SSAC (ISAC) vs IWFV: which ETF won each year?

Yearly returns side by side, one winner per year — dividends included, priced as you'd actually buy them.

Every figure here is in pounds — what you'd actually pocket buying on the London Stock Exchange. Fund fact sheets usually headline returns in US dollars, which can look very different in years when the pound moves against the dollar. Here's the full story, year by year.

SSAC tracks the MSCI ACWI IndexIWFV tracks the MSCI World Enhanced Value Index

What did the last 10 years do to £10,000?

You invest £10,000 at the start of the window and touch nothing — dividends reinvested, the running year not counted.

SSAC turned it into
£33,247
+12.77% per year on average · 2016–2025
IWFV turned it into
£27,242
+10.54% per year on average · 2016–2025
Difference
+£6,005
SSAC made more of the same money

SSAC vs IWFV, year by year

Calendar-year total returns (dividends included) side by side, and who took the crown each year. A dash means the fund did not exist yet.

Years compared
13
where both funds were trading
SSAC won
8
years
IWFV won
5
years
YearSSACIWFVWinner
2026 (so far)+14.58%+37.39%IWFV
2025+13.95%+30.69%IWFV
2024+19.63%+6.85%SSAC
2023+16.14%+13.02%SSAC
2022-8.56%+0.95%IWFV
2021+20.35%+21.60%IWFV
2020+11.80%-6.91%SSAC
2019+22.09%+14.69%SSAC
2018-4.76%-9.34%SSAC
2017+13.26%+12.04%SSAC
2016+29.60%+29.68%IWFV
2015+1.60%+1.33%SSAC
2014+11.27%-34.90%SSAC
2013+21.20%——
2012+9.30%——
2011-35.63%——

SSAC vs IWFV in plain words

SSAC tracks the MSCI ACWI Index while IWFV follows the MSCI World Enhanced Value Index, so they own different slices of the market and their years can look very different. SSAC charges 0.20% a year in running costs and IWFV charges 0.25% — SSAC is the cheaper fund to hold.

Both are accumulating funds: dividends are reinvested inside the fund and show up as a higher share price, never as a payout. Across the 13 calendar years both funds were trading, SSAC finished the year ahead 8 times and IWFV 5 times. £10,000 invested at the start of 2016 was worth £33,247 in SSAC versus £27,242 in IWFV by the end of 2025, dividends reinvested.

ISAC is the London (USD) listing and IUSQ the Xetra (EUR) line of the same fund, ISIN IE00B6R52259 — SSAC is its GBP line on the London Stock Exchange.

IWVL is the London (USD) listing and IS3S the Xetra (EUR) line of the same fund, ISIN IE00BP3QZB59 — IWFV is its GBP line on the London Stock Exchange.

Fund facts: SSAC vs IWFV

FactSSACIWFV
FundiShares MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF USD (Acc)iShares Edge MSCI World Value Factor UCITS ETF
TracksMSCI ACWI IndexMSCI World Enhanced Value Index
Yearly cost (TER)0.20%0.25%
DividendsAccumulating — dividends reinvestedAccumulating — dividends reinvested
Launched21 Oct 20113 Oct 2014
ISINIE00B6R52259IE00BP3QZB59
Also trades asISAC—
£10,000 investedWhat £10,000 in SSAC becameWhat £10,000 in IWFV became

How bumpy the ride was: SSAC vs IWFV

These head-to-head figures use only the 3,031 trading days both funds were listed: 6 Oct 2014 to 7 Oct 2026, roughly 12.0 years.

IWFV swung more than SSAC: annualised volatility of 14.5% for SSAC against 19.0% for IWFV, with SSAC moving 1% or more on 20.8% of trading days and IWFV on 22.3%. SSAC's worst day was -7.88% on 12 Mar 2020; IWFV's was -38.17% on 7 Oct 2014.

IWFV had the deeper drawdown: it fell -42.78% from its peak on 6 Oct 2014 to a low on 11 Feb 2016, then closed back above the old peak on 29 Jul 2019, 41 months after the low; SSAC fell -25.43% from its peak on 19 Feb 2020 to a low on 23 Mar 2020, then closed back above the old peak on 10 Sept 2020, 5 months after the low.

Day to day the two often go their own way: the correlation of their daily returns is 0.74, and they closed in opposite directions on 14.8% of the 3,030 days measured. The widest single-day gap came on 7 Oct 2014, when SSAC moved -1.19% and IWFV -38.17%.

MeasureSSACIWFV
Annualised volatility14.5%19.0%
Worst day-7.88% on 12 Mar 2020-38.17% on 7 Oct 2014
Best day+6.33% on 24 Mar 2020+7.24% on 24 Mar 2020
Days moving 1% or more20.8% of days22.3% of days
Deepest drawdown-25.43%-42.78%
Peak to trough19 Feb 2020 → 23 Mar 20206 Oct 2014 → 11 Feb 2016
Back above the old peak10 Sept 2020 · 5 months29 Jul 2019 · 41 months

Years SSAC and IWFV parted ways

In 6 of the 12 completed calendar years both funds were trading, the two returns ended more than 5 points apart. The widest split was 2014: SSAC returned +11.27% and IWFV -34.90%, a gap of 46.2 points. They rose together in 8 years, fell together in 1 year and went opposite ways in 3 years.

YearSSACIWFVGap (SSAC − IWFV)
2025+13.95%+30.69%-16.7 pts
2024+19.63%+6.85%+12.8 pts
2022-8.56%+0.95%-9.5 pts
2020+11.80%-6.91%+18.7 pts
2019+22.09%+14.69%+7.4 pts
2014+11.27%-34.90%+46.2 pts

How often SSAC beat IWFV over any 12 months

Across the 132 rolling 12-month windows since October 2014, measured month-end to month-end, SSAC finished ahead in 60.6% of them (80) and IWFV in 39.4% (52).

12-month windows
132
month-end to month-end, overlapping
SSAC ahead
60.6%
80 of 132 windows
IWFV ahead
39.4%
52 of 132 windows

£200 a month into each, 2015–2025

Putting £200 into each fund at the start of every month from January 2015 to December 2025 (132 payments, £26,400 in total) would have grown to £53,072 in SSAC and £49,270 in IWFV, leaving SSAC £3,802 ahead.

OutcomeSSACIWFV
Paid in£26,400£26,400
Value at the end of 2025£53,072£49,270
Gain on the money paid in+£26,672+£22,870
Gain in %+101.03%+86.63%

Each payment rides the return of the month it lands in, dividends reinvested. Only calendar years with all twelve months of data for both funds count, so the plan may start later than the shared history.

Frequently asked

Is SSAC or IWFV better?

Across the 13 calendar years both funds were trading, SSAC finished the year ahead 8 times and IWFV 5 times. £10,000 invested at the start of 2016 was worth £33,247 in SSAC versus £27,242 in IWFV by the end of 2025, dividends reinvested. Past returns don't promise future ones — but this is what actually happened.

What is the difference between SSAC and IWFV?

SSAC tracks the MSCI ACWI Index while IWFV follows the MSCI World Enhanced Value Index, so they own different slices of the market and their years can look very different. SSAC charges 0.20% a year in running costs and IWFV charges 0.25% — SSAC is the cheaper fund to hold. Both are accumulating funds: dividends are reinvested inside the fund and show up as a higher share price, never as a payout.

Which is more volatile, SSAC or IWFV?

IWFV swung more than SSAC: annualised volatility of 14.5% for SSAC against 19.0% for IWFV, with SSAC moving 1% or more on 20.8% of trading days and IWFV on 22.3%. SSAC's worst day was -7.88% on 12 Mar 2020; IWFV's was -38.17% on 7 Oct 2014.

Which had the deeper drawdown, SSAC or IWFV?

IWFV had the deeper drawdown: it fell -42.78% from its peak on 6 Oct 2014 to a low on 11 Feb 2016, then closed back above the old peak on 29 Jul 2019, 41 months after the low; SSAC fell -25.43% from its peak on 19 Feb 2020 to a low on 23 Mar 2020, then closed back above the old peak on 10 Sept 2020, 5 months after the low.

How often did SSAC beat IWFV over a 12-month period?

Across the 132 rolling 12-month windows since October 2014, measured month-end to month-end, SSAC finished ahead in 60.6% of them (80) and IWFV in 39.4% (52).

What would £10,000 in SSAC have become?

£10,000 invested in SSAC at the start of 2016 grew to £33,247 by the end of 2025, with dividends reinvested — an average of 12.8% per year.

Is ISAC the same as SSAC?

ISAC is the London (USD) listing and IUSQ the Xetra (EUR) line of the same fund, ISIN IE00B6R52259 — SSAC is its GBP line on the London Stock Exchange.

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Source: Yahoo Finance daily adjusted closes for the GBP trading lines on the London Stock Exchange, dividends reinvested. Prices through · refreshed 7 Oct 2026, 08:49 UTC. How every number is calculated.