HEFAiShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF
Tracks the investment results of the MSCI EAFE 100% Hedged to USD Index.
By iShares · Launched 2014
Annual Cost
0.35%
#1,644 of 5,854 · low cost
Fund Size
$7.3B
#351 of 5,854 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+25.9%
Track Record
12 years
#1,146 of 5,854 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$12,818+28.2%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
Global ex-USCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Index tracked
MSCI EAFE 100% Hedged to USD Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 102.5% of fundconcentrated
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
102.0%
BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional; SL Agency Shares
0.3%
BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury; SL Agency Shares
0.1%
EURO
0.0%
GREAT BRITISH POUND
0.0%
SWISS FRANC
0.0%
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR
0.0%
JAPANESE YEN
0.0%
SWEDISH KRONE
0.0%
JAPANESE YEN
0.0%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.4%
Cash
0.5%
Other
0.1%
By sector
Financial Services
24.7%
Industrials
18.8%
Technology
12.6%
Healthcare
10.5%
Consumer Cyclical
7.5%
Consumer Defensive
6.8%
Basic Materials
5.8%
Communication
4.5%
Other
8.8%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
13.1%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-32.4%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
1.07Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.55Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the investment results of the MSCI EAFE 100% Hedged to USD Index.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in large- and mid-capitalization equities in Europe, Australasia, and the Far East while hedging currency exposure to the U.S. dollar. Seeks to track the MSCI EAFE 100% Hedged to USD Index, which includes stocks from developed market countries.
- Inception date
- January 31, 2014
- Fund family
- iShares
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Data updated on 2026-08-03