Getting low cost exposure to international markets has never been simpler.

Investors want access to sectors such as:-
Financials, Consumer Goods, Industrials, Healthcare, Technology, Consumer Services, Oil and Gas, Basic Materials, Telecommunications (shares in world class players like BT Group PLC) Property and Utilities.

Also with this, investors want exposure to countries such as:-
The United States, Japan, Switzerland, Germany Canada, France, Australia, South Korea and The Netherlands.

These needs can be easily captured in ONE fund:

The Legal and General International Index Fund.

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This fund gives exposure to these markets by tracking the performance of the FTSE World ex UK Index.

A £587 million fund. Its top 10 holdings are:-

Apple 2.12% of the fund
Exxon Mobil Corp 1.03% of the fund
Microsoft Corp 0.95% of the fund
Wells Fargo & Co 0.85% of the fund
Johnson & Johnson 0.79% of the fund
General Electric Co 0.79% of the fund
JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.74% of the fund
Nestle S.A. 0.68% of the fund
Novartis AG0.65% of the fund
Procter & Gamble Co 0.63% of the fund