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Xtrackers Eurozone Government Bond UCITS ETF 1C

Xtrackers · LU0290355717

Xtrackers Eurozone Government Bond UCITS ETF 1C is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from Xtrackers, traded under the ticker XGLE (ISIN LU0290355717). It lets you buy a basket of holdings in a single trade, spreading your money across them rather than one company. In plain terms it is about lending to governments and companies in return for regular interest, which tends to be steadier than shares but grows more slowly, spread across its target market. It follows the IBOXX € SOVEREIGNS EUROZONE® Index index (passive investing): it tracks the market rather than relying on a manager, keeping running costs down, and its largest holdings include FRANCE (REPUBLIC OF), FRANCE (REPUBLIC OF) and FRANCE (REPUBLIC OF). It holds around 561 positions (the ten largest ≈ 7.6%), spreading risk so no single holding decides your outcome. By geography it is weighted towards ~23.7% France, ~21.9% Italy and ~19.1% Germany. By industry it concentrates most in ~99.8% Government. Funds like this are often used as the steadier, lower-swing part of a portfolio — the ballast that cushions the ups and downs of shares. Its ongoing charge (TER) is 0.07% a year — about €7 a year on a €10,000 holding, taken automatically from the fund; counting the trading costs inside the fund, the all-in figure is around 0.08%. Income such as dividends is automatically reinvested inside the fund (an accumulating share class), so returns compound without you doing anything. It holds the underlying investments directly (physical replication); it is domiciled in Luxembourg and UCITS-regulated, a European standard built to protect everyday investors and trades in EUR. On the standard KID risk scale it is rated 4 out of 7 and its price has swung about 4.4% over the past year, which describes how much its price tends to move rather than whether it is good. It launched in 2007. Like any investment, it can lose value as well as gain, and what it did before does not predict what it will do next. (Fund data sourced from Xtrackers.)

· Tracks the IBOXX € SOVEREIGNS EUROZONE® Index index ?
Bond ?Accumulating ?Physical ?LU ?
Low yearly feeReinvests dividendsOwns the shares directlyEurozoneBroadly spread
Fund size (AUM) ?
€0
Risk level (SRI) ?
4 / 7 · Medium
1-year return ?
+0.1%
Price Return · to 2026-07-17
Yearly fee (TER) ?
0.07%
All-in cost ≈ 0.08%

About this fund

What you own

The IBOXX € SOVEREIGNS EUROZONE® Index index is the benchmark this fund aims to copy. By holding it, this fund gives you a stake in around 561 companies across Eurozone in a single purchase.

Dividends

The fund automatically reinvests dividends back into itself, so your holding grows without cash payouts.

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Rolling the dividends straight back in means your money compounds automatically, with nothing for you to reinvest by hand. The flip side is there is no cash income; the growth simply shows up as a higher fund value. Note that reinvested dividends can still be taxable in some countries even though you never receive the cash — the rules depend on where you live.

How it works

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

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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

0.07%Yearly fee (TER)
0.08%All-in cost

The yearly running cost of the fund, shown as a % of your money. €0.20 per €100 a year at 0.20%. Lower is cheaper.

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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 ?
IBOXX € SOVEREIGNS EUROZONE® Index
Replication ?
Physical
Full — buys every share
Regulation ?
UCITS
Yes
Launched
2007
19-year track record

Bond details

Credit quality ?
Investment Grade
Inflation-linked ?
No — nominal (fixed) payouts

Performance

98.6101103104106202420252026

Growth of €100 invested — both lines start at €100.

Xtrackers Eurozone Government Bond UCITS ETF 1C Average IBOXX € SOVEREIGNS EUROZONE® Index ETF (funds we track) ?

Compared with the average fund tracking the same index — our own data, not the licensed index itself.

YTD-0.4%
1 year+0.1%
3 years+2.0%

Return, year by year

-17.9
+6.8
+0.9
+0.8
'22'23'24'25
3 of 4 up yearsBest: 2023 +6.8%Worst: 2022 -17.9%Calendar-year total returns, in EUR

How bumpy has it been?

4.4%
Volatility (1y) ?
How much the price swings year to year — lower is calmer.
-4.2%
Worst drop (3y) ?
The biggest fall from a peak over the last three years.
0.40
Return for the risk (3y) ?
Reward earned per unit of bumpiness.

The bigger picture

-12.8%
Since inception
Total growth since launch — about -2.7% a year.
+10.4%
Best 12 months
The strongest one-year stretch on record.
-18.8%
Worst 12 months
The weakest one-year stretch on record.
-21.6%
Worst fall on record ?
It has not fully recovered yet.

What's inside

The 10 biggest holdings make up 1.3% of the fund — the rest is spread across roughly 27 more companies.

Top 10 holdings

#CompanyWeight
59SPAIN0.3%
107SPAIN GOVERNMENT BOND0.3%
317BELGIUM GOVERNMENT BOND0.1%
334BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND0.1%
335BELGIUM0.1%
346NETHERLANDS (KINGDOM OF)0.1%
384IRELAND (REPUBLIC OF)0.1%
389ITALY BUONI POLIENNALI DEL TESORO0.1%
392BELGIUM KINGDOM OF (GOVERNMENT)0.1%
409GERMANY (FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF)0.1%

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Where it trades

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Full holdings

As of 2026-07-17 · the fund's own published holdings.

#CompanyWeight
59SPAIN0.3%
107SPAIN GOVERNMENT BOND0.3%
317BELGIUM GOVERNMENT BOND0.1%
334BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND0.1%
335BELGIUM0.1%
346NETHERLANDS (KINGDOM OF)0.1%
384IRELAND (REPUBLIC OF)0.1%
389ITALY BUONI POLIENNALI DEL TESORO0.1%
392BELGIUM KINGDOM OF (GOVERNMENT)0.1%
409GERMANY (FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF)0.1%
419IRELAND GOVERNMENT BOND0.1%
421HELLENIC (REPUBLIC OF)0.0%
431FRANCE (REPUBLIC OF)0.0%
439IRELAND (GOVERNMENT)0.0%
445PORTUGAL (REPUBLIC OF)0.0%
458GREECE REPUBLIC OF (GOVERNMENT)0.0%
460SLOVAKIA (REPUBLIC OF)0.0%
464FINLAND (REPUBLIC OF)0.0%
473BELGIUM (KINGDOM OF)0.0%
482AUSTRIA (REPUBLIC OF)0.0%
491SLOVAKIA GOVERNMENT BOND0.0%
493SLOVAK REPUBLIC (GOVERNMENT)0.0%
503REPUBLIKA SLOVENIJA0.0%
520SPAIN (KINGDOM OF)0.0%
523SLOVENIA (REPUBLIC OF)0.0%
534ESTONIA (REPUBLIC OF)0.0%
541SLOVENIA GOVERNMENT BOND0.0%
549BULGARIA (REPUBLIC OF)0.0%
552CROATIA (REPUBLIC OF)0.0%
554LITHUANIA (REPUBLIC OF)0.0%
555CYPRUS (REPUBLIC OF)0.0%
556LUXEMBOURG (GRAND DUCHY OF)0.0%
557ITALY (REPUBLIC OF)0.0%
558LATVIA (REPUBLIC OF)0.0%
559US DOLLAR0.0%
560POUND STERLING0.0%
561EURO CURRENCY0.0%

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How it ranks vs peers

🪙 Cheaper than 93% of similar ETFs💰 All-in cost cheaper than 93%📈 Higher 1-yr return than 58%📈 Higher 3-yr return than 54%📊 Behind its category by 0.2% (1-yr) (category average +0.3%)📊 Beat its category by 0.2% (3-yr) (category average +1.8%)

Versus the Bonds · Eurozone · EUR ETFs we track.

Advanced risk

0.57
Sortino (3y) ?
0.47
Calmar (3y) ?
3.2%
Downside deviation ?
58%
Up months (hit rate) ?
€227.00
52-week high ?
€219.20
52-week low ?

Concentration depth

~315 ?
Effective number of holdings

Roughly 561 companies are held, but the largest names carry most of the weight — so it behaves like ~315 equal-sized positions.

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Yearly fee (TER)0.07%0.05%0.05%0.14%0.14%0.14%0.17%
All-in cost0.08%0.05%0.00%0.00%0.14%0.14%0.17%
Fund size€0€2B€2B€1.4B€1.4B€903.5M€707M
DomicileLULULULULUFranceLU
ReplicationPhysical (full)Physical (full)Physical (full)Physical (full)Physical (full)Physical (full)Physical (full)
3-yr return p.a.+2.0%+1.3%+2.7%+1.9%+2.6%+2.8%
5-yr return p.a.-3.6%-2.5%-2.2%+1.7%
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Data as of 2026-07-17 · Source: issuer data, compiled by Finance Hamster

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