KWTiShares MSCI Kuwait ETF
Seeks to track the investment results of a broad-based equity index with exposure to Kuwait.
By iShares · Launched 2020
Annual Cost
0.75%
#3,765 of 5,562 · expensive
Fund Size
$70M
#3,262 of 5,562 · mid-size
Return (1Y)Goal
+9.7%
Track Record
5 years
#2,173 of 5,562 · seasoned
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$11,149+11.5%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
Classification
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
Emerging marketsCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Index tracked
MSCI All Kuwait Select Size Liquidity Capped Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 67.7% of fundconcentrated
Kuwait Finance House KSCP
22.3%
National Bank of Kuwait SAKP
22.0%
Mobile Telecommunications Co KSCP
4.2%
Mabanee Co KPSC
3.5%
Gulf Bank KSCP
3.4%
Warba Bank KSCP
3.2%
National Industries Group Holding SAK
2.7%
Boursa Kuwait Securities Co KPSC
2.4%
Kuwait Real Estate Co KSC
2.1%
Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait KSCP
2.0%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.8%
Cash
0.2%
By sector
Financial Services
66.0%
Real Estate
11.3%
Industrials
9.5%
Communication
6.3%
Consumer Defensive
2.5%
Basic Materials
2.0%
Consumer Cyclical
1.7%
Utilities
0.6%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
13.7%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-25.4%Moderate
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.56Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
0.82Moderate downside risk
Where to buy
Listing
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks to track the investment results of a broad-based equity index with exposure to Kuwait.
- Strategy
- Tracks the MSCI All Kuwait Select Size Liquidity Capped Index, a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index composed of securities within the Broad Kuwait Equity Universe. The Fund invests primarily in equity securities of companies classified in Kuwait or with significant linkage to Kuwait. It uses a representative sampling strategy to manage the Fund, investing at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the Underlying Index and may invest up to 20% in certain derivatives and cash equivalents.
- Inception date
- September 1, 2020
- Fund family
- iShares
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Data updated on 2026-06-19