VGSH ucits alternative: IBTA
BestFolio maps VGSH to IBTA as a close match European-listed alternative, with ISIN IE00BYXPSP02. 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 1-3yr UCITS ETF (Acc)
Universal identifier to search at European brokers.
IBTA is the closest European-listed substitute BestFolio uses for VGSH.
IBTS iShares USD Treasury Bond 1-3yr UCITS ETF (Dist), ISIN IE00B14X4S71, ongoing charge 0.07% a year. Trades on London Stock Exchange (GBP).
Distributing share class retained as an alternative to the accumulating primary. Source: justETF, checked 2026-10-07. Checked 2026-10-07; source: justETF. Distributing; fund currency USD; size EUR 2,221 m; https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=IE00B14X4S71 For brokers that do not offer IBTA; BestFolio's European views and trade lists keep showing IBTA.
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What is IBTA?
IBTA is iShares USD Treasury Bond 1-3yr UCITS ETF (Acc), the European-listed product BestFolio uses when translating VGSH. 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 US Treasury 1-3 Year. European exposure: ICE US Treasury 1-3 Year. Same securities, 1-3 year US Treasuries, from a different index vendor (Bloomberg against ICE). Close under the 2026-10-08 rule (#4079): same securities from another index vendor that pass the close tracking test (60 months: correlation 0.983, gap +0.04 pp/year, tracking error 0.38%). Accumulating; fund currency USD; primary London Stock Exchange, USD. TER 0.07% p.a.; size EUR 6,794m. Sources: issuer and justETF, checked 2026-10-07; https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=IE00BYXPSP02 The source ticker has 1x exposure and the mapped target has 1x exposure, so BestFolio can flag leverage differences during allocation translation.
Where VGSH is used on BestFolio
VGSH is in the UCITS translation table, but no currently published strategy universe lists it directly.
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