Janus Henderson’s Natasha Sibley and Ben Jones examine how ETF replication methods can affect the returns ultimately received by investors.
- Physical ETFs holding US shares can lose part of their dividend income to withholding tax, creating a persistent drag versus the index.
- Synthetic ETFs can avoid this tax impact by using swaps to deliver the total index return, historically improving efficiency in US equities.
- For synthetic ETFs, performance drag mainly comes from the total expense ratio and swap spread, making transparent and competitive costs essential.
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