# First Trust Global Funds ICAV - First Trust Smid Rising Dividend Achievers Ucits ETF Accum A USD (SMID) **Source:** https://fundology.uk/fund/smid · ISIN IE0001R850E1 · Data: TradingView (LSE closes and returns, delayed), issuer documents, ONS CPIH, FCA FIRDS ## At a glance > Capital at risk. Past performance is not a guide to future returns. The value of investments can fall as well as rise. As of 30/09/2026, SMID (First Trust Smid Rising Dividend Achievers Ucits ETF Accum A USD, ISIN IE0001R850E1) closed at £18.51 on the London Stock Exchange. Its ongoing charge is 0.60% a year (about £60 on £10,000). Over the year to 30/09/2026 its total return was +10.1%, or +6.6% after UK CPIH inflation. ## Summary First Trust Global Funds ICAV - First Trust Smid Rising Dividend Achievers Ucits ETF Accum A USD is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from First Trust, launched in 2024. It tracks the Nasdaq US Small Mid Cap Rising Dividend Achievers Index. You buy and sell it through a share-dealing account or platform during stock-market hours, like a share. Its ongoing charge is 0.6% a year — about £60 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. Latest close: **£18.51** (30/09/2026). ## Key facts | Fact | Value | |---|---| | Ticker (LSE) | SMID | | ISIN | IE0001R850E1 | | Category | Dividend & income | | Type | ETF | | Provider | First Trust | | Tracks | Nasdaq US Small Mid Cap Rising Dividend Achievers Index | | Income | Accumulating | | Ongoing charge | 0.60% a year (£60 per £10,000) | | Fund size | £217m | | Launched | 2024 | | Domicile | Ireland | ## Past returns (periods to 30/09/2026) After the fund's ongoing charges. "Income reinvested" is total return; "price only" leaves out income paid out. Real returns are after ONS CPIH inflation. | Window | Return | After CPIH inflation | Measured as | |---|---|---|---| | 1 year | +10.10% | +6.65% | income reinvested | Returns: TradingView (delayed data). Inflation: ONS CPIH, latest month published. ## Calendar-year returns Calendar-year returns of First Trust Global Funds ICAV - First Trust Smid Rising Dividend Achievers Ucits ETF Accum A USD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2025 +2.8%; 2026 to 30/09/2026 +6.9%. Returns of First Trust Global Funds ICAV - First Trust Smid Rising Dividend Achievers Ucits ETF Accum A USD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) over the 12 months to 30/09/2026: +9.6%; to 30/09/2025: +5.3%. | Year | Return | After CPIH inflation | Measured as | |---|---|---|---| | 2025 | +2.8% | -0.7% | Price | | 2026 to 30/09/2026 | +6.9% | +3.9% | Price | ## Risk metrics | Window | Volatility | Max drawdown | |---|---|---| | 1 year | 13.25% | -7.00% | ## Largest fall Volatility of First Trust Global Funds ICAV - First Trust Smid Rising Dividend Achievers Ucits ETF Accum A USD in pounds, annualised from weekly returns to 30/09/2026: 13.2% over 1 year. Largest fall in the price of First Trust Global Funds ICAV - First Trust Smid Rising Dividend Achievers Ucits ETF Accum A USD since April 2024, in pounds: −25.6% from 29/11/2024 to 11/04/2025. The lowest 12-month return of First Trust Global Funds ICAV - First Trust Smid Rising Dividend Achievers Ucits ETF Accum A USD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) since April 2024 was −11.6% (12 months to 11/04/2025); the highest was +33.3% (12 months to 17/04/2026). On 30/09/2026 the price of First Trust Global Funds ICAV - First Trust Smid Rising Dividend Achievers Ucits ETF Accum A USD was 6.9% below its highest weekly close since April 2024 (06/08/2026), in pounds. ## Charges compared with similar funds Ongoing charge of First Trust Global Funds ICAV - First Trust Smid Rising Dividend Achievers Ucits ETF Accum A USD 0.60% a year, as of 01/10/2026: 6 of the 99 other dividend and income funds charge more, 4 the same and 89 less (share classes counted once). ## Funds tracking the same index 2 funds track Nasdaq US Small Mid Cap Rising Dividend Achievers Index, this one included and share classes counted once (30/09/2026). | Fund | Ongoing charge | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | |---|---|---|---|---| | First Trust Global Funds ICAV - First Trust Smid Rising Dividend Achievers Ucits ETF Accum A USD (this fund) | 0.60% | +10.1% | — | — | | First Trust Global Funds ICAV - First Trust Smid Rising Dividend Achievers Ucits ETF B USD | — | +8.7% | — | — | Returns are the data vendor’s, in pounds, income reinvested unless marked "(price)". ## Charges & eligibility - Ongoing charges figure (OCF): **0.60%** per year - ISA eligible: yes - SIPP eligible: yes --- We show information. We are not financial advisers, not authorised by the FCA, and never recommend specific investments. Capital at risk. Past performance is not a guide to future returns. The value of investments can fall as well as rise.