ongoing charge (OCF)OCF and TERFee dragHow charges add up

In plain English

iShares USD Ultrashort Bond UCITS ETF Acc is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from iShares, launched in 2018.

It tracks the iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Ultrashort Index - USD - Benchmark TR Gross.

You buy and sell it through a share-dealing account or platform during stock-market hours, like a share.

Its ongoing charge is 0.09% a year — about £9 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund's value rather than billed to you.

Income from its investments is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.

Cash-like & short-term: Very short-term loans and money-market funds that aim to follow interest rates with little price movement.

Terms:ETFIndex fundUCITSAccumulating or incomeShare classISIN

Key facts

Ticker
ERNA
ISIN
IE00BGCSB447
Provider
iShares
Structure
ETF
An exchange-traded fund: bought and sold on the stock exchange through the day, like a share.
Income
Accumulating
Income is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.
Ongoing charge
0.09% a year · about £9 on £10,000
Fund size
£1.7bn
Launched
Domicile
Ireland
UK reporting fund status
Yes — on HMRC’s list of reporting funds (list of )
Reporting fund since . What reporting fund status means
Can usually be held in
ISA and SIPP
Check with your platform: each decides which funds it offers.
Currency hedged
No
Price currency
USD

Price chart

Closing price
$6.47+3.9% over 1 year · closing price
ERNA closing price: $6.23 on 14/11/2025, $6.47 on 13/11/2026 (+3.9%); low $6.23, high $6.47.

Over the last year, the closing price went from $6.23 on 14/11/2025 to $6.47 on 13/11/2026 (+3.9%). The lowest close shown was $6.23 on 14/11/2025 and the highest $6.47 on 13/11/2026.

One close a week. Before 31/07/2026 the closes are from the weekly price history for this listing; from then on, the closing prices we have recorded.

As of , at least 15 min delayed

Five years of prices, and after inflation

262 weekly closes, from 12/11/2021 to 13/11/2026. The same history in November 2026 pounds, adjusted with CPIH inflation.

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How we work it out:Prices and returnsNAV and price

What it holds

As of , ERNA holds 885 positions, according to its published holdings. The largest is Blk Ics USD Leaf Agency Dist at 3.18% of the fund; the ten largest make up 6.8%.
Holdings
882
885 reported in all
Ten largest
6.8%
of the whole fund
Effective number of holdings
417
As concentrated as this many equal-sized holdings (how it is worked out)
Largest holding
3.2%
Blk Ics USD Leaf Agency Dist

Top 10 holdings

Top holdings of ERNA: the ten largest, as a percentage of the whole fund, as of 06/11/2026
Rank#HoldingWeight as a percentage of the fund
1Blk Ics USD Leaf Agency DistCash and derivatives3.18%
2T-Mobile USA Inc 3.75% 15/04/2027Communication Services0.49%
3Microsoft Corporation 3.30% 06/02/2027Other0.48%
4Amazon.Com Inc 3.15% 22/08/2027Consumer Cyclical0.47%
5Abbvie Inc 2.95% 21/11/2026Health Care0.40%
6Citigroup Inc 4.45% 29/09/2027Banking0.38%
7Meta Platforms Inc Mtn 3.50% 15/08/2027Communication Services0.38%
8Wells Fargo & Company Mtn 4.30% 22/07/2027Banking0.37%
9Apple Inc 3.20% 11/05/2027Other0.35%
10Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 3.85% 26/01/2027Banking0.35%

As of , holdings as published

Where it invests

The portfolio by sector, country and type of asset, as a share of the whole fund. Bonds, cash and positions without a classification are shown as they come, not guessed.

By sector

  1. Banking30.5%
  2. Consumer Cyclical13.5%
  3. Health Care7.6%
  4. Capital Goods6.4%
  5. Insurance5.4%
  6. Electric4.4%
  7. Consumer Non-Cyclical4.4%
  8. Energy4.2%
  9. Other sectors23.5%
As published for the fund, as of 06/11/2026.

By type of asset

  1. Bonds96.8%
  2. Cash and money market3.2%
Added up from the fund’s published holdings, as of 06/11/2026.

See the full portfolio

Every holding with search and filters, the whole breakdown by sector, country and type of asset, a map of the 100 largest and what changed since .

All 882 holdings of ERNA

More of the portfolio

The fund publishes 885 holdings; the ten largest make up 6.8% of it. The fund's portfolio is also split by currency, maturity and credit quality.

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Holdings:Compare what it holds with another fundHoldings overlapHow overlap is measured

Funds tracking the same index

2 funds track iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Ultrashort Index - USD - Benchmark TR Gross, this one included and share classes counted once; their ongoing charges range from 0.09% to 0.09% a year (13/11/2026).

2 funds that track the iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Ultrashort Index - USD - Benchmark TR Gross, listed by name. Returns are as reported to 13/11/2026, in pounds, with income reinvested unless marked “price”.
FundCharge1 year3 years5 years
iShares USD Ultrashort Bond UCITS ETFDistributing · 0.09% a year0.09%+2.6%+5.7%+24.2%
iShares USD Ultrashort Bond UCITS ETF AccThis fundAccumulating · 0.09% a year0.09%+3.5%+6.8%+23.7%

As of

iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Ultrashort funds compared: charges, sizes and share classes

Read more:Index fundsTracking differenceHow funds are compared

Other versions of this fund

iShares’s other share classes and funds on the iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Ultrashort Index - USD - Benchmark TR Gross. They can differ in how income is paid, currency hedging and charge.

Risk and return in depth

Ratios that weigh return against its ups and downs, every rolling period rather than a few fixed ones, and each large fall with how long it took to recover.
  • Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios

    Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios over 1, 3 and 5 years, from weekly returns in pounds.

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  • Rolling returns

    The full range of 254 rolling 12-month returns since January 2021, and of 150 rolling three-year returns, in pounds, with how often they were above zero.

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  • Largest falls and recoveries

    The 3 largest falls since November 2021, in pounds, with how many weeks each took to reach its low and to recover.

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Questions people ask

What is the ongoing charge of ERNA?

The ongoing charge of ERNA is 0.09% a year — about £9 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund’s value rather than billed to you. Platform and dealing fees are charged separately. Ongoing charge of iShares USD Ultrashort Bond UCITS ETF Acc 0.09% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 26 of the 43 other cash-like and short-term funds charge more, 5 the same and 12 less (share classes counted once).

What does ERNA track?

ERNA tracks the iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Ultrashort Index - USD - Benchmark TR Gross.

Is ERNA accumulating or distributing?

ERNA is accumulating: income is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.

What is the ISIN of ERNA?

The ISIN of ERNA is IE00BGCSB447. An ISIN identifies one exact share class of a fund; ERNA is its ticker on the London Stock Exchange.

What does ERNA hold?

As of 06/11/2026, ERNA holds 885 positions, according to its published holdings. The largest is Blk Ics USD Leaf Agency Dist at 3.18% of the fund; the ten largest make up 6.8%. Its ten largest holdings are Blk Ics USD Leaf Agency Dist (3.18%), T-Mobile USA Inc 3.75% 15/04/2027 (0.49%), Microsoft Corporation 3.30% 06/02/2027 (0.48%), Amazon.Com Inc 3.15% 22/08/2027 (0.47%), Abbvie Inc 2.95% 21/11/2026 (0.40%), Citigroup Inc 4.45% 29/09/2027 (0.38%), Meta Platforms Inc Mtn 3.50% 15/08/2027 (0.38%), Wells Fargo & Company Mtn 4.30% 22/07/2027 (0.37%), Apple Inc 3.20% 11/05/2027 (0.35%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 3.85% 26/01/2027 (0.35%).

What were ERNA’s returns in each of the last five years?

Calendar-year returns of ERNA in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2022 +13.7%, 2023 −0.2%, 2024 +8.3%, 2025 −3.4%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 +5.0%. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

How has ERNA done after inflation?

Over the five years to 13/11/2026 ERNA’s total return was +23.7%, or −3.5% after UK CPIH inflation. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

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Fund documents and methods

Fund documents
Fund page at iShares · Key investor information document (KIID) · Factsheet (links checked )

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