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iShares Emerging Markets Equity Index Fund (LU)

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iShares Emerging Markets Equity Index Fund (LU)

Overview

Investment Approach

The Fund aims to achieve a return on your investment, through a combination of capital growth and income on the Fund’s assets, which reflects the return of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, the Fund’s benchmark index. The Fund invests as far as possible and practicable in equity securities that make up the Fund’s benchmark index.
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Performance

Performance

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Total Return (%) Total return represents changes to the NAV and accounts for distributions from the fund.

as of Dec 31, 2018

-1.98 -15.13 10.97 37.76 -14.59
Benchmark (%) Index: MSCI EM (EMERGING MARKETS) Net ( custom 4pm LUX )<br /><br /> Index returns are for illustrative purposes only. Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs or expenses. Indexes are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

as of Dec 31, 2018

-1.99 -15.12 11.26 37.39 -14.47
The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted.

Growth of Hypothetical 10,000 The growth of hypothetical $10,000 chart reflects a hypothetical $10,000 investment and assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Fund expenses, including management fees and other expenses were deducted.

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Share Class and Benchmark performance displayed in USD. Source: BlackRock. Performance is shown on a Net Asset Value (NAV) basis, with gross income reinvested. Past performance is not a guide to future performance.

Reinvestments

This fund does not have any distributions data as of now.
Record Date Ex-Date Payable Date Total Distribution Current year distributions are not classified as “Income,” “Short-Term Capital Gains,” “Long-Term Capital Gains,” or “Return of Capital” until calendar year-end.

Key Facts

Key Facts

Size of Fund (Millions) as of Feb 15, 2019 USD 519.693
12m Trailing Yield The yield an investor would have received if they had held the fund over the last twelve months assuming the most recent NAV. The 12-Month yield is calculated by assuming any income distributions over the past twelve months and dividing by the sum of the most recent NAV and any capital gain distributions made over the past twelve months. -
Number of Holdings The number of holdings in the fund excluding cash positions and derivatives exposures. Derivatives are contracts used by the fund to gain exposure to an investment without buying it directly. They can be used in a number of ways. For example a 'currency forward' derivative contract can be used to 'hedge' or aim to mitigate the effects of changes in exchange rates. as of Jan 31, 2019 958
Base Currency U.S. Dollar
Fund Inception Date Nov 16, 2012
Share Class Inception Date Nov 16, 2012
Asset Class Equity
Morningstar Category Global Emerging Markets Equity
Benchmark Index MSCI EM (EMERGING MARKETS) Net ( custom 4pm LUX )
Domicile Luxembourg
Regulatory Structure UCITS
Management Company BlackRock (Luxembourg) S.A.
Ongoing Charge Ongoing Charges Figure (OCF)- this is a measure of the total costs associated with managing and operating an investment fund. These costs consist primarily of management fees and other expenses such as trustee, custody, transaction and registration fees and other operating expenses. The total cost for the fund is divided by the fund’s total assets and expressed as a percentage which represents the OCF. 0.33%
ISIN LU0836514587
Bloomberg Ticker BGIEMN2
Annual Management Fee As reported in the fund's most recent Annual Management Report of Fund Performance. MER includes all management fees and GST/HST paid by the fund for the period, including fees paid indirectly as a result of holdings of other ETFs. 0.20%
Initial Charge 5.00%
Performance Fee 0.00%
SEDOL B82DWV7
Bloomberg Benchmark Ticker GDUEEGF
Dealing Settlement Trade Date + 3 days
Dealing Frequency Daily, forward pricing basis
Minimum Initial Investment USD 50000000
Minimum Subsequent Investment -
Use of Income Accumulating

Ratings

Ratings

Morningstar Rating

4
Overall Morningstar Rating for iShares Emerging Markets Equity Index Fund (LU), Class N2, as of Jan 31, 2019 rated against 2079 Global Emerging Markets Equity Funds.

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Holdings

Holdings

as of Jan 31, 2019
Name Weight (%)
TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD 4.81
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING ADR REPRESEN 4.17
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 3.82
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 3.39
NASPERS LIMITED N LTD 1.92
Name Weight (%)
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 1.64
CHINA MOBILE LTD 1.23
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 1.04
ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA 0.98
PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) CO OF CH 0.96
Holdings subject to change

Pricing & Exchange

Investor Class Currency Distribution Frequency NAV NAV Amount Change NAV % Change 52wk High 52wk Low Bid Price ISIN Offer Price TIS
N2 USD Accumulating 144.41 0.56 0.39 144.41 102.63 - LU0836514587 - -
X2 EUR Accumulating 117.56 -0.63 -0.53 118.19 96.03 - LU0914706592 - -
N7 EUR Semi-Annual 134.10 -0.71 -0.53 134.81 111.66 - LU0852473528 - -
D2 USD - 91.93 -0.67 -0.72 101.72 82.97 - LU1811364212 - -
A2 USD Accumulating 118.95 -0.67 -0.56 138.57 107.50 - LU0836513183 - -
F2 EUR Accumulating 118.47 -0.63 -0.53 119.10 97.03 - LU1055028937 - -
F2 USD Accumulating 146.87 0.57 0.39 146.87 104.41 - LU0836515980 - -
D2 EUR - 97.34 -0.67 -0.68 102.47 86.82 - LU1811364303 - -
X2 USD Accumulating 146.02 0.57 0.39 146.02 103.57 - LU0826452509 - -
N7 USD Semi-Annual 168.67 0.66 0.39 168.67 121.95 - LU0960941754 - -

Portfolio Managers

Portfolio Managers

Kieran Doyle
Kieran Doyle

Literature

Literature