USMV UCITS alternative: MVEA
European investors who cannot buy USMV directly can use MVEA as BestFolio's close match UCITS substitute, with ISIN IE00BKVL7331.
US to UCITS mapping
Original US-listed ETF ticker used in strategy rules and backtests.
iShares Edge MSCI USA Minimum Volatility Advanced UCITS ETF
Euronext listing: MVEA.AS (Amsterdam)
Universal identifier to search at European brokers.
MVEA is the closest listed UCITS substitute BestFolio uses for USMV.
What is MVEA?
MVEA is iShares Edge MSCI USA Minimum Volatility Advanced UCITS ETF, a UCITS-compliant ETF that BestFolio uses when translating USMV 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.
Screened (Advanced) variant of USMV's MSCI USA Min Vol index. Alternative: SPMV (iShares Edge S&P 500 Min Vol, IE00B6SPMN59). The source ticker has 1x exposure and the UCITS substitute has 1x exposure, so BestFolio can flag leverage differences during allocation translation.
Where USMV is used on BestFolio
USMV appears in 3 currently published BestFolio strategy universes or signal rules.
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