ETF · Xtrackers
XESW Xtrackers MSCI World ESG UCITS ETF
ISIN IE00BZ02LR44London Stock Exchange: XESWDeutsche Bank AG
- Sustainable & clean energy
- ETF
- ISA
- SIPP
- Accumulating
Latest close
LSE£41.69
on
- Ongoing charge
- 0.22% a year
- Fund size
- £4.2bn
As of , at least 15 min delayed
At a glance
As of 13/11/2026, XESW (Xtrackers MSCI World ESG UCITS ETF, ISIN IE00BZ02LR44) closed at £41.69 on the London Stock Exchange. Its ongoing charge is 0.22% a year (about £22 on £10,000). Over the five years to 13/11/2026 its total return was +57.2%, or +22.7% after UK CPIH inflation.
Past returns
- 1 year to 13/11/2026
- +8.1%
- +4.2% after inflation (UK CPIH)
- 3 years to 13/11/2026
- +57.2%
- +42.1% after inflation (UK CPIH)
- 5 years to 13/11/2026
- +57.2%
- +22.7% after inflation (UK CPIH)
£1,000 put in five years ago would have been worth about £1,572 on 13/11/2026 — about £1,227 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 Xtrackers MSCI World ESG UCITS ETF Accum Shs -1C- USD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2022 −11.5%, 2023 +20.1%, 2024 +23.2%, 2025 +9.4%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 +8.9%. Returns of Xtrackers MSCI World ESG UCITS ETF Accum Shs -1C- USD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) over the 12 months to 30/09/2026: +14.7%; to 30/09/2025: +15.6%; to 30/09/2024: +22.8%; to 30/09/2023: +11.0%; to 30/09/2022: −2.2%.
| Year | Return | After inflation | Return shown as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| to | +8.9% | +5.4% | |
| to | +9.4% | +5.7% | |
| to | +23.2% | +19.0% | |
| +20.1% | +15.3% | ||
| −11.5% | −19.0% |
| 12 months to | Return | After inflation |
|---|---|---|
| from | +14.7% | +10.6% |
| from | +15.6% | +11.1% |
| from | +22.8% | +19.7% |
| from | +11.0% | +4.4% |
| from | −2.2% | −10.1% |
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
Volatility (annualised)
13.5%over 5 years
| 1 year | 12.3% |
|---|---|
| 3 years | 12.8% |
| 5 years | 13.5% |
Annualised from weekly returns. Higher means bumpier.
- Largest fall since November 2021
- −17.7%
- From to
- Lowest 12-month return
- −11.5%
- 12 months to
- Highest 12-month return
- +32.3%
- 12 months to
- Below its highest weekly close since November 2021
- 3.8%
- High of , latest
In words: Volatility of Xtrackers MSCI World ESG UCITS ETF Accum Shs -1C- USD in pounds, annualised from weekly returns to 13/11/2026: 12.3% over 1 year, 12.8% over 3 years, 13.5% over 5 years. Largest fall in the price of Xtrackers MSCI World ESG UCITS ETF Accum Shs -1C- USD since November 2021, in pounds: −17.7% from 24/01/2025 to 04/04/2025. The lowest 12-month return of Xtrackers MSCI World ESG UCITS ETF Accum Shs -1C- USD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) since January 2021 was −11.5% (12 months to 30/12/2022); the highest was +32.3% (12 months to 25/10/2024). On 13/11/2026 the price of Xtrackers MSCI World ESG UCITS ETF Accum Shs -1C- USD was 3.8% below its highest weekly close since November 2021 (09/10/2026), in pounds.
As of , price, with income reinvested in the fund
How we work it out:Risk figuresFallsVolatilityLargest fall
Charges compared with similar funds
- Ongoing charge
- 0.22%
- a year
- On £10,000
- £22
- a year, roughly
- Over five years
- £110
- of £10,000, before growth
- 61 charge less
- 7 the same
- 109 charge more
Ongoing charge of Xtrackers MSCI World ESG UCITS ETF Accum Shs -1C- USD 0.22% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 109 of the 177 other sustainable and clean-energy funds charge more, 7 the same and 61 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
Xtrackers MSCI World ESG UCITS ETF Accum Shs -1C- USD is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from Xtrackers, launched in 2018.
It tracks the MSCI WORLD LOW CARBON SRI LEADERS (NR) (USD) — 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 0.22% a year — about £22 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.
Sustainable & clean energy: Funds that screen companies on environmental, social or governance grounds, or focus on clean energy.
Terms:ETFIndex fundUCITSAccumulating or incomeShare classISIN
Key facts
- Ticker
- XESW
- ISIN
- IE00BZ02LR44
- Also listed as
- XZW0 (London Stock Exchange, US dollars)
- Provider
- Xtrackers
- Tracks
- MSCI WORLD LOW CARBON SRI LEADERS (NR) (USD)
- 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
- 0.22% a year · about £22 on £10,000
- Fund size
- £4.2bn
- 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
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- Currency hedged
- No
- Price currency
- Pounds (GBP)
- Category
- Sustainable & clean energy
Price chart
Over the last year, the closing price went from £38.46 on 14/11/2025 to £41.69 on 13/11/2026 (+8.4%). The lowest close shown was £35.24 on 27/03/2026 and the highest £43.32 on 09/10/2026.
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
- Holdings
- 591
- 602 reported in all
- Ten largest
- 38.3%
- of the whole fund
- Effective number of holdings
- 43
- As concentrated as this many equal-sized holdings (how it is worked out)
- Largest holding
- 9.3%
- Microsoft
Top 10 holdings
| Rank# | Holding | Weight as a percentage of the fund |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MicrosoftMSFTInformation TechnologyUnited States | 9.30% |
| 2 | NVIDIANVDAInformation TechnologyUnited States | 8.20% |
| 3 | Alphabet · Class AGOOGLCommunication ServicesUnited States | 4.41% |
| 4 | Alphabet · Class CGOOGCommunication ServicesUnited States | 3.48% |
| 5 | Eli LillyLLYHealth CareUnited States | 2.88% |
| 6 | TeslaTSLAConsumer DiscretionaryUnited States | 2.86% |
| 7 | Advanced Micro DevicesAMDInformation TechnologyUnited States | 2.40% |
| 8 | Visa · Class AVFinancialsUnited States | 1.76% |
| 9 | Johnson & JohnsonJNJHealth CareUnited States | 1.72% |
| 10 | Mastercard · Class AMAFinancialsUnited States | 1.33% |
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
- Information Technology29.9%
- Financials19.1%
- Health Care12.0%
- Communication Services10.8%
- Industrials10.3%
- Consumer Discretionary9.1%
- Materials3.2%
- Consumer Staples2.4%
- Other sectors3.1%
- Not classified0.1%
By country
- United States71.7%
- Japan6.1%
- Canada3.1%
- Switzerland2.9%
- United Kingdom2.6%
- Germany2.3%
- France2.1%
- Australia1.2%
- Other countries7.9%
By type of asset
- Equity99.4%
- Cash and money market0.6%
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 .
More of the portfolio
The fund publishes 602 holdings; the ten largest make up 38.3% 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
Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios
Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios over 1, 3 and 5 years, from weekly returns in pounds.
With a free accountRolling 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.
With a free accountLargest 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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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).
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Questions people ask
What is the ongoing charge of XESW?
The ongoing charge of XESW is 0.22% a year — about £22 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 Xtrackers MSCI World ESG UCITS ETF Accum Shs -1C- USD 0.22% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 109 of the 177 other sustainable and clean-energy funds charge more, 7 the same and 61 less (share classes counted once).
What does XESW track?
XESW tracks the MSCI WORLD LOW CARBON SRI LEADERS (NR) (USD) — about 1,300 large and medium-sized companies in 23 developed countries, around 70% of it in the US.
Is XESW accumulating or distributing?
XESW 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 XESW?
The ISIN of XESW is IE00BZ02LR44. An ISIN identifies one exact share class of a fund; XESW is its ticker on the London Stock Exchange. The same share class is also listed as XZW0 (London Stock Exchange, US dollars).
What does XESW hold?
As of 15/11/2026, XESW holds 602 positions, according to its published holdings. The largest is Microsoft at 9.30% of the fund; the ten largest make up 38.3%. Its ten largest holdings are Microsoft (9.30%), NVIDIA (8.20%), Alphabet · Class A (4.41%), Alphabet · Class C (3.48%), Eli Lilly (2.88%), Tesla (2.86%), Advanced Micro Devices (2.40%), Visa · Class A (1.76%), Johnson & Johnson (1.72%) and Mastercard · Class A (1.33%).
What were XESW’s returns in each of the last five years?
Calendar-year returns of XESW in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2022 −11.5%, 2023 +20.1%, 2024 +23.2%, 2025 +9.4%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 +8.9%. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.
How has XESW done after inflation?
Over the five years to 13/11/2026 XESW’s total return was +57.2%, or +22.7% 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 Xtrackers (DWS) (links checked )
Methodology:ReturnsCategoriesAll methods
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