Find the right ETF
for your portfolio
Published by Radif Partners
This site compares the exchange-traded index funds available to a European investor on the characteristics that actually decide a long-term outcome: ongoing charges, assets under management, the index tracked, the replication method, the distribution policy, the country of domicile and eligibility for tax wrappers. The data comes from the documents published by the issuers themselves, the key information document and the prospectus, whose content is governed by the European key information regulation. No ranking is paid for by an issuer or by a broker, and past performance is never used to sort a list: over the horizons published it tells you about the index tracked rather than about the management of the fund, and it does not repeat. Everything on the site rests on that one set of data, updated in one place, so the filter, the categories, the guides and the comparison never disagree with one another.
Too many ETFs, not enough clarity. Right ETF compares fees, performance and tax wrappers, tailored to your country.
Frequently asked questions
How do you choose an ETF on this site?
Start from the index rather than from the fund: decide which market you want exposure to, then compare the funds that track it. The screener then ranks them on what can be verified before buying, namely ongoing charges, fund size, replication method and distribution policy. Past performance over these horizons tells you more about the index than about the fund, which is why it carries little weight here.
Which figures does RightETF publish, and where do they come from?
Identity, charges, domicile, replication and distribution come from the key information document and the prospectus of each fund, which are the only documents that define them legally. Assets and past performance come from the issuer's daily publications. Our methodology page sets out the sources in full and the rounding rules, and every page carries the date of its last real check rather than today's date.
Is anything here investment advice?
No. RightETF compares funds and explains what the figures mean; it does not recommend a purchase, hold no position in any fund listed, and cannot know your horizon, your tax residence or your tolerance for a fall of thirty per cent. Before buying, read the key information document for the exact share class your broker offers, and where it disagrees with this site, the document prevails.
What is an ETF, in one paragraph?
An exchange-traded fund holds a basket of securities and tracks an index, so buying one share gives you a slice of everything in that index. It trades on an exchange like a share, which is where the name comes from. What you pay for it is the ongoing charge, deducted from the fund's value day by day, and what you take is the index's return minus that charge and minus any tracking error.
How much does it cost to hold an ETF?
Two costs matter. The ongoing charge, from about 0.05% to 0.60% a year depending on the fund, is taken from the fund's value rather than billed: on €10,000 that is €5 to €60 a year. Your broker's commission and the spread between buying and selling price come on top, and they weigh most on small, frequent purchases rather than on a single large one.
What does UCITS mean, and why does it matter in Europe?
UCITS is the European framework that sets what a retail fund may hold, how diversified it must be, and what it must publish. A UCITS fund can be sold across the European Union and comes with a key information document in your own language. Most brokers available to European investors list UCITS funds only, and a US-domiciled ETF is generally not purchasable as a result.
Where to start
If you are after a specific fund, the filter narrows the list by fees, assets, index, replication, distribution and domicile. If you want to see what exists on a theme, the categories gather them and explain what each theme covers. If you do not yet know which questions to ask, the guides ask them in order. If you already hold several funds, the portfolio page measures what they have in common, which is the most frequent flaw of a portfolio built fund by fund.
Where the data comes from
Fund characteristics come from the issuers' regulatory documents. The applicable framework is the European directive on undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities, published on EUR-Lex, supplemented by the guidelines of the European Securities and Markets Authority on exchange-traded funds, and by the sustainability disclosure rules of the European Commission.
What this site is not
Right ETF is not a financial intermediary, receives neither orders nor money, and provides neither investment advice nor personal recommendations: those acts require knowing your assets, income, horizon and commitments. The information published is documentary and general in nature. Investing in index funds carries a risk of capital loss, including on a broadly diversified world index.