IEMGiShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Tracks the investment results of the MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index.
By iShares · Launched 2012
Annual Cost
0.09%
#349 of 6,035 · low cost
Fund Size
$160.9B
#19 of 6,035 · large
Return (1Y)
+26.8%
Track Record
13 years
#1,034 of 6,035 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$11,979+19.8%
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 Emerging Markets Investable Market Index (IMI)
Holdings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 31.8% of funddiversified
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
11.4%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
5.3%
BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional; SL Agency Shares
3.7%
Tencent Holdings Limited
3.1%
SK hynix Inc.
3.0%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited
2.3%
HDFC BANK LIMITED
0.8%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION
0.7%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
0.7%
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED
0.7%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.4%
Cash
0.5%
Preferred
0.0%
By sector
Technology
40.1%
Financial Services
18.3%
Consumer Cyclical
8.4%
Industrials
7.7%
Basic Materials
6.6%
Communication
5.7%
Healthcare
3.6%
Energy
3.4%
Other
6.3%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
24.3%High
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-38.6%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.91Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.32Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the investment results of the MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in large-, mid-, and small-capitalization emerging market equities to track the MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index. Uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund, aiming for lower costs and better after-tax performance.
- Inception date
- October 18, 2012
- Fund family
- iShares
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Data updated on 2026-09-17