iShares Asia 50 ETF (AIA US) $US80.43
The iShares Asia 50 ETF (AIA) is one of the largest Asia-focused ETFs, providing exposure to 50 of the largest Asian companies across various sectors, including technology, financials, and telecommunications.
iShares Asia 50 ETF (AIA US)
AIA US$119.71
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Share price activity
Displays share price activity. Volume = number of shares traded, Turnover = value of shares traded, VWAP = volume-weighted average price for the day, sourced from Morningstar.
- Last (Price)
- 119.71
- Change
- ▲ 3.30 (2.83)
- Bid / Ask
- 104.71 - 136.20
- Volume
- 160,779
- Turnover
- 15,710,661
- Open
- 120.33
- Day Range
- 118.93 - 120.87
- VWAP
- 119.84
- Prev Close
- 116.41
- Last Trade
- 09/11 3:58pm
Fund profile
Displays who issues the fund, how it is structured and invests, its Morningstar category and benchmark, size, headline costs and dates, sourced from Morningstar. Fund size counts every class of the fund; ETF net assets is this listing alone.
Fund size
$4.31B
NOV 2026
Distributions
Semi-Annually
Since inception
19.0 yrs
NOV 2007
- Legal name
- iShares Asia 50 ETF
- Issuer
- iShares
- Type
- Exchange-Traded Fund
- Structure
- Open Ended Investment Company
- Management style
- Index fund
- Morningstar category
- Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stock
- Category index
- MSCI AC Asia Ex Japan NR USD
- Benchmark
- S&P Developed Ex US BMI TR USD
- ETF net assets
- $4.31B
- Units on issue
- 35.9M
- Management fee
- 0.50% p.a.
- Domicile
- United States
- Base currency
- USD
- Inception
- 13 NOV 2007
- Listed
- 2 FEB 2016
- Index provider
- Standard and Poors
Objective and strategy
The investment seeks to track the investment results of the S&P Asia 50TM Capped which is a capped float- adjusted, market capitalization- weighted index that is designed to measure the performance of the 50 leading companies listed in four Asian countries or regions. The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its underlying index and may invest up to 20% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents. It is non-diversified.
Asset allocation
Displays how the fund is split between shares, bonds, cash and other assets, sourced from Morningstar.
US equity 0.67%Non-US equity 98.88%
| Asset class | Net % | Long % | Short % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity | 99.55 | 99.55 | 0.00 |
| Bond | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Cash | 0.45 | 0.52 | 0.07 |
| Other | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Sector exposure
Displays the share of the fund held in each sector, sourced from Morningstar.
Cyclical 33.95%Sensitive 65.38%Defensive 0.67%
- Technology
- 55.52%
- Financial Services
- 23.41%
- Consumer Cyclical
- 9.54%
- Communication Services
- 7.42%
- Industrials
- 1.83%
- Healthcare
- 0.67%
- Energy
- 0.61%
- Basic Materials
- 0.50%
- Real Estate
- 0.50%
- Consumer Defensive
- 0.00%
- Utilities
- 0.00%
Region exposure
Displays the share of the fund held in each region, sourced from Morningstar.
Developed markets 75.36%Emerging markets 24.65%
- Asia Developed
- 74.68%
- Asia Emerging
- 24.65%
- North America
- 0.67%
- Latin America
- 0.00%
- United Kingdom
- 0.00%
- Europe Developed
- 0.00%
- Europe Emerging
- 0.00%
- Africa / Middle East
- 0.00%
- Japan
- 0.00%
- Australasia
- 0.00%
Country exposure
Displays the twelve countries the fund holds most of, sourced from Morningstar.
- Taiwan
- 37.50%
- South Korea
- 25.46%
- China
- 24.64%
- Hong Kong
- 5.92%
- Singapore
- 5.80%
- United States
- 0.67%
Style box
Displays where the fund's shareholdings sit on Morningstar's style box: size (large, mid, small) down and investment style (value, blend, growth) across, sourced from Morningstar.
LargeMidSmallValueBlendGrowth
- Style
- Large Blend
- Average moat
- Narrow
Size score
400
Small
Mid
Large
Value-growth score
153
Value
Blend
Growth
Economic moat
None 42%Wide 37%Narrow 21%
Market capitalisation
Displays the share of the fund's shareholdings in giant, large, mid, small and micro cap companies, sourced from Morningstar.
- Giant
- 92.82%
- Large
- 6.51%
- Mid
- 0.67%
- Small
- 0.00%
- Micro
- 0.00%
Giant 93%Large 7%Mid 1%
- Average market cap
- $335.24B
- Number of holdings
- 63
- Shares held
- 53
Portfolio statistics · 5 NOV 2026
Displays the valuation, yield, size, concentration and quality of the fund's shareholdings taken together (trailing twelve months), sourced from Morningstar.
- Price / earnings
- 12.72
- Price / book
- 2.16
- Price / sales
- 2.39
- Price / cash flow
- 8.98
- Dividend yield
- 2.00%
- Assets in top 10
- 64.08%
- Return on equity
- 29.26%
- Net margin
- 36.55%
- Earnings growth (3 yr)
- 16.33%
Top holdings · top 10 = 64.92% of assets
Displays the fund's ten largest holdings and their weight in the portfolio, sourced from Morningstar.
| Holding | % Weight | First bought | Market value | Currency | Units held | Sector | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2330 | 23.20 | FEB 2026 | 1.07B | TWD | 14.8M | Technology | Taiwan | |
| Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 005930 | 13.79 | FEB 2026 | 637.8M | KRW | 3.8M | Technology | South Korea | |
| SK hynix Inc 000660 | 6.32 | FEB 2026 | 292.5M | KRW | 275,198 | Technology | South Korea | |
| Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Ordinary Shares 09988 | 4.23 | FEB 2026 | 195.5M | HKD | 15.8M | Consumer Cyclical | China | |
| Tencent Holdings Ltd 00700 | 4.19 | FEB 2026 | 193.8M | HKD | 4.0M | Communication Services | China | |
| MediaTek Inc 2454 | 4.03 | FEB 2026 | 186.2M | TWD | 1.6M | Technology | Taiwan | |
| China Construction Bank Corp Class H 00939 | 2.70 | FEB 2026 | 124.7M | HKD | 95.4M | Financial Services | China | |
| DBS Group Holdings Ltd D05 | 2.45 | FEB 2026 | 113.4M | SGD | 2.0M | Financial Services | Singapore | |
| AIA Group Ltd 01299 | 2.08 | FEB 2026 | 96.2M | HKD | 10.0M | Financial Services | Hong Kong | |
| Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 2317 | 1.92 | FEB 2026 | 88.9M | TWD | 11.8M | Technology | Taiwan |
Trailing returns · 31 OCT 2026
Displays total returns after fees at net asset value, the return at the ASX market price, the return before fees, and where the fund ranks among funds in its Morningstar category, sourced from Morningstar.
Fund (NAV) Market price
1M
-10.6
3M
-5.5
6M
3.2
YTD
30.7
1Y
31.6
3Y
36.3
5Y
12.2
10Y
12.4
| Period | Fund (NAV) % | Market price % | Before fees % | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | -10.63 | -10.71 | -10.59 | 1 / 38 |
| 3 months | -5.52 | -4.88 | -5.41 | 39 / 38 |
| 6 months | 3.20 | 2.43 | 3.45 | 1 / 38 |
| Year to date | 30.75 | 30.65 | 31.29 | 1 / 38 |
| 1 year | 31.63 | 30.99 | 32.29 | 1 / 38 |
| 3 years p.a. | 36.28 | 36.43 | 36.96 | 1 / 37 |
| 5 years p.a. | 12.19 | 12.30 | 12.75 | 1 / 35 |
| 10 years p.a. | 12.37 | 12.39 | 12.93 | 20 / 30 |
Returns to 31 OCT 2026, periods of 3 years and longer annualised. Rank is the percentile in the Morningstar category at 30 SEP 2026 (1 = best) over the funds ranked.
Calendar year returns
Displays the total return after fees and the capital (price) return for each calendar year, with the fund's rank in its Morningstar category, sourced from Morningstar.
Total Capital
2016
11.8
2017
43.5
2018
-13.9
2019
21.8
2020
34.0
2021
-10.8
2022
-24.1
2023
4.8
2024
20.4
2025
47.0
| Year | Total % | Capital % | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47.01 | 44.72 | 1 / 40 |
| 2024 | 20.42 | 17.16 | 7 / 42 |
| 2023 | 4.84 | 2.16 | 58 / 50 |
| 2022 | -24.07 | -25.99 | 68 / 53 |
| 2021 | -10.75 | -12.10 | 80 / 52 |
| 2020 | 34.03 | 32.56 | 25 / 63 |
| 2019 | 21.84 | 19.16 | 30 / 87 |
| 2018 | -13.94 | -16.04 | 40 / 84 |
| 2017 | 43.51 | 41.45 | 21 / 83 |
| 2016 | 11.82 | 9.33 | 4 / 97 |
| 2015 | -6.45 | -9.06 | 34 / 95 |
Risk statistics · 31 OCT 2026
Displays how the fund has moved relative to its category index: alpha (return beyond the index), beta (sensitivity to it), R-squared (how much the index explains), volatility and risk-adjusted returns, sourced from Morningstar.
| 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard deviation | 31.54 | 21.29 | 25.72 | 21.83 |
| Sharpe ratio | 0.90 | 1.36 | 0.42 | 0.53 |
| Sortino ratio | 1.70 | 2.67 | 0.72 | 0.88 |
| Maximum drawdown % | -10.11 | -10.11 | -41.75 | -49.85 |
Measured against MSCI ACWI Ex USA NR USD with USTREAS T-Bill Auction Ave 3 Mon as the risk-free rate, to 31 OCT 2026. Maximum drawdown is on gross returns at the latest quarter end.
Portfolio risk score
Displays Morningstar's Portfolio Risk Score for the fund's holdings, how closely the ETF tracks its index day to day, the estimated cost of holding it against the index, the cost of trading it at market size, and its best and worst quarters since inception, sourced from Morningstar.
Risk score
95.9
Cash 0
Global shares 100
Morningstar Portfolio Risk Score at 30 SEP 2026.
- Tracking volatility
- 10.198
- Est. holding cost %
- -0.031
- Market impact cost %
- 0.018
- Best quarter
- 43.86% · JAN 2023
- Worst quarter
- -24.05% · OCT 2022
Fees and costs
Displays the fund's ongoing costs as a percentage of assets per year: the PDS management fees and costs, performance fee and transaction costs that make up the total cost ratio (the RG 97 forward estimate, and what was charged last financial year), and the buy / sell spread, sourced from Morningstar.
- Management fees and costs
- 0.29% p.a.
- Performance fee costs
- 0.00% p.a.
- Transaction costs
- 0.05% p.a.
- PDS dated
- 31 JUL 2026
Distributions
Displays the most recent distribution paid per unit and its key dates, sourced from Morningstar.
- Latest distribution
- 0.5145
- Ex Date
- 15 JUN 2026
- Record Date
- 15 JUN 2026
- Pay Date
- 18 JUN 2026
- NAV at ex date
- 145.32
- Paid this year
- 0.5145
Distributions by year
Displays the total distributions paid per unit in each calendar year, sourced from Morningstar.
2024
1.6
2023
1.9
2022
1.5
2021
1.5
2020
1.2
2019
1.0
2018
1.5
2017
1.4
2016
1.0
2015
1.1
| Year | Per unit ($) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.5536 |
| 2023 | 1.8880 |
| 2022 | 1.5190 |
| 2021 | 1.4685 |
| 2020 | 1.1754 |
| 2019 | 0.9662 |
| 2018 | 1.4786 |
| 2017 | 1.3797 |
| 2016 | 0.9597 |
| 2015 | 1.0606 |
Distribution history
Displays the most recent distributions by ex date, sourced from Morningstar.
| Ex Date | Per unit ($) |
|---|---|
| 15 JUN 2026 | 0.5145 |
| 16 DEC 2025 | 0.7376 |
| 16 JUN 2025 | 0.8160 |
| 17 DEC 2024 | 1.5096 |
| 11 JUN 2024 | 0.3784 |
| 20 DEC 2023 | 0.9916 |
| 7 JUN 2023 | 0.5273 |
| 13 DEC 2022 | 0.9500 |
| 9 JUN 2022 | 0.5185 |
| 13 DEC 2021 | 0.7260 |
| 10 JUN 2021 | 0.4494 |
| 14 DEC 2020 | 0.7062 |
Sustainability rating · 31 AUG 2026
Displays the Morningstar Sustainability Rating (1 to 5 globes, more is better) and the portfolio ESG risk score behind it (lower is less risk), against the average of the fund's global category, sourced from Morningstar and Sustainalytics.
High
ESG risk score
16.67
Negligible
Low
Medium
High
Severe
- Rank in category
- 1st percentile
- Environmental risk
- 4.61
- Social risk
- 6.47
- Governance risk
- 5.59
- Portfolio covered
- 100.0%
ESG risk of holdings
Displays the share of the covered portfolio held in companies with negligible, low, medium, high and severe ESG risk, sourced from Morningstar and Sustainalytics.
- Negligible
- 0.00%
- Low
- 82.96%
- Medium
- 13.17%
- High
- 3.31%
- Severe
- 0.55%
1.12% of assets are in companies with high or severe controversies.
Carbon · 31 AUG 2026
Displays the portfolio carbon risk score (lower is less exposure to the transition to a low-carbon economy), the share of the portfolio in companies with fossil fuel revenue, and whether the fund earns Morningstar's Low Carbon Designation, sourced from Morningstar and Sustainalytics.
Carbon risk score
4.50
Low
Medium
High
Severe
Category average 8.57
- Carbon risk
- Low Risk
- Rank in category
- 1st percentile of 79 funds
- Fossil fuel involvement
- 1.07%
- Category average
- 6.63%
- Low Carbon Designation
- Yes
- Portfolio covered
- 100.0%
Fund managers
Displays the people Morningstar lists as managers of the fund, sourced from Morningstar.
- Jennifer Hsui
- Peter Sietsema
- Matt Waldron
- Steven White
Tenure
Displays how long the managers have run the fund: the average and longest tenure, who has served longest, the latest appointment and how many other funds the team manages, sourced from Morningstar.
- Number of managers
- 4
- Average tenure
- 4.7 years
- Longest tenure
- 13.9 years
- Longest serving
- Jennifer Hsui · since 31 DEC 2012
- Most recent appointment
- Peter Sietsema, Matt Waldron, Steven White · since 1 APR 2025
- Managed since
- 31 DEC 2012
- Other funds managed
- 388
Displays all company announcements released by the company to the exchange, sourced from Morningstar.
Announcements
Announcements are available for ASX-listed companies only.
Opinion
Business Summary
Auckland International Airport Limited is a New Zealand-based company that provides airport facilities, supporting infrastructure and aeronautical services in Auckland, New Zealand. The Company's segments include Aeronautical, Retail and Property. The aeronautical business provides services that facilitate the movement of aircraft, passengers and cargo and provides utility services that support the airport. The aeronautical business also earns rental revenue from space leased in facilities, such as terminals. The retail business provides services to the retailers within the terminals and provides car parking facilities for passengers, visitors and airport staff. The property business earns rental revenue from space leased on airport land outside the terminals, including cargo buildings, hangars and stand-alone investment properties. The Company's subsidiaries include Auckland Airport Holdings (No. 2) Limited, Auckland Airport Holdings (No. 3) Limited and AucklandAirport Limited.
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