{"format":"alysly-page/1","url":"https://alysly.com/learn/decode-etf-names/","json":"https://alysly.com/json/learn/decode-etf-names/index.json","lang":"en-US","title":"ETF Names Decoded: What Each Part Means – Alysly","description":"iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF USD (Acc) – every part of an ETF name explained.","published":"2026-07-13T11:24:42+02:00","modified":"2026-11-01T18:26:04+01:00","alternates":[{"lang":"de-DE","url":"https://alysly.com/de/lernen/etf-namen-entschluesseln/","json":"https://alysly.com/json/de/lernen/etf-namen-entschluesseln/index.json"}],"about":"Machine-readable version of the page at url. It contains the text, tables and key figures published there, but not the interactive charts and tools.","breadcrumb":[{"name":"Investing & Trading Basics","url":"https://alysly.com/learn/"},{"name":"Level 0","url":"https://alysly.com/learn/#level-0"},{"name":"ETF Names Decoded: What Each Part Means","url":"https://alysly.com/learn/decode-etf-names/"}],"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Level 0 Investing & ETF Basics · Part 4/16"},{"type":"heading","level":1,"text":"ETF Names Decoded: What Each Part Means"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"By Alexander Bock, founder and data analyst","links":[{"text":"Alexander Bock","href":"https://alysly.com/about/"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"An ETF name looks cryptic, but every part carries information. An example from the ETF list:","links":[{"text":"ETF list","href":"https://alysly.com/markets/etfs/"}]},{"type":"image","src":"https://alysly.com/img/ta/etf-name.e945a9f09c1d91461f7cdfce4c5b490bfe7a66b408a3c856f0ddf54d8a820bda.webp","alt":"The fund name iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF USD (Acc) broken into six numbered parts"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"One fund name, six pieces of information: (1) provider, (2) product line, (3) index tracked, (4) EU framework for retail funds, (5) fund currency, (6) use of income, here accumulating."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF USD (Acc)"},{"type":"list","ordered":false,"items":["iShares: the provider (BlackRock).","Core: the provider’s low-cost flagship line.",{"text":"MSCI World: the index the fund tracks.","links":[{"text":"index","href":"https://alysly.com/markets/indices/msci-world/"}]},"UCITS: the EU regulatory framework for retail funds (investor protection).","USD: the fund currency; currency risk comes from the currencies of the underlying stocks, not from this part of the name.",{"text":"(Acc): accumulating; (Dist) would mean distributing. See distributing vs accumulating.","links":[{"text":"distributing vs accumulating","href":"https://alysly.com/learn/distributing-or-accumulating/"}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Every fund page on Alysly lists TER, holdings and domicile alongside the name in the key facts."},{"type":"heading","level":2,"id":"more-name-components","text":"More Name Components"},{"type":"table","caption":"ETF Names Decoded: What Each Part Means","columns":["Component","Meaning"],"rows":[["1C / 1D","At Xtrackers: accumulating (C for capitalisation) or distributing (D for distribution)."],["Accumulating / Distributing","The same distinction at Vanguard, spelled out."],["Swap","The fund tracks the index synthetically through a swap with a bank instead of holding all the stocks itself."],["EUR Hedged","The share class hedges currency moves against the euro, which comes with hedging costs."],["IMI","Investable Market Index: small companies are included alongside large and mid-sized ones."],["ESG, SRI","Sustainability variants that exclude or reweight companies by fixed criteria. SRI variants usually exclude more."],["Equal Weight","All stocks carry the same weight instead of being weighted by market value."]]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"id":"what-the-name-does-not-say","text":"What the Name Does Not Say"},{"type":"list","ordered":false,"items":["Fund domicile: the first two letters of the ISIN show the country, such as IE for Ireland or LU for Luxembourg. Domicile affects how much withholding tax on dividends arises inside the fund.","Costs and size: the TER and fund size are in the key data on each fund page, not in the name.","Several share classes: the same fund can exist in versions with a different currency, income treatment or hedging. Each version has its own ISIN."]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"id":"a-second-example","text":"A Second Example"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Xtrackers MSCI World Information Technology UCITS ETF 1C breaks down the same way. Xtrackers is DWS’s ETF brand, and MSCI World Information Technology is the sector index for technology companies from developed markets. UCITS is the EU framework, and 1C is the accumulating share class. The name alone shows that the fund covers a single sector and reinvests its income."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Information only, not investment advice."},{"type":"list","ordered":false,"items":[{"text":"Previous ETFs for Beginners: The Five Basic Decisions","href":"https://alysly.com/learn/etf-for-beginners/"},{"text":"Next ETF Fees: TER and Hidden Costs","href":"https://alysly.com/learn/etf-fees/"}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"text":"Indices"},{"type":"table","caption":"Indices, performance over the selected period","columns":["Index","1M"],"rows":[[{"text":"Dow Jones","href":"https://alysly.com/markets/indices/dow-jones/"},{"text":"+1.7%","data":{"m1":"+1.7%","m3":"-1.4%","m6":"+4.5%","ytd":"+7.6%","max":"+30.1%"}}],[{"text":"S&P 500","href":"https://alysly.com/markets/indices/sp500/"},{"text":"-0.9%","data":{"m1":"-0.9%","m3":"+1.2%","m6":"+4.9%","ytd":"+10.8%","max":"+35.8%"}}],[{"text":"MSCI World","href":"https://alysly.com/markets/indices/msci-world/"},{"text":"-0.8%","data":{"m1":"-0.8%","m3":"+0.6%","m6":"+4.0%","ytd":"+10.2%","max":"+35.3%"}}],[{"text":"MSCI ACWI","href":"https://alysly.com/markets/indices/msci-acwi/"},{"text":"-1.7%","data":{"m1":"-1.7%","m3":"-0.2%","m6":"+2.9%","ytd":"+10.3%","max":"+41.7%"}}]]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"text":"ETFs"},{"type":"table","caption":"ETFs, performance over the selected period","columns":["Fund","1M"],"rows":[[{"text":"SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY","links":[{"text":"SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust","href":"https://alysly.com/markets/etfs/us/spy/"}]},{"text":"-0.9%","data":{"m1":"-0.9%","m3":"+1.2%","m6":"+4.9%","ytd":"+10.8%","max":"+35.8%"}}],[{"text":"Vanguard S&P 500 ETF VOO","links":[{"text":"Vanguard S&P 500 ETF","href":"https://alysly.com/markets/etfs/us/voo/"}]},{"text":"-0.9%","data":{"m1":"-0.9%","m3":"+1.2%","m6":"+4.9%","ytd":"+10.8%","max":"+34.3%"}}],[{"text":"iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF USD (Acc) EUNL","links":[{"text":"iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF USD (Acc)","href":"https://alysly.com/markets/etfs/ishares-core-msci-world-ucits-etf-usd-acc/"}]},{"text":"-0.8%","data":{"m1":"-0.8%","m3":"+0.6%","m6":"+4.6%","ytd":"+10.9%","max":"+489.0%"}}],[{"text":"Xtrackers MSCI Emerging Markets UCITS ETF 1c XMME","links":[{"text":"Xtrackers MSCI Emerging Markets UCITS ETF 1c","href":"https://alysly.com/markets/etfs/xtrackers-msci-emerging-markets-ucits-etf-1c/"}]},{"text":"-6.3%","data":{"m1":"-6.3%","m3":"+2.4%","m6":"+0.7%","ytd":"+15.2%","max":"+95.2%"}}]]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"text":"Stocks"},{"type":"table","caption":"Stocks, performance over the selected period","columns":["Stock","1M"],"rows":[[{"text":"NVIDIA Corporation NVDA","links":[{"text":"NVIDIA Corporation","href":"https://alysly.com/markets/stocks/nvidia-corporation/"},{"text":"United States","href":"https://alysly.com/markets/stocks/browse/?country=United%20States"}]},{"text":"-10.4%","data":{"m1":"-10.4%","m3":"+1.9%","m6":"+3.1%","ytd":"+9.7%","max":"+60.6%"}}],[{"text":"Apple Inc. AAPL","links":[{"text":"Apple Inc.","href":"https://alysly.com/markets/stocks/apple-inc/"},{"text":"United States","href":"https://alysly.com/markets/stocks/browse/?country=United%20States"}]},{"text":"+3.5%","data":{"m1":"+3.5%","m3":"+11.6%","m6":"+23.0%","ytd":"+26.8%","max":"+51.4%"}}],[{"text":"Tesla Inc. TSLA","links":[{"text":"Tesla Inc.","href":"https://alysly.com/markets/stocks/tesla-inc/"},{"text":"United States","href":"https://alysly.com/markets/stocks/browse/?country=United%20States"}]},{"text":"+12.7%","data":{"m1":"+12.7%","m3":"+28.5%","m6":"+2.3%","ytd":"-11.1%","max":"+65.9%"}}]]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Data note 1","href":"#dn-1"},{"type":"heading","level":2,"text":"More Studies"},{"type":"list","ordered":false,"items":[{"text":"Jul 21, 2026 Collectibles ×5.4 for the same cards, matched-model index, Mar 2022 – Aug 2026 Is the Pokémon Card Market in a Bubble? 4,159 Sales Analyzed Prices for PSA-graded cards multiplied. 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The return you assume is a guess, and it can triple the answer.","href":"https://alysly.com/analysis/living-off-returns/"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"View all studies","href":"https://alysly.com/analysis/#studies"},{"type":"heading","level":2,"text":"Learn"},{"type":"list","ordered":false,"items":[{"text":"ETF Fees: TER and Hidden Costs What an ETF really costs: TER, spread, order fees and tracking difference – and what half a percentage point does over 30 years.","href":"https://alysly.com/learn/etf-fees/"},{"text":"Distributing or Accumulating ETFs? The Difference Distributing ETFs pay out dividends, accumulating ETFs reinvest them automatically. How the two differ in reinvestment, income and tax.","href":"https://alysly.com/learn/distributing-or-accumulating/"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Course overview","href":"https://alysly.com/learn/"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Updated Nov 1, 2026 · Content and figures checked Nov 1, 2026"},{"type":"heading","level":2,"id":"note-legend-h","text":"Data Notes"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"All calculations run automatically and are not investment advice."},{"type":"list","ordered":true,"items":[{"id":"dn-1","text":"Returns computed automatically from the price series, excluding dividends, taxes and costs."}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Data and methodology: Alysly · Responsible for content: Alexander Bock","links":[{"text":"Alysly","href":"https://alysly.com/methodology/"},{"text":"Alexander Bock","href":"https://alysly.com/about/"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"View all data notes","href":"https://alysly.com/notes/"}],"structured_data":[{"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://alysly.com/#org","name":"Alysly","url":"https://alysly.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://alysly.com/img/icon-512.png","width":512,"height":512},"description":"Data-driven insights, transparent analysis and powerful tools for long-term investors.","email":"mail@alysly.com","contactPoint":{"@type":"ContactPoint","contactType":"customer support","email":"mail@alysly.com","availableLanguage":["de","en"]},"address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Haltern am See","postalCode":"45721","addressCountry":"DE"},"founder":{"@id":"https://alysly.com/#founder"},"sameAs":["https://www.linkedin.com/company/alyslycom/","https://www.youtube.com/@alyslycom","https://x.com/alyslycom"],"publishingPrinciples":"https://alysly.com/methodology/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https://alysly.com/#founder","name":"Alexander Bock","jobTitle":"Founder and data analyst","url":"https://alysly.com/about/","sameAs":["https://www.linkedin.com/in/abxk/"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://alysly.com/#site","url":"https://alysly.com/","name":"Alysly","alternateName":"Alysly Investment Analysis","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https://alysly.com/#org"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://alysly.com/markets/stocks/browse/?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://alysly.com/learn/decode-etf-names/#webpage","url":"https://alysly.com/learn/decode-etf-names/","name":"ETF Names Decoded: What Each Part Means – Alysly","description":"iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF USD (Acc) – every part of an ETF name explained.","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://alysly.com/#site"},"dateModified":"2026-11-01T18:26:04+01:00","publisher":{"@id":"https://alysly.com/#org"},"mainEntity":{"@id":"https://alysly.com/learn/decode-etf-names/#entity"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://alysly.com/og.png","width":1200,"height":630}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Investing & Trading Basics","item":"https://alysly.com/learn/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Level 0","item":"https://alysly.com/learn/#level-0"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"ETF Names Decoded: What Each Part Means"}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://alysly.com/learn/decode-etf-names/#entity","headline":"ETF Names Decoded: What Each Part Means","description":"iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF USD (Acc) – every part of an ETF name explained.","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":"https://alysly.com/learn/decode-etf-names/","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","height":340,"url":"https://alysly.com/img/ta/etf-name.e945a9f09c1d91461f7cdfce4c5b490bfe7a66b408a3c856f0ddf54d8a820bda.webp","width":1280}],"isPartOf":{"@type":"CreativeWorkSeries","name":"Investing & Trading Basics","url":"https://alysly.com/learn/"},"educationalLevel":"Level 0","author":{"@id":"https://alysly.com/#founder"},"publisher":{"@id":"https://alysly.com/#org"},"datePublished":"2026-07-13T11:24:42+02:00","dateModified":"2026-11-01T18:26:04+01:00"}],"notice":"© 2026 Alysly.com. 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