AAXJiShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF
Seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Asian equities, excluding Japan.
By iShares · Launched 2008
Annual Cost
0.72%
#3,574 of 5,562 · average
Fund Size
$4.0B
#485 of 5,562 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+56.2%
Track Record
17 years
#611 of 5,562 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$15,834+58.3%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
Classification
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
Asia pacificCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Index tracked
MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 37.3% of fund✓ well diversified
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
14.1%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
5.4%
Tencent Holdings Limited
5.1%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited
3.8%
SK hynix Inc.
3.5%
AIA Group Limited
1.3%
HDFC BANK LIMITED
1.2%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION
1.0%
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED
1.0%
BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional; SL Agency Shares
1.0%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.7%
Cash
0.3%
By sector
Technology
49.4%
Financial Services
15.8%
Consumer Cyclical
8.9%
Industrials
7.3%
Communication
5.9%
Basic Materials
3.1%
Healthcare
2.5%
Energy
2.2%
Other
5.0%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
22.6%High
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-44.5%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
1.01Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.50Good downside protection
Where to buy
Listing
- Exchange
- NASDAQ Global Select Market
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Asian equities, excluding Japan.
- Strategy
- Tracks the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index, which measures equity market performance of large- and mid-cap companies from 10 Asian countries. The Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the index's component securities and uses representative sampling to manage the Fund.
- Inception date
- August 13, 2008
- Fund family
- iShares
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Data updated on 2026-06-19