VGSH UCITS alternative: IBTS
European investors who cannot buy VGSH directly can use IBTS as BestFolio's exact match UCITS substitute, with ISIN IE00B14X4S71.
US to UCITS mapping
Original US-listed ETF ticker used in strategy rules and backtests.
iShares $ Treasury Bond 1-3yr UCITS ETF
Universal identifier to search at European brokers.
IBTS tracks the same index or exposure as VGSH in a UCITS wrapper.
What is IBTS?
IBTS is iShares $ Treasury Bond 1-3yr UCITS ETF, a UCITS-compliant ETF that BestFolio uses when translating VGSH 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 1-3 year duration. The source ticker has 1x exposure and the UCITS substitute 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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