Fixed Income

iShares World Government Bond Index Fund

Important: Investment involves risk, including the loss of principal. Please refer to the Prospectus and Key Facts Statement for details including the risk factors. Investors should not base their investment decision on this marketing material alone. Investors should note:
・The Fund invests in fixed income instruments, which may subject it to issuer risk, liquidity risk, interest rate risk, valuation risk and credit rating downgrading risk.
・The Fund is subject to passive investment risks, tracking error risks, index-related risk and currency risk.
・The Fund is exposed to sovereign debt risk when investing in government bonds. The government entity may not be able or willing to repay the principal and/or interest when due. The Fund’s recourse against a defaulting sovereign is limited and may suffer a significant loss in the event of default.

Overview

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Performance

Performance

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  2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Total Return (%) 1.00 6.61 6.42 -3.16 -14.35 4.38
Benchmark (%) 1.55 7.25 7.02 -2.62 -14.02 4.99

Performance is shown after deduction of ongoing charges. Any entry and exit charges are excluded from the calculation.

  1y 3y 5y 10y Incept.
2.71 -4.11 -0.73 - -0.11
Benchmark (%) 3.31 -3.62 -0.19 - 0.43
  YTD 1m 3m 6m 1y 3y 5y 10y Incept.
-1.40 -0.98 1.74 1.88 2.71 -11.82 -3.60 - -0.75
Benchmark (%) -1.32 -0.92 1.88 2.19 3.31 -10.47 -0.96 - 2.99
Past performance is not a guide to future performance. Investors may not get back the full amount invested.

Performance is calculated based on the period NAV-to-NAV with dividend reinvested.

These figures show by how much the Share Class of the Fund increased or decreased in value during the period being shown. Performance is calculated in the relevant Share Class currency, including ongoing charges and taxes and excluding subscription and redemption fees, if applicable.

Where no past performance is shown there was insufficient data available in that period to provide performance.

Please refer to the Key Facts section on the right for the inception date of the Fund and the Share Class.

Key Facts

Key Facts

Net Assets of Fund as of 27-Mar-2024 HKD 5,732,478,503
Share Class Inception Date 23-Mar-2017
Fund Inception 23-Mar-2017
Share Class Currency HKD
Fund Base Currency HKD
Asset Class Fixed Income
Benchmark Index FTSE MPF World Government Bond Index (HKD hedged total return) (HKD)
Index Ticker -
Initial Charge 3.00%
ISIN HK0000303914
Management Fee (incl Distribution Fee, if any) 0.45%
Performance Fee 0.00%
Domicile Hong Kong
Morningstar Category Other Bond
Bloomberg Ticker WGBA2HK
SEDOL BDFLHB8
SFC-authorised ESG fund No
For Fee details, please refer to the Fund Prospectus.

For more information regarding the index, please visit here.

Portfolio Characteristics

Portfolio Characteristics

Number of Holdings as of 29-Dec-2023 1114
Standard Deviation (3y) as of 29-Feb-2024 5.95%
3y Beta as of 29-Feb-2024 0.998
Yield to Maturity as of 29-Feb-2024 3.60
Modified Duration as of 29-Feb-2024 6.91 yrs
Yield to Worst as of 29-Feb-2024 3.60
Effective Duration as of 29-Feb-2024 6.93
Weighted Avg Maturity as of 29-Feb-2024 8.77
WAL to Worst as of 29-Feb-2024 8.77

Sustainability Characteristics

Sustainability Characteristics

Sustainability Characteristics provide investors with specific non-traditional metrics. Alongside other metrics and information, these enable investors to evaluate funds on certain environmental, social and governance characteristics. Sustainability Characteristics do not provide an indication of current or future performance nor do they represent the potential risk and reward profile of a fund. They are provided for transparency and for information purposes only. Sustainability Characteristics should not be considered solely or in isolation, but instead are one type of information that investors may wish to consider when assessing a fund.


The metrics are not indicative of how or whether ESG factors will be integrated into a fund. Unless otherwise stated in fund documentation and included within a fund’s investment objective, the metrics do not change a fund’s investment objective or constrain the fund’s investable universe, and there is no indication that an ESG or Impact focused investment strategy or exclusionary screens will be adopted by a fund. For more information regarding a fund's investment strategy, please see the fund's prospectus.


Review the MSCI methodologies behind Sustainability Characteristics using the links below.

MSCI ESG Fund Rating (AAA-CCC) as of 21-Mar-2024 A
MSCI ESG % Coverage as of 21-Mar-2024 99.51
MSCI ESG Quality Score (0-10) as of 21-Mar-2024 6.03
MSCI ESG Quality Score - Peer Percentile as of 21-Mar-2024 57.91
Fund Lipper Global Classification as of 21-Mar-2024 Bond Global LC
Funds in Peer Group as of 21-Mar-2024 297
MSCI Weighted Average Carbon Intensity (Tons CO2E/$M SALES) as of - -
MSCI Weighted Average Carbon Intensity % Coverage as of 21-Mar-2024 0.00
All data is from MSCI ESG Fund Ratings as of 21-Mar-2024, based on holdings as of 30-Nov-2023. As such, the fund’s sustainable characteristics may differ from MSCI ESG Fund Ratings from time to time.

To be included in MSCI ESG Fund Ratings, 65% (or 50% for bond funds and money market funds) of the fund’s gross weight must come from securities with ESG coverage by MSCI ESG Research (certain cash positions and other asset types deemed not relevant for ESG analysis by MSCI are removed prior to calculating a fund’s gross weight; the absolute values of short positions are included but treated as uncovered), the fund’s holdings date must be less than one year old, and the fund must have at least ten securities.

Ratings

Holdings

Holdings

as of 29-Feb-2024
Name Weight (%)
CHINA PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF (GOVERNM 2.48 04/15/2027 0.72
CHINA PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF (GOVERNM 2.37 01/20/2027 0.67
CHINA PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF (GOVERNM 2.75 02/17/2032 0.59
TREASURY NOTE 2.875 08/15/2028 0.55
TREASURY NOTE 4.5 11/15/2033 0.55
Name Weight (%)
TREASURY NOTE 1.25 08/15/2031 0.54
CHINA PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF (GOVERNM 1.99 04/09/2025 0.53
TREASURY NOTE 3.875 03/31/2025 0.46
CHINA PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF (GOVERNM 2.6 09/01/2032 0.44
CHINA PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF (GOVERNM 2.69 08/12/2026 0.44
Holdings shown are for illustrative purposes only and should not be deemed as a recommendation to buy or sell the securities listed. Fund details, holdings and characteristics are as of the date noted and subject to change.

Holdings subject to change.

Exposure Breakdowns

Exposure Breakdowns

as of 29-Feb-2024

% of Weight

Type Fund Benchmark Net
as of 29-Feb-2024

% of Weight

Type Fund Benchmark Net
Allocations are subject to change. Source: BlackRock
as of 29-Feb-2024

% of Weight

Type Fund Benchmark Net
as of 29-Feb-2024

% of Weight

Type Fund Benchmark Net
Negative weightings may result from specific circumstances (including timing differences between trade and settle dates of securities purchased by the funds) and/or the use of certain financial instruments, including derivatives, which may be used to gain or reduce market exposure and/or risk management. Allocations are subject to change.
Due to rounding, the total may not be equal to 100%

Pricing & Exchange

Pricing & Exchange

Share Class Currency Distribution Frequency NAV NAV Amount Change NAV % Change NAV As Of 52wk High 52wk Low ISIN
A2 HKD Non-Distributing 99.91 0.27 0.27 27-Mar-2024 101.17 94.17 HK0000303914
D2 HKD Non-Distributing 103.69 0.28 0.27 27-Mar-2024 104.92 100.00 HK0000956794

Portfolio Managers

Portfolio Managers

Francis Rayner
Francis Rayner
PortSols RATES LON GFI-EU Group
PortSols RATES LON GFI-EU Group

Documents

Documents