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    LifeStrategy® 40% Equity MPS Global

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    About this model portfolio

    Fund objectives

    The Vanguard LifeStrategy 40% Equity MPS Global Model Portfolio ("LifeStrategy 40% Global") seeks to hold investments that will increase in value through a portfolio comprising approximately 40% shares and 60% bonds, through a globally diversified allocation with no specific home-bias to the UK or any other country or region.

    Portfolio facts

    Inception
    06 Jun 2022
    Asset Class
    Multi-Asset
    Currency
    GBP

    The value of investments, and the income from them, may fall or rise and investors may get back less than they invested.

    Total returns

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    Portfolio data

    Asset allocation

    As at 30 Nov 2025

    Percentage
    Equity 39.09%
    Bond 58.78%
    Cash 2.01%
    Other 0.13%

    The value of investments, and the income from them, may fall or rise and investors may get back less than they invested.

    Weighted equity exposures exclude any temporary cash investments and equity index derivatives. Some short-term fixed income securities are classified as cash and are excluded from the weighted bond exposures.

    Allocation to underlying Vanguard funds

    As at 30 Nov 2025

    Percentage
    Vanguard Global Bond Index Fund 29.40%
    Vanguard U.S. Equity Index Fund 26.49%
    Vanguard U.S. Government Bond Index Fund 8.57%
    Vanguard U.S. Investment Grade Credit Index Fund 7.03%
    Vanguard Euro Government Bond Index Fund 6.58%
    Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe ex-U.K. Equity Index Fund 4.28%
    Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund 4.18%
    Vanguard Euro Investment Grade Bond Index Fund 3.77%
    Vanguard Japan Government Bond Index Fund 1.93%
    Vanguard Japan Stock Index Fund 1.89%
    Vanguard FTSE U.K. All Share Index Unit Trust 1.50%
    Vanguard Pacific ex-Japan Stock Index Fund 0.86%
    Vanguard U.K. Government Bond Index Fund 0.84%
    Vanguard U.K. Investment Grade Bond Index Fund 0.34%
    Vanguard U.K. Inflation-Linked Gilt Index Fund 0.34%
    Cash 2.00%

    Total allocation percentages shown may not equal 100% due to rounding

    Distribution by credit quality (% of models)

    As at 30 Nov 2025

    Credit ratings are displayed to two decimal places, for values less than 0.005% they will display as zero.

    The value of investments, and the income from them, may fall or rise and investors may get back less than they invested.

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