IEFAiShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF
Tracks the investment results of the MSCI EAFE IMI Index.
By iShares · Launched 2012
Annual Cost
0.07%
#217 of 5,854 · low cost
Fund Size
$186.5B
#14 of 5,854 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+23.2%
Track Record
13 years
#1,022 of 5,854 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$12,685+26.8%
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 IMI Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 11.4% of fund✓ well diversified
ASML Holding N.V.
2.2%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
1.2%
ASTRAZENECA PLC
1.2%
Roche Holding AG
1.1%
Novartis AG
1.1%
Nestle S.A.
1.0%
SHELL PLC
1.0%
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
0.9%
COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA
0.8%
BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional; SL Agency Shares
0.8%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.4%
Cash
0.5%
Other
0.1%
By sector
Financial Services
23.1%
Industrials
19.7%
Technology
12.6%
Healthcare
9.8%
Consumer Cyclical
8.1%
Consumer Defensive
6.5%
Basic Materials
6.3%
Communication
4.3%
Other
9.7%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
15.7%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-34.8%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.82Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.21Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the investment results of the MSCI EAFE IMI Index.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in large-, mid-, and small-cap developed market equities, excluding the U.S. and Canada, using a representative sampling indexing strategy. The Fund seeks to track the MSCI EAFE IMI Index, which includes stocks from Europe, Australasia, and the Far East, focusing on sectors like consumer goods and services, financials, and industrials.
- Inception date
- October 18, 2012
- Fund family
- iShares
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Data updated on 2026-08-03