EZAiShares MSCI South Africa ETF

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Tracks the investment results of the MSCI South Africa 25/50 Index.

By iShares · Launched 2003

Annual Cost

0.59%

#3,222 of 6,040 · average

Fund Size

$578M

#1,558 of 6,040 · large

Return (1Y)

+21.4%

Track Record

23 years

#164 of 6,040 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$12,091+20.9%

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

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

Emerging markets

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

MSCI South Africa 25/50 Index

Holdings

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 68.3% of fundconcentrated

Anglogold Ashanti Plc

13.5%

Gold Fields Ltd

11.0%

Naspers Ltd

9.2%

FirstRand Ltd

6.4%

Valterra Platinum Ltd

6.4%

Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd

4.8%

Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd

4.6%

MTN Group Ltd

4.5%

Standard Bank Group Ltd

4.5%

Absa Group Ltd

3.4%

Asset allocation

Stocks

99.7%

Cash

0.3%

By sector

Basic Materials

41.0%

Financial Services

33.2%

Consumer Cyclical

12.8%

Communication

6.2%

Consumer Defensive

2.7%

Real Estate

1.8%

Industrials

1.5%

Healthcare

1.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

33.2%High

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-62.3%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

0.87Decent risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

1.27Good downside protection

Listing

Exchange: NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective: Tracks the investment results of the MSCI South Africa 25/50 Index.
Strategy: Invests primarily in South African equities, seeking to track the MSCI South Africa 25/50 Index using a representative sampling indexing strategy. Focuses on large- and mid-capitalization segments of the South African equity market.
Inception date: February 3, 2003
Fund family: iShares