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EWAiShares MSCI Australia ETF

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Tracks the investment results of the MSCI Australia Index.

By iShares · Launched 1996

Annual Cost

0.50%

#2,766 of 6,040 · average

Fund Size

$1.3B

#1,017 of 6,040 · large

Return (1Y)

+9.7%

Track Record

30 years

#28 of 6,040 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,173+11.7%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

MSCI Australia Index

Holdings

By weight

Concentration

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
0.6%

By sector

Financial Services
41.1%
Basic Materials
26.7%
Consumer Cyclical
6.5%
Healthcare
5.2%
Energy
4.3%
Industrials
4.2%
Real Estate
4.1%
Consumer Defensive
4.0%
Other
4.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
17.9%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-45.6%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.57Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
0.82Moderate 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 2026-09-18