Approaching nearly two decades of excellence, iShares has consistently provided top-tier ETF solutions. As a part of BlackRock, our products are engineered by investment professionals with discipline and deep risk management expertise.
iShares is committed to offering Australian investors an expansive range of ETFs and diverse global investment opportunities that cover a broad range of asset classes, risk profiles, and investment outcomes.
iShares is a trusted ETF leader. Our scale offers not only great value and expertise, but also liquidity through deep global relationships and market advocacy.
Discover the unique qualities that set us apart.
At iShares, ETF portfolio management is anything but passive. Our proprietary management platform, Aladdin, brings together people, processes and systems to support a seamless investment process.
iShares portfolio engineers monitor over 25 metrics 24/7 to ensure our ETF portfolios meet their investment goals and track indices. Our teams manage thousands of index event and corporate actions each year in a seamless process incorporating data validation and trading expertise.
Blackrock has a strong presence in the APAC region with over 50 equity traders and more than 80 fixed income traders across four locations. The local knowledge of our global investment experts, leveraging a seamless portfolio management system help us deliver quality outcomes for our ETF clients.
iShares has been a leader in the Australian ETF marketplace for almost two decades, providing portfolio building blocks for investors large and small through changing market conditions.
We’ve achieved a number of firsts in the Australian market, including being the first ETF provider to minimise the impact of foreign exchange using hedge accounting, and the first to implement a stock split to help with on-screen ETF liquidity.
iShares offers over 50 Australian-listed ETFs, including core, fixed income, factors, thematic and active ETFs.
With over 1,700 ETFs listed globally, our scale provides opportunities to bring innovative product structures to the local market that benefit Australian investors from a liquidity, scale and tax perspective.
Driven by a "continuous improvement" mindset, we’ve always aimed to anticipate investor needs and innovate to meet new market conditions.
Our predecessors at Wells Fargo pioneered the first index strategy. Their unit was later sold to Barclays which was then sold to BlackRock in 2009.4
Our first 17 ETFs launched in 1996, including the first international ETFs with exposure to Mexico, Canada, and Brazil, making us one of the earliest ETF innovators.5
We launched the first bond ETFs, modernising fixed income portfolios with low costs and deep liquidity.6
We debuted sustainable ETFs, helping investors target Environmental, Social, and Governance-related priorities within their portfolios.7
We launched our first ETFs in Australia comprised of 19 U.S. cross-listed ETFs.
We launched our first four locally domiciled Australian equity ETFs.
We launched the first sustainable fixed income ETFs, offering investors multiple approaches to fixed income investing.8
We created thematic ETFs, offering investors access to companies focused on long-term innovation in industries including tech, pharmaceuticals, and agriculture.9
We began 2022 responsible for managing the assets of over 100 million people around the world, just 50 years after introducing our first index fund and 25 years after our first ETF client. By the end of 2022, another 5 million people chose to invest in our iShares ETFs.11
We have 55 locally listed ETFs and are the largest fixed income ETF provider in the Australian market with 13 fixed income ETFs.12
We launched the iShares US Factor Rotation Active ETF (IACT) with a listing on the ASX in mid-June.
BlackRock is a global company with 100+ offices in over 30 countries, offering us unique global reach alongside strong local relationships.
As we expand our presence worldwide, we bring the best of global investment approaches to Australia, ensuring optimal results for our clients.
1BlackRock data, as of 30 June 2025.
2BlackRock, as of 30 September 2025.
3BlackRock, as of 30 September 2025.
4In 1973, Wells Fargo set up an index fund based on the S&P 500.
5Our first 17 ETFs were originally known as WEBS, then acquired by iShares in 2000.
6iShares launched the first bond ETFs in the U.S. in July 2002 (LQD, SHY, IEF, TLT).
7iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF debuted on 24 January 2005 (SUSA).
8iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF (SUSC) debuted on 11 July 2017.
9IDRV, IHAK, and IDNA all launched during 2019, and iShares formalized its Megatrends product suite.
10BlackRock Global Business Intelligence, as of 30 November 2023.
11Figure estimates the combined reach of our iShares ETFs and index mutual funds, LifePath® index target-date funds and other index-tracking products that are used in retirement plans BlackRock, Broadridge (as of Nov 4, 2021); Blackrock FP&A (Institutional Index AUM as of Oct. 31, 2021); BlackRock estimated target date fund choice for 20% of Fortune 100 companies (June 2019); BlackRock Lifepath DC plan clients (as of Oct. 31, 2021). Publicly reported average “number of members” statistics collected from various relevant client websites. U.S. iShares users calculated based on total number of accounts in the U.S. holding iShares ETFs [or index mutual funds], by ticker level and internal assumptions on number of accounts per household, per user and tickers per account; Institutional index mandate client (ex ETF) estimate based on Blackrock AUM and number of users across accounts.
12BlackRock, as of 5 July 2025.
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