AAXJiShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF
Tracks the investment results of the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index.
By iShares · Launched 2008
Annual Cost
0.72%
#3,860 of 6,040 · average
Fund Size
$3.9B
#536 of 6,040 · large
Return (1Y)
+28.8%
Track Record
18 years
#607 of 6,040 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$11,842+18.4%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
Asia pacificCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Index tracked
MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index
Holdings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 40.5% of fundmoderately concentrated
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
16.3%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
6.8%
SK hynix Inc.
4.6%
Tencent Holdings Limited
3.7%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited
2.7%
BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional; SL Agency Shares
1.8%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
1.3%
MediaTek Inc.
1.2%
AIA Group Limited
1.1%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION
1.0%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.7%
Cash
0.3%
By sector
Technology
47.2%
Financial Services
17.7%
Consumer Cyclical
8.7%
Industrials
7.0%
Communication
6.0%
Basic Materials
3.3%
Healthcare
3.0%
Energy
2.3%
Other
4.8%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
25.9%High
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-44.5%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.93Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.34Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- NASDAQ Global Select Market
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the investment results of the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in large- and mid-cap Asian equities, excluding Japan, using a representative sampling indexing strategy to track the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index. Concentrates in consumer goods, financials, and technology sectors.
- Inception date
- August 13, 2008
- Fund family
- iShares
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Data updated on 2026-09-18