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iShares GBP Index-Linked Gilts UCITS ETF (Dist) (INXG.L)

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When you own one unit of this fund, you hold a slice of UK government bonds designed to protect your money against rising prices.

£10.83

Is iShares GBP Index-Linked Gilts UCITS ETF (Dist) a good fund for a UK beginner?

The honest version: When you own one unit of this fund, you hold a slice of UK government bonds designed to protect your money against rising prices.

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Price-5.0%
52-week range+2% past year
£10.83
Low £10.71High £12.12
Where today's price sits versus its past year - context, not a signal.
If you had put £1,000 into iShares GBP Index-Linked Gilts UCITS ETF (Dist)
£950-5%

Over about 2 years to 2026-07-15. This is the share price only - reinvesting the dividends would add to it. Past performance is not a guide to the future, and it could just as easily have fallen.

Why has it been moving?▼ -1% past week · ▲ +2% past year

This is a fund, so it moves with its whole basket (Bonds) - not any single company's news. One share having a bad day barely shows up here.

What does iShares GBP Index-Linked Gilts UCITS ETF (Dist) do?

This fund tracks the Bloomberg UK Government Inflation-Linked Bond Index, meaning your money is spread across various inflation-linked bonds issued by the UK government. Because these specific bonds adjust their value as inflation rises, the payouts tend to keep pace with the rising cost of living. The ongoing charge is 0.1% a year, which is roughly £1.00 annually for every £1,000 you have invested. Any income generated is distributing, meaning the dividends are paid out to you as cash rather than being automatically reinvested.

What it tracks

Holds UK government bonds whose value rises with inflation, so the payout tends to keep pace with rising prices.

OCF: Ongoing Charge Figure: the fund's yearly running cost, taken automatically. 0.22% is about £2.20 a year for every £1,000 you hold.
0.1%
≈ £1.00 a year per £1,000 invested
Yield: The income the fund has paid out over the past year as a percentage of its price. Accumulating funds reinvest this for you instead of paying cash.
7.6% (paid as cash)
Acc / Dist: Accumulating (Acc) reinvests dividends inside the fund automatically; Distributing (Dist) pays them to you as cash. Same index either way.
Distributing
income paid as cash
Holdings: Roughly how many different investments the fund spreads your money across. More holdings usually means more diversification.
UK inflation-linked government bonds (index-linked gilts)
Spread of your money
Index
Bloomberg UK Government Inflation-Linked Bond Index
United Kingdom
Domicile
Ireland
ISA-eligible
Replication
Physical (holds the underlying bonds)
Category
Bonds
Where it fits in a portfolio
What's strong
  • Provides exposure to UK government-backed inflation-linked bonds
  • Very low ongoing cost of just 0.1% a year
  • Regular income paid out as cash through distributing dividends
  • Simple one-fund way to access a specific segment of the bond market
What to watch
  • Bond values can fall when interest rates or market conditions change
  • Concentrated entirely in UK government debt rather than a mix of global assets
  • Returns depend heavily on the future path of UK inflation
  • The value of your investment can go down as well as up

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Appears in
Low-cost index funds & ETFs (UK)

What are the pros and cons of iShares GBP Index-Linked Gilts UCITS ETF (Dist)?

4bull points
4bear points

How many points the write-up makes each way — a balance check, not a score or verdict.

The bull case4
  • Provides exposure to UK government-backed inflation-linked bonds
  • Very low ongoing cost of just 0.1% a year
  • Regular income paid out as cash through distributing dividends
  • Simple one-fund way to access a specific segment of the bond market
Key risks4
  • Bond values can fall when interest rates or market conditions change
  • Concentrated entirely in UK government debt rather than a mix of global assets
  • Returns depend heavily on the future path of UK inflation
  • The value of your investment can go down as well as up
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