And of course if you're in e-series or Canadian -
domiciled ETFs then you can just have the same asset allocation across all accounts and sidestep the issue.
FT Portfolios Canada Co has filed a preliminary prospectus with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities to launch it's Canadian
domiciled ETFs as reported in their press release.
Euroclear Bank has announced that State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the asset management arm of State Street Corporation (STT) has now completed the migration of all of its SPDR Irish -
domiciled ETFs to Euroclear's ICSD model.»
Tax texture: What are the differences between an Irish
domiciled ETF with automatic reinvestment and a Luxembourg - based fixed income tracker?
Let us assume I am a UK resident with a UK - based trading account, considering to buy Ireland
domiciled ETF shares, such as VWRL.
Not exact matches
@Atlantic — Although this is getting off - topic... all of my
ETFs are
domiciled in Ireland (iShares and Vanguard) or Luxembourg and I don't have any problems with that.
RBC Vision Women's Leadership MSCI Canada Index
ETF aims to replicate the performance of the MSCI Canada IMI Women's Leadership Select Index, a broad Canadian equity markets index with a focus on companies
domiciled in Canada that exhibit a commitment towards women leadership among their board of directors and executive leadership positions.
For instance: «This wiki page tells us VWRL has about 10 % in withholding taxes paid, while for a US
domiciled world -
ETF like VT the withholding taxes paid would be about 3 - 4 %.
Most of the large tracking error in the Vanguard MSCI U.S. Broad Market (VUS) was likely the result of currency hedging, but its annual report also cites «differences between the market price and net asset value of the underlying US
domiciled Vanguard funds in which the
ETF invests.»
I believe Claymore hedges US dollar, because Vanguard Emerging Markets
ETF is
domiciled in US dollar.
These don't apply to a US -
domiciled fund such as VOO, but the IRS takes a 15 % cut of all dividends paid to foreign investors, including Canadian mutual funds and
ETFs.
(According to Morningstar data as of 6/27/2016, iShares had 64 U.S. -
domiciled single country
ETFs and 41 individual country exposures.)
On this basis alone, US - listed global REIT
ETFs appear to be more tax - efficient when held in an RRSP, and Canadian -
domiciled global REIT mutual funds (that hold the underlying REITs) appear to be more tax - efficient when held in a non-registered account.
What we've called «Level I» tax is levied by the countries where the stocks are
domiciled (in this case, European and Asian countries), while «Level II» is an additional 15 % withheld by the US government before the US - listed
ETF pays the dividends to the Canadian
ETF.
The fund's expense ratios aren't expected to be affected by the transition to the new benchmark, which was among changes to four U.S. -
domiciled international equity index funds and
ETFs announced earlier this year.
@Be» en — if you're comfortable doing Norbert's gambit, holding US - listed global equity
ETFs in your RRSP is still likely to be cheaper than holding Canadian -
domiciled ones over the long term.
2) Will capital gains be treated the same as
ETFs domiciled in Canada?
If I purchase a
ETF (listed on a foreign exchange such as Xetra)
domiciled in Luxembourg whose components soley comprise of companies from the United States and the
ETF fact sheet indicates that its dividend yield is 1.99 % and under «Income Treatment» it indicates «reinvestment» what are the tax implications for the following (assuming the
ETF is kept in a non-registered account):
The choice therefore comes down to whether you should use an unhedged index fund or
ETF domiciled in Canada or the US.
Canadian
domiciled mutual funds and
ETFs show withholding taxes paid to foreign governments.
One thing that confuses me: Canadian
domiciled funds and
ETFs pay U.S. withholding taxes on the underlying holdings, but Canadian
domiciled funds that are based on swaps like HXS do not (apparently).
Unlike firms that are publicly held or owned by a small group of individuals, The Vanguard Group, Inc. is owned by Vanguard's U.S. -
domiciled funds and
ETFs.
The above illustrative example highlights the expected after - tax performance benefits of holding a TRI Canadian Equity
ETF versus another Canadian
domiciled physically replicated Canadian Equity
ETF in a non-registered account, assuming both
ETFs earned / reflected a net 2 % dividend and track the exact same universe of stocks.