EZAiShares MSCI South Africa ETF
Tracks the investment results of the MSCI South Africa 25/50 Index.
By iShares · Launched 2003
Annual Cost
0.59%
#3,123 of 5,861 · average
Fund Size
$544M
#1,522 of 5,861 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+27.0%
Track Record
23 years
#160 of 5,861 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$12,246+22.5%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
Emerging marketsCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Index tracked
MSCI South Africa 25/50 Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
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
99.9%
Cash
0.1%
By sector
Financial Services
36.5%
Basic Materials
34.1%
Consumer Cyclical
14.9%
Communication
7.1%
Consumer Defensive
2.9%
Real Estate
1.8%
Industrials
1.6%
Healthcare
1.1%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
32.5%High
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-62.3%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.64Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
0.93Moderate downside risk
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
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Data updated on 2026-08-04