It is then the question for those 7 regions, which ETFs are the best to invest in:
- US: probably VTI (TER 0.03%) directly bought in the US, as you can recover the 15% WHT on dividends in the DA-1 (ideally all of it), with the caveat of the American estate tax and other issues brought up in other threads. Otherwise there are now IE based ETFs with also a 0.03% TER for the US market, but with a tax leak of 15% on the dividends.
- EU: an EU based ETF, in discussion in this other thread
- EM: EU based ETF with the best TER …
- JP: probably the Japanese Topix ETF based in JP, with 0.05% TER and a reduced tax leak. Otherwise a EU based ETF.
- Canada: CA based ETF? I don’t know this topic.
- Pacific exJapan: EU based ETF with the best TER.
- CH: CH based ETF, as we can fully get refunded the 35% WHT on the CH tax declaration. Currently best ETFs have a TER of 0.10%
Please feel free to complete! : -)