BIL ucits alternative: IB01
BestFolio maps BIL to IB01 as a close match European-listed alternative, with ISIN IE00BGSF1X88. Eligibility depends on the investor's jurisdiction, broker and account type.
US to European mapping
Original US-listed ETF ticker used in strategy rules and backtests.
iShares USD Treasury Bond 0-1yr UCITS ETF (Acc)
Universal identifier to search at European brokers.
IB01 is the closest European-listed substitute BestFolio uses for BIL.
VDST Vanguard U.S. Treasury 0-1 Year Bond UCITS ETF (USD) Accumulating, ISIN IE00BLRPPV00, ongoing charge 0.05% a year. Trades on Borsa Italiana, London Stock Exchange, SIX Swiss Exchange, Xetra (as VUCF).
Same 0-1 year US Treasury exposure as IB01 on a different index (Bloomberg Short Treasury), unhedged USD. Trades on Borsa Italiana, where IB01 does not. Checked 2026-10-07; source: justETF. Accumulating; fund currency USD; size EUR 2,310 m; https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=IE00BLRPPV00 For brokers that do not offer IB01; BestFolio's European views and trade lists keep showing IB01.
ZPR1 State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill UCITS ETF USD Unhedged (Acc), ISIN IE00BJXRT698, ongoing charge 0.05% a year. Trades on Xetra (USD).
Bloomberg US Treasury 1-3 Month index. Accumulating, TER 0.05%. Source: justETF, checked 2026-10-07. Checked 2026-10-07; source: justETF. Accumulating; fund currency USD; size EUR 823 m; https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=IE00BJXRT698 For brokers that do not offer IB01; BestFolio's European views and trade lists keep showing IB01.
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What is IB01?
IB01 is iShares USD Treasury Bond 0-1yr UCITS ETF (Acc), the European-listed product BestFolio uses when translating BIL. Most targets are UCITS ETFs; some commodity and leveraged targets are UCITS-eligible ETCs or ETPs instead. Product structure and retail eligibility must be checked for the exact ISIN.
US exposure: Bloomberg 1-3 Month US Treasury Bill. Same asset, US Treasury bills, from a different index vendor and a wider maturity window (up to one year against 1-3 months). Close under the 2026-10-08 rule (#4079): same securities from another index vendor that pass the close tracking test (60 months: correlation 0.946, gap -0.04 pp/year, tracking error 0.19%). European exposure: ICE U.S. Treasury Short Bond. The primary holds bonds up to one year, whereas BIL holds 1-3 month T-bills. ZPR1 is the same-index alternative. Accumulating; fund currency USD; primary London Stock Exchange, USD. TER 0.07% p.a.; size EUR 18,094m. Sources: issuer and justETF, checked 2026-10-07; https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=IE00BGSF1X88 The source ticker has 1x exposure and the mapped target has 1x exposure, so BestFolio can flag leverage differences during allocation translation.
Where BIL is used on BestFolio
BIL appears in 21 currently published BestFolio strategy universes or signal rules.
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