Fundology

ETF · iShares

IWFS iShares MSCI World Mid-Cap Equal Weight UCITS ETF USD

ISIN IE00BP3QZD73London Stock Exchange: IWFSBlackRock, Inc.

Latest close

LSE

£45.59

on

Ongoing charge
0.30% a year
Fund size
£343m

As of , at least 15 min delayed

At a glance

As of 13/11/2026, IWFS (iShares MSCI World Mid-Cap Equal Weight UCITS ETF USD, ISIN IE00BP3QZD73) closed at £45.59 on the London Stock Exchange. Its ongoing charge is 0.30% a year (about £30 on £10,000). Over the five years to 13/11/2026 its total return was +33.7%, or +4.3% 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
+11.6%
+7.6% after inflation
3 years to 13/11/2026
+49.5%
+35.0% after inflation
5 years to 13/11/2026
+33.7%
+4.3% after inflation

£1,000 put in five years ago would have been worth about £1,337 on 13/11/2026 — about £1,043 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 MSCI World Mid-Cap Equal Weight UCITS ETF USD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2022 −8.2%, 2023 +9.7%, 2024 +8.4%, 2025 +12.0%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 +11.4%. Returns of iShares MSCI World Mid-Cap Equal Weight UCITS ETF USD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) over the 12 months to 30/09/2026: +10.0%; to 30/09/2025: +12.9%; to 30/09/2024: +13.1%; to 30/09/2023: +5.4%; to 30/09/2022: −7.7%.

Calendar-year returns of IWFS, in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund), to 13/11/2026
YearReturnAfter inflationReturn shown as a bar
to +11.4%+7.8%
to +12.0%+8.2%
to +8.4%+4.8%
+9.7%+5.4%
−8.2%−16.0%
Returns of IWFS over 12-month periods to 30/09/2026, in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund)
12 months toReturnAfter inflation
from +10.0%+6.1%
from +12.9%+8.5%
from +13.1%+10.2%
from +5.4%−1.0%
from −7.7%−15.2%

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)

12.6%over 5 years

Volatility, annualised from weekly returns, by period
1 year11.2%
3 years11.1%
5 years12.6%

Annualised from weekly returns. Higher means bumpier.

Largest fall since November 2021
−15.4%
From to
Lowest 12-month return
−11.0%
12 months to
Highest 12-month return
+27.0%
12 months to
Below its highest weekly close since November 2021
0.7%
High of , latest

In words: Volatility of iShares MSCI World Mid-Cap Equal Weight UCITS ETF USD in pounds, annualised from weekly returns to 13/11/2026: 11.2% over 1 year, 11.1% over 3 years, 12.6% over 5 years. Largest fall in the price of iShares MSCI World Mid-Cap Equal Weight UCITS ETF USD since November 2021, in pounds: −15.4% from 19/11/2021 to 17/06/2022. The lowest 12-month return of iShares MSCI World Mid-Cap Equal Weight UCITS ETF USD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) since January 2021 was −11.0% (12 months to 04/11/2022); the highest was +27.0% (12 months to 10/04/2026). On 13/11/2026 the price of iShares MSCI World Mid-Cap Equal Weight UCITS ETF USD was 0.7% below its highest weekly close since November 2021 (14/08/2026), 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
0.30%
a year
On £10,000
£30
a year, roughly
Over five years
£149
of £10,000, before growth
Among 208 global share funds, share classes counted once
  • 120 charge less
  • 17 the same
  • 70 charge more

Ongoing charge of iShares MSCI World Mid-Cap Equal Weight UCITS ETF USD 0.30% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 70 of the 207 other global share funds charge more, 17 the same and 120 less (share classes counted once).

As of

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

As of

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

In plain English

iShares MSCI World Mid-Cap Equal Weight UCITS ETF USD is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from iShares, launched in 2014.

It tracks the MSCI World Mid Cap — about 1,300 large and medium-sized companies in 23 developed countries, around 70% of it in the US.

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

Its ongoing charge is 0.3% a year — about £30 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.

Global shares: Thousands of companies across many countries, held in one fund — the broadest way to own the stock market.

Terms:ETFIndex fundUCITSAccumulating or incomeShare classISIN

Key facts

Ticker
IWFS
ISIN
IE00BP3QZD73
Also listed as
IWSZ (London Stock Exchange, US dollars), IS3T (Xetra, euros)
Provider
iShares
Tracks
MSCI World Mid Cap
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
0.30% a year · about £30 on £10,000
Fund size
£343m
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
Pounds (GBP)

Price chart

Closing price
£45.59+11.6% over 1 year · closing price
IWFS closing price: £40.84 on 14/11/2025, £45.59 on 13/11/2026 (+11.6%); low £39.50, high £45.92.

Over the last year, the closing price went from £40.84 on 14/11/2025 to £45.59 on 13/11/2026 (+11.6%). The lowest close shown was £39.50 on 21/11/2025 and the highest £45.92 on 14/08/2026.

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 , IWFS holds 721 positions, according to its published holdings. The largest is SharkNinja at 0.30% of the fund; the ten largest make up 2.5%.
Holdings
721
on record
Ten largest
2.5%
of the whole fund
Effective number of holdings
685
As concentrated as this many equal-sized holdings (how it is worked out)
Largest holding
0.3%
SharkNinja

Top 10 holdings

Top holdings of IWFS: the ten largest, as a percentage of the whole fund, as of 06/11/2026
Rank#HoldingWeight as a percentage of the fund
1SharkNinjaSNConsumer Discretionary0.30%
2GenmabGMABHealth Care0.27%
3Okta · Class AOKTAInformation Technology0.27%
4Vivmark ResidentialVMRKReal Estate0.27%
5Veeva Systems · Class AVEEVHealth Care0.25%
6Atlassian · Class ATEAMInformation Technology0.24%
7Best BuyBBYConsumer Discretionary0.23%
8Poste ItalianePSTFinancials0.23%
9Bandai Namco7832Consumer Discretionary0.22%
10Mettler ToledoHealth Care0.22%

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. Industrials20.5%
  2. Financials16.4%
  3. Health Care10.1%
  4. Consumer Discretionary10.0%
  5. Information Technology8.4%
  6. Materials7.8%
  7. Consumer Staples7.3%
  8. Utilities6.8%
  9. Other sectors12.8%
As published for the fund, as of 06/11/2026.

By country

  1. United States40.5%
  2. Japan14.2%
  3. Canada5.5%
  4. United Kingdom4.9%
  5. Australia3.9%
  6. France3.7%
  7. Sweden3.1%
  8. Germany2.9%
  9. Other countries21.3%
As published for the fund, as of 06/11/2026.

By type of asset

  1. Equity99.7%
  2. Cash and money market0.3%
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 721 holdings of IWFS

More of the portfolio

The fund publishes 721 holdings; the ten largest make up 2.5% of it. The fund's portfolio is also split by currency.

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

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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  • Rank among similar funds

    Rank by total return over 1, 3 and 5 years among up to 132 global share funds, not currency-hedged, highest first.

    Pro
  • Moves compared with a similar fund

    Correlation and beta of weekly returns in pounds against iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF, over the three years to 13/11/2026 (154 weeks).

    Pro

Pro — currently by invitation

Pro includes the rank among similar funds and moves against a comparable fund

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Questions people ask

What is the ongoing charge of IWFS?

The ongoing charge of IWFS is 0.30% a year — about £30 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 MSCI World Mid-Cap Equal Weight UCITS ETF USD 0.30% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 70 of the 207 other global share funds charge more, 17 the same and 120 less (share classes counted once).

What does IWFS track?

IWFS tracks the MSCI World Mid Cap — about 1,300 large and medium-sized companies in 23 developed countries, around 70% of it in the US.

Is IWFS accumulating or distributing?

IWFS 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 IWFS?

The ISIN of IWFS is IE00BP3QZD73. An ISIN identifies one exact share class of a fund; IWFS is its ticker on the London Stock Exchange. The same share class is also listed as IWSZ (London Stock Exchange, US dollars) and IS3T (Xetra, euros).

What does IWFS hold?

As of 06/11/2026, IWFS holds 721 positions, according to its published holdings. The largest is SharkNinja at 0.30% of the fund; the ten largest make up 2.5%. Its ten largest holdings are SharkNinja (0.30%), Genmab (0.27%), Okta · Class A (0.27%), Vivmark Residential (0.27%), Veeva Systems · Class A (0.25%), Atlassian · Class A (0.24%), Best Buy (0.23%), Poste Italiane (0.23%), Bandai Namco (0.22%) and Mettler Toledo (0.22%).

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

Calendar-year returns of IWFS in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2022 −8.2%, 2023 +9.7%, 2024 +8.4%, 2025 +12.0%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 +11.4%. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

How has IWFS done after inflation?

Over the five years to 13/11/2026 IWFS’s total return was +33.7%, or +4.3% 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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