Octopus Global Share Fund
To invest in companies around the world.
At a glance
Taking the global approach. Our Global share fund invests in shares across different countries and regions, to spread your risk whilst aiming for higher returns.
This fund has some sustainability characteristics due to being responsibly invested. Sustainable investment labels help UK investors find funds that have a specific sustainability goal. This fund doesn’t have a UK sustainable investment label because it doesn’t have a specific sustainability goal.
Highlights
- Dynamically managed
Adjusts how much is invested in each region based on our latest research and insights.
- Aims for higher growth
Higher potential to grow your money in the longer term.
- All done for you
Managed for you by our dedicated team of investment experts. All in one neatly packaged approach.
Remember, the value of investments can go up and down, so you may get back less money than you put in. Tax depends on your individual circumstances and the regulations may change in the future.
Where your money’s invested
Invests in shares across different countries and regions, giving you real geographic diversity.
Here’s the detail at 31 December 2025.
Lower risk
0% Cash
0% Short maturity bonds
0% UK Government bonds (Gilts)
0% Global Government bonds
0% UK corporate bonds
0% Global corporate bonds
Higher risk
11% Shares (emerging market)
7% Shares (UK)
0% Real estate investment trusts
82% Shares (overseas developed)
0% Bonds (emerging markets)
0% Bonds (high yield)
Find out about the recent change to the fund
Update to Global Share Fund Investment Policy: 13 April 2026
We have made a small change to the Investment Policy on how the fund can invest. This change will also be reflected in the Fund’s KIID and Prospectus.
It doesn’t significantly change how the fund is managed and there is no action investors in the fund need to take.
There are no cost to investors in making this change and there will be no immediate further change to the investments within the fund.
We have changed the following bullet points within the Investment Policy. The full Policy is included within the Prospectus, which you can access here.
| Old | New |
|---|---|
| Maintain investment across the following six regions: North America, Europe ex-UK, Japan, Asia ex-Japan and Global Emerging Markets. | The fund considers investments across the following |
| The Fund may differ from the benchmark, by up to +/- 10% in North America and +/- 5% in other regions. If, for example, the benchmark weight was 20% for Europe (excluding the UK) at the time of that review, the Fund would allocate between 15-25% to that region. | The Fund may differ from the benchmark, by up to +/- 10% |
Why did we make this change?
The fund has restrictions on how differently it can invest from the benchmark with respect to different regions. These regions are:
- North America
- Europe
- UK
- Japan
- Asia-Pacific ex-Japan
- Emerging Markets
Previously, the fund could invest 5% more or 5% less than the benchmark in each region, except for North America which was 10% more or less than the benchmark.
To simplify the investment limitations and give the investment manager more flexibility, we have changed all regional over/under investment limits to 10%. We expect this will improve returns of the fund without really increasing the amount of overall risk taken. For example, now if the benchmark has 20% invested in Europe, the fund can invest as little as 10% or as much as 30% in Europe.
Emerging Markets has significant overlap with Asia-Pacific ex-Japan. This makes managing investment in these two regions relative to the benchmark difficult when adding to one also adds to the other. Combining them makes this easier to understand and to manage.
What do these terms mean?
Bonds: These are like IOUs, used by companies and governments to raise money. The buyer effectively lends money to the seller, in return for interest on their investment over a set amount of time. When that time’s up, the value is paid back.
Gilts: These are just a type of bond. But instead of lending money to a company, it’s lent to the UK Government.
Shares: A share is a tiny bit of a company. Share owners are called shareholders. If a company does well, shareholders are rewarded with a proportion of the profits, paid out as dividends. The value of shares rises and falls according to the company’s performance, and other factors.
Real estate investment trusts (REITs): These are pools of money gathered by a company from investors. They’re used to buy, manage or invest in property and land (real estate) to generate income – a way of investing in commercial property without needing millions.
How the fund invests
This fund provides the greatest geographic diversity of all our funds and invests 100% in funds with higher potential returns but with higher level of risk (like shares).
Our experts review this mix regularly considering the economic outlook for each geographic region.
Top funds
Your money is invested in a group of funds, rather than directly in stocks and shares. This is known as a fund of funds.
The following is up-to-date as of 31 December 2025.
| Amount invested | Fund |
|---|---|
| 18.0% | iShares US Equity ESG Index Fund |
| 17.9% | iShares MSCI USA ESG Enhanced UCITS ETF |
| 17.8% | abrdn Evolve American Equity Fund |
| 11.0% | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ESG ETF |
| 10.0% | abrdn Evolve Asia Pacific ex-Japan Equity Index Fund |
| 8.0% | abrdn Evolve European Equity Index Fund |
| 7.0% | abrdn Evolve UK Equity Fund |
| 6.0% | iShares MSCI Japan ESG Enhanced ETF |
| 4.0% | L&G Future World ESG North America Index Fund |
Which regions?
| Amount invested | Region |
|---|---|
| 58.0% | North America |
| 11.0% | Emerging Markets |
| 10.0% | Asia (Excluding Japan) |
| 8.0% | Europe (Excluding UK) |
| 7.0% | UK |
| 6.0% | Japan |
What you could have earned already
The table below illustrates the annualised total returns of the fund for the period shown, compared with its benchmark. Remember, past performance isn’t a reliable guide to future performance.
The following is up-to-date as of 31 December 2025.
| December 2020 to December 2021 | December 2021 to December 2022 | December 2022 to December 2023 | December 2023 to December 2024 | December 2024 to December 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This fund | 9.4% | -6.3% | 9.0% | 17.7% | 14.1% |
| Benchmark* | 10.2% | -5.2% | 9.7% | 19.6% | 13.9% |
*The fund aims to beat the performance of its benchmark (MSCI All Countries World GBP – a measure of global share market returns), after charges, measured over any three-year period. The fund changed its investment strategy and benchmark on 30 September 2023. Performance shown up until that date relates to the previous strategy and benchmark.
The ongoing charge changed from 0.75% to 0.45% on 6 January 2024. The performance shown is based on the current annual charge, with adjustments made to prior years to reflect the current charging structure for this fund
Source: Lipper, total return (income invested)
Key information
Before investing please make sure you’ve read the following:
Key Investor Information Document – Octopus Global Share FundWant to check out the performance of another fund?