Index tracker funds are a great choice for investors who are seeking well diversified investment at low cost.
An index tracker will seek to replicate a particular stock market by closely tracking performance. The fund will typically buy all the company shares in the index. This is different to actively managed funds where a fund manager tries to outperform the index.

World Wide Healthcare PLC
from World Wide Healthcare
- Fund Choice: Investing in the global healthcare sector with the objective of achieving a high level of capital growth.
- Invest From: £25 pm
- Investment Options: Worldwide Healthcare Trust PLC is an investment trust. The Trust invests in the global healthcare sector with the objective of achieving a high level of capital growth. The Trust invests in a diversified portfolio of shares in pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and related securities in the healthcare sector.
Investment trust providing exposure to global healthcare companies with an 1.16% ongoing charge.
In order to achieve its investment objective, the Company invests worldwide in a diversified portfolio of shares in pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and related securities in the healthcare sector. It uses gearing, and derivative transactions to mitigate risk and also to enhance returns.
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