IAU UCITS alternative: IGLN
European investors who cannot buy IAU directly can use IGLN as BestFolio's exact match UCITS substitute, with ISIN IE00B4ND3602.
US to UCITS mapping
Original US-listed ETF ticker used in strategy rules and backtests.
iShares Physical Gold ETC
Universal identifier to search at European brokers.
IGLN tracks the same index or exposure as IAU in a UCITS wrapper.
What is IGLN?
IGLN is iShares Physical Gold ETC, a UCITS-compliant ETF that BestFolio uses when translating IAU 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.
Same gold exposure as GLD. The source ticker has 1x exposure and the UCITS substitute has 1x exposure, so BestFolio can flag leverage differences during allocation translation.
Where IAU is used on BestFolio
IAU appears in 2 currently published BestFolio strategy universes or signal rules.
Build the full UCITS version of a TAA strategy
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