EWAiShares MSCI Australia ETF
Tracks the investment results of the MSCI Australia Index.
By iShares · Launched 1996
Annual Cost
0.50%
#2,660 of 5,854 · average
Fund Size
$1.5B
#918 of 5,854 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+15.7%
Track Record
30 years
#26 of 5,854 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$11,304+13.0%
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 Australia Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 64.6% of fundconcentrated
COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA
13.9%
BHP GROUP LIMITED
13.8%
NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED
7.1%
WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION
6.9%
ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
5.7%
WESFARMERS LIMITED
4.3%
MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED.
3.7%
CSL LIMITED
3.4%
RIO TINTO LIMITED
3.0%
GOODMAN GROUP
2.8%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.5%
Cash
0.5%
By sector
Financial Services
41.7%
Basic Materials
24.5%
Consumer Cyclical
7.3%
Real Estate
5.0%
Healthcare
4.9%
Industrials
4.4%
Consumer Defensive
4.0%
Energy
3.8%
Other
4.3%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
17.5%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-45.6%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.48Below average
Sortino (3Y)
0.69Moderate downside risk
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the investment results of the MSCI Australia Index.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in large- and mid-cap Australian equities, seeking to track the MSCI Australia Index. Concentrates in financials and materials sectors, using a representative sampling indexing strategy.
- Inception date
- March 12, 1996
- Fund family
- iShares
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Data updated on 2026-08-03