EFA UCITS alternative: SWDA
European investors who cannot buy EFA directly can use SWDA as BestFolio's close match UCITS substitute, with ISIN IE00B4L5Y983.
US to UCITS mapping
Original US-listed ETF ticker used in strategy rules and backtests.
iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF
Universal identifier to search at European brokers.
SWDA is the closest listed UCITS substitute BestFolio uses for EFA.
What is SWDA?
SWDA is iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF, a UCITS-compliant ETF that BestFolio uses when translating EFA into a European-broker-friendly allocation. UCITS funds are designed for EU and UK retail access and carry the required investor documents that US-listed ETFs usually lack.
MSCI World includes US (~65%). For ex-US developed only, use IEUX (IE00B4L5YV07). The source ticker has 1x exposure and the UCITS substitute has 1x exposure, so BestFolio can flag leverage differences during allocation translation.
Where EFA is used on BestFolio
EFA appears in 6 currently published BestFolio strategy universes or signal rules.
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