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iShares € Govt Bond 1-3yr UCITS ETF

iShares · IE00B14X4Q57

iShares € Govt Bond 1-3yr UCITS ETF is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from iShares, traded under the ticker IBGS (ISIN IE00B14X4Q57). One trade buys a whole basket of holdings, so your money is spread out instead of riding on a single company. In plain terms it is about lending to governments and companies in return for regular interest, which tends…

· Tracks the Bloomberg Barclays Euro Government Bond 1-3 Year Term Index index ?

Bond ?Distributing ?Physical ?Ireland ?

Low yearly feePays cash dividendsOwns the shares directlyEuropeConcentrated in a few names

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Fund size (AUM) ?

€1.7B

Risk level (SRI) ?

2 / 7 · Low

1-year return ?

-0.2%

Total return · to 2026-07-24

Dividend yield

1.04%

Trailing 12 months

Yearly fee (TER) ?

0.15%

All-in cost ≈ 0.15%

About this fund

What you own

The Bloomberg Barclays Euro Government Bond 1-3 Year Term Index index is the benchmark this fund aims to copy. By holding it, this fund gives you a stake in around 20 companies across Europe in a single purchase.

Dividends

The fund pays dividends out to you as cash, usually a few times a year.

You get the dividends as cash you can spend or move elsewhere, which some people like for a sense of income. If you would rather it compounded, you buy more units yourself — it will not reinvest on its own the way an accumulating version does. The same fund is often sold in both versions; what it holds underneath is identical.

How it works

The fund actually buys every share in the index it tracks (full replication).

Owning every holding keeps things transparent — what is in the index is what the fund actually owns. It can be a touch costlier to run for indexes with thousands of tiny positions, since the fund has to buy and maintain them all. There is no swap bank involved, so there is no extra “what if the partner fails” question to weigh.

Cost

0.15%Yearly fee (TER)

0.15%All-in cost

The yearly running cost of the fund, shown as a % of your money. Lower is cheaper.

For example, a 0.20% fee works out at €0.20 a year for every €100 invested — that’s a generic illustration of the mechanic, not this fund’s own fee. It is skimmed quietly from inside the fund a little each day, so you never get a bill — but it drags on your return every year you hold. On a broad index ETF it is usually a small fraction of a percent; the gap between a cheap and a pricey fund looks tiny on day one but compounds over decades, which is why it is worth a glance.

Fund facts

Index tracked ?

Bloomberg Barclays Euro Government Bond 1-3 Year Term Index

Replication ?

Physical

Full — buys every share

Regulation ?

UCITS

Yes

Launched

Jun 2006

20-year track record

Recommended holding period

medium to long term

Bond details

Credit quality ?

Investment Grade

Duration ?

Short

Inflation-linked ?

No — nominal (fixed) payouts

Performance

Growth of €100 invested — the line starts at €100.

iShares € Govt Bond 1-3yr UCITS ETF

End-of-day prices, rebased to a common start so the shapes are comparable. Past performance does not predict future results.

YTD+0.2%

1 year-0.2%

3 years+1.5%

5 years+0.1%

Return, year by year

-4.3

+3.5

+0.5

+1.2

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3 of 4 up yearsBest: 2023 +3.5%Worst: 2022 -4.3%Calendar-year total returns, in EUR

How bumpy has it been?

1.9%

Volatility (1y) ?

How much the price swings year to year — lower is calmer.

-1.6%

Worst drop (3y) ?

The biggest fall from a peak over the last three years.

0.81

Return for the risk (3y) ?

Reward earned per unit of bumpiness.

The bigger picture

+0.6%

Since inception

Total growth since launch — about +0.1% a year.

+3.7%

Best 12 months

The strongest one-year stretch on record.

-4.7%

Worst 12 months

The weakest one-year stretch on record.

-5.2%

Worst fall on record ?

It clawed back in about 25 months.

Dividend history

This fund pays its dividends out to you (Semi Annual). Recent payments per share:

Ex-date	Amount / share
2026-03-19	€1.4666
2025-03-13	€1.8812

What's inside

By sector ?

Government99.9%

Other0.2%

The 10 biggest holdings make up 49.2% of the fund — the rest is spread across roughly 1 more companies.

Top 10 holdings

#	Company	Weight
1	FRANCE (REPUBLIC OF)	15.0%
2	FRANCE (REPUBLIC OF) RegS	13.2%
5	GERMANY (FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF) RegS	6.8%
7	GERMANY (FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF)	5.9%
14	ITALY (REPUBLIC OF) RegS	4.2%
15	SPAIN (KINGDOM OF)	4.1%
16	BLK LEAF FUND AGENCY ACC T0 EUR	0.1%
17	GBP CASH	0.0%
18	EUR CASH	0.0%
19	MXN CASH	0.0%

Where to buy this fund

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Where it trades

Exchange	Ticker	Currency
LSE	IBGS	EUR	★ Primary
CHF listings
SIX	IBGS	CHF
EUR listings
B2	IBGS	EUR
B2	IBGSEUR	EUR
B3	IBCAD	EUR
B3	IBGSZ	EUR
B3	IBGSM	EUR
B3	IBGSL	EUR
B3	IBGSA	EUR
B4	IBGSEUR	EUR
B4	IBGSGBP	EUR
Borsa Italiana	IBGS	EUR
BW	IBGS	EUR
E1	IBGS	EUR
E1	IBGSGBX	EUR
E1	IBGSMXN	EUR
E1	IBGSUSD	EUR
E1	IBGSEUR	EUR
EB	IBGSZ	EUR
EB	IBGSL	EUR
EB	IBGSA	EUR
EB	IBGSM	EUR
EB	IBCAD	EUR
EO	IBGSGBX	EUR
EP	IBGS	EUR
EP	IBGSEUR	EUR
EP	IBGSGBP	EUR
EP	IBGSMXN	EUR
EU	IBGSUSD	EUR
EU	IBGSMXN	EUR
EU	IBGSEUR	EUR
EU	IBGS	EUR
EU	IBGSGBP	EUR
Euronext Amsterdam	IBGS	EUR
EZ	IBGS	EUR
EZ	IBGSEUR	EUR
EZ	IBGSGBP	EUR
EZ	IBGSMXN	EUR
Frankfurt	IBCA	EUR
GD	IBCA	EUR
GF	IBCA	EUR
GH	IBCA	EUR
GI	IBCA	EUR
GM	IBCA	EUR
GS	IBCA	EUR
GT	IBCA	EUR
GZ	IBCA	EUR
I2	IBGSM	EUR
I2	IBGSA	EUR
I2	IBCAD	EUR
IX	IBCAD	EUR
IX	IBGSA	EUR
IX	IBGSL	EUR
IX	IBGSM	EUR
IX	IBGSZ	EUR
L1	IBGSZ	EUR
L1	IBGSM	EUR
L1	IBGSA	EUR
L1	IBCAD	EUR
L3	IBCAD	EUR
L3	IBGSA	EUR
L3	IBGSL	EUR
L3	IBGSM	EUR
L3	IBGSZ	EUR
LA	IBCA	EUR
London Stock Exchange	IBGS	EUR
LU	IBCA	EUR
MF	IBGSN	EUR
MM	IBGSN	EUR
MU	IBGSN	EUR
PO	IBCAD	EUR
PO	IBGSA	EUR
PO	IBGSL	EUR
PO	IBGSM	EUR
PO	IBGSZ	EUR
QE	IBGSA	EUR
QE	IBCAD	EUR
QT	IBCA	EUR
QX	IBCAD	EUR
QX	IBGSA	EUR
QX	IBGSL	EUR
QX	IBGSZ	EUR
S1	IBCAD	EUR
S1	IBGSM	EUR
S4	IBGSM	EUR
S4	IBCAD	EUR
SE	IBGS	EUR
T2	IBCA	EUR
T2	IBGSCHF	EUR
T2	IBGSGBP	EUR
TH	IBCA	EUR
TQ	IBGSZ	EUR
WT	IBGSGBP	EUR
WT	IBGSCHF	EUR
WT	IBCA	EUR
X1	IBGSMXN	EUR
X2	IBGS	EUR
X2	IBGSEUR	EUR
X2	IBGSGBX	EUR
X2	IBGSMXN	EUR
X9	IBGSEUR	EUR
X9	IBGSGBP	EUR
XA	IBGSUSD	EUR
XA	IBGSMXN	EUR
XA	IBGSGBX	EUR
XE	IBGSGBX	EUR
XE	IBGSMXN	EUR
XE	IBGSUSD	EUR
XF	IBGSMXN	EUR
XF	IBGSUSD	EUR
XG	IBGSUSD	EUR
XG	IBGSMXN	EUR
XG	IBGSGBX	EUR
XH	IBGSGBX	EUR
XH	IBGSMXN	EUR
XH	IBGSUSD	EUR
XJ	IBGSGBX	EUR
XJ	IBGSMXN	EUR
XJ	IBGSUSD	EUR
XL	IBGSUSD	EUR
XL	IBGSMXN	EUR
XL	IBGSGBX	EUR
XO	IBGSGBX	EUR
XO	IBGSMXN	EUR
XO	IBGSUSD	EUR
XQ	IBGSUSD	EUR
XQ	IBGSMXN	EUR
XS	IBGSMXN	EUR
XS	IBGSUSD	EUR
XT	IBGS	EUR
XU	IBGSUSD	EUR
XU	IBGSMXN	EUR
XU	IBGSGBX	EUR
XV	IBGS	EUR
XV	IBGSEUR	EUR
XV	IBGSGBX	EUR
XV	IBGSMXN	EUR
XV	IBGSUSD	EUR
XW	IBGSUSD	EUR
XW	IBGSMXN	EUR
XW	IBGSGBX	EUR
XW	IBGSEUR	EUR
XW	IBGS	EUR
XX	IBGS	EUR
XX	IBGSEUR	EUR
XX	IBGSGBX	EUR
XX	IBGSMXN	EUR
XX	IBGSUSD	EUR
XZ	IBGSMXN	EUR
XZ	IBGSUSD	EUR

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Full holdings

As of 2026-07-24 · the fund's own published holdings.

#	Company	Weight
1	FRANCE (REPUBLIC OF)	15.0%
2	FRANCE (REPUBLIC OF) RegS	13.2%
5	GERMANY (FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF) RegS	6.8%
7	GERMANY (FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF)	5.9%
14	ITALY (REPUBLIC OF) RegS	4.2%
15	SPAIN (KINGDOM OF)	4.1%
16	BLK LEAF FUND AGENCY ACC T0 EUR	0.1%
17	GBP CASH	0.0%
18	EUR CASH	0.0%
19	MXN CASH	0.0%
20	USD CASH	0.0%

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How it ranks vs peers

🪙 Cheaper than 33% of similar ETFs💰 All-in cost cheaper than 40%📈 Higher 1-yr return than 41%📈 Higher 3-yr return than 41%📈 Higher 5-yr return than 78%📊 Behind its category by 0.7% (1-yr) (category average +0.5%)📊 Behind its category by 0.7% (3-yr) (category average +2.2%)📊 Beat its category by 2.0% (5-yr) (category average -1.9%)

Versus the Bonds · Europe · EUR ETFs we track.

Advanced risk

0.96

Sortino (3y) ?

0.93

Calmar (3y) ?

1.6%

Downside deviation ?

75%

Up months (hit rate) ?

€143.01

52-week high ?

€139.81

52-week low ?

Concentration depth

~12 ?

Effective number of holdings

Roughly 20 companies are held, but the largest names carry most of the weight — so it behaves like ~12 equal-sized positions.

Estimated fund flows

+€2.4M

Estimated net flow, last month

Estimated from fund-size changes.

Documents

📄 KID (PDF)

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Data as of 2026-07-24 · Source: issuer data, compiled by Finance Hamster

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