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iShares ESG Aware MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (XSEM : TSX)

Emerging Markets Equity

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Close
(12-20-2024)
$21.53
Change
$0.05 (0.23%)
Open $21.44
Day Range $21.44 - $21.53
Volume 553

As at November 30, 2024

As at November 30, 2024

As at July 31, 2024

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (March 18, 2019): 2.60%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund -2.16% 3.10% 8.36% 13.24% 13.87% 7.98% -0.19% 0.26% 3.12% - - - - -
Benchmark -2.18% 4.70% 9.06% 18.18% 18.96% 12.01% 3.69% 3.67% 5.51% 6.08% 4.44% 6.86% 7.15% 6.16%
Category Average -1.70% 4.55% 4.55% 11.11% 13.08% 8.84% 0.26% 0.65% 3.59% 4.33% 2.25% 5.06% 5.23% 3.84%
Category Rank 227 / 345 130 / 342 25 / 339 137 / 323 178 / 323 203 / 308 189 / 286 177 / 266 169 / 263 - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 3 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 - - - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Fund 0.56% -4.05% 5.67% 1.50% 1.65% -0.10% 4.18% 1.36% -0.46% 7.13% -1.64% -2.16%
Benchmark 0.67% -2.21% 5.63% 1.24% 3.23% 0.38% 3.25% 1.30% -0.40% 7.98% -0.88% -2.18%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

14.90% (November 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-11.00% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund - - - - - - 16.19% -4.08% -17.06% 6.53%
Benchmark 8.76% 2.69% 7.90% 26.42% -6.05% 15.55% 11.45% 0.08% -12.38% 7.03%
Category Average 2.91% -3.92% 6.53% 28.88% -11.86% 15.06% 17.52% -3.30% -17.32% 8.68%
Quartile Ranking - - - - - - 3 3 3 3
Category Rank - - - - - - 141/ 263 173/ 266 178/ 286 214/ 308

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

16.19% (2020)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-17.06% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 99.62
Income Trust Units 0.38

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 34.03
Financial Services 28.08
Consumer Goods 8.15
Consumer Services 5.47
Basic Materials 4.74
Other 19.53

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Asia 81.04
Africa and Middle East 8.66
Latin America 6.29
Europe 3.02
Multi-National 0.78
Other 0.21

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactrg Co Ltd 10.41
Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.87
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.63
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.05
HDFC Bank Ltd 1.85
Reliance Industries Ltd 1.58
Meituan 1.41
Infosys Ltd 1.37
First Financial Holding Co Ltd 1.33
China Construction Bank Corp Cl H 1.33

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is blend.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

iShares ESG Aware MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF

Median

Other - Emerging Markets Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 15.57% 15.16% -
Beta 1.12% 1.02% -
Alpha -0.04% -0.02% -
Rsquared 0.92% 0.92% -
Sharpe -0.17% 0.13% -
Sortino -0.22% 0.12% -
Treynor -0.02% 0.02% -
Tax Efficiency - - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 8 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 11.26% 15.57% 15.16% -
Beta 1.03% 1.12% 1.02% -
Alpha -0.05% -0.04% -0.02% -
Rsquared 0.94% 0.92% 0.92% -
Sharpe 0.81% -0.17% 0.13% -
Sortino 1.99% -0.22% 0.12% -
Treynor 0.09% -0.02% 0.02% -
Tax Efficiency 94.91% - - -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

The E, S, and G scores are averaged for each security in the portfolio, to arrive at an ESG score for each security. We take the portfolio weighted average of the ESG scores for each fund and rank them against their peers to arrive at the Fundata ESG Score from 0-100.

Fundata E Score

Three scores under the Environment bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Environment Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Pollution Prevention, (2) Environmental Transparency, (3) Resource Efficiency.

Fundata S Score

Six scores under the Social bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Social Score for each fund from 0-100. (1) Compensation and Satisfaction, (2) Diversity and Rights, (3) Education and Work Conditions, (4) Community and Charity, (5) Human Rights, (6) Sustainability Integration.

Fundata G Score

Three scores under the governance bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Governance Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Board Effectiveness, (2) Management Ethics, (3) Disclosure and Accountability.

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Fund Details

Start Date March 18, 2019
Instrument Type Exchange Traded Fund (Responsible Investment)
Share Class Do-It-Yourself
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Semi Annual
Assets ($mil) $3,141
52 Week High $22.48
52 Week Low $17.75
Annual Dividend $0.33
Annual Yield -
Index MSCI Emerging Markets Extended ESG Focus Index
Shares Outstanding -
Registered Plan Eligible Yes

ETF Characteristics

Exposure 1x performance
Asset Class High -
Asset Class Medium -
Asset Class Low -
Leveraged -
Inverse -
Advisor Series -
Covered Call Strategy No

Investment Objectives

iShares ESG MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF seeks to provide long-term capital growth by replicating, to the extent possible,the performance, net of expenses, of an environmental, social and governance (“ESG”)-oriented index selected at the discretion of BlackRock. The ESG-oriented index will generally emphasize issuers that have positive environmental, social and governance characteristics, as identified by an index provider, chosen from the securities included in its reference parent index.

Investment Strategy

Under normal market conditions, iShares ESG MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF will primarily invest in securities of one or more ETFs managed by BlackRock or an affiliate and/or emerging markets equity securities.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. 03-04-2019
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited 08-05-2020

Management and Organization

Fund Manager BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited
Advisor BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited
Custodian State Street Trust Company Canada
Registrar State Street Trust Company Canada
Distributor -
Auditor PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP

Fees

MER 0.33%
Management Fee 0.35%

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