Recent content by fellzombie

Different issuers. The iShares fund is 10 years younger and has 6x lower AUM, so Invesco should have slightly more liquidity for now. No practical differences for a long term buy&hold investor though in my opinion. If you are investing smaller amounts, iShares' lower share price may be more...

I mentioned it is synthetic, yes. UCITS synthetic ETFs are highly regulated, must be over-collateralized and the swap is reset daily. So your maximum risk (in case all swap counterparties go bankrupt overnight) should be the daily performance difference of the collateral basket vs the index...

You can use a synthetic accumulating ETF like: Invesco S&P 500 UCITS ETF IE00B3YCGJ38 iShares S&P 500 Swap UCITS ETF IE00BMTX1Y45 The fund avoids withholding tax through a collateralized swap and reinvests the "dividends", increasing the value of the fund. You can then "collect" the dividends...