EWKiShares MSCI Belgium ETF
Tracks the investment results of the MSCI Belgium IMI 25/50 Index.
By iShares · Launched 1996
Annual Cost
0.49%
#2,480 of 5,861 · average
Fund Size
$160M
#2,550 of 5,861 · mid-size
Return (1Y)Goal
+24.3%
Track Record
30 years
#26 of 5,861 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$12,968+29.7%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundWhat it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 66.8% of fundconcentrated
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
22.2%
Argenx SE
12.8%
UCB SA
8.9%
KBC Group NV
4.3%
Ageas SA/NV
4.0%
BlackRock Funds III
3.2%
Ackermans & van Haaren NV
3.1%
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert NV
3.1%
Elia Group SA/NV
2.8%
Warehouses De Pauw CVA
2.4%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.5%
Cash
0.5%
By sector
Healthcare
28.5%
Consumer Defensive
25.2%
Financial Services
15.9%
Real Estate
9.7%
Industrials
7.4%
Basic Materials
4.8%
Utilities
2.7%
Consumer Cyclical
1.8%
Other
4.0%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
15.5%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-42.8%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.70Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.00Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the investment results of the MSCI Belgium IMI 25/50 Index.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in Belgian equities, seeking to track the MSCI Belgium IMI 25/50 Index using a representative sampling indexing strategy. Covers large-, mid-, and small-cap segments of the Belgian equity market.
- Inception date
- March 12, 1996
- Fund family
- iShares
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Data updated on 2026-08-04