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iShares Emerging Markets iShares ETF (IEM)

IEM $88.53

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1 year return ▲ 4.28%
Volume 29,980
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52 week range
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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)
88.53
Change
▼ -1.09 (-1.22)
Bid / Ask
88.53 - 90.00
Volume
29,980
Turnover
2,655,424
Open
90.04
Day Range
87.75 - 90.08
VWAP
88.57
Prev Close
89.62
Last Trade
30/10 4:10pm

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

$1.18B

OCT 2026

Total cost ratio

0.72%

per year

Distributions

Semi-Annually

Since inception

23.6 yrs

APR 2003

Legal name
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (AU)
Issuer
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited
Type
Exchange-Traded Fund
Structure
Open Ended Investment Company
Management style
Index fund
Morningstar category
Equity Emerging Markets
Category index
MSCI EM NR AUD
Benchmark
MSCI EM NR AUD
ETF net assets
$1.18B
Units on issue
18.9M
Management fee
0.69% p.a.
Domicile
Australia
Base currency
AUD
ISIN
AU000000IEM3
Inception
7 APR 2003
Listed
10 OCT 2007
Index provider
MSCI Inc.

Objective and strategy

The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by tracking the performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Net TR Index (AUD).

Asset allocation · 30 SEP 2026

Displays how the fund is split between shares, bonds, cash and other assets, sourced from Morningstar.

US equity 1.23%Non-US equity 98.12%

Asset class Net % Long % Short %
Equity 99.35 99.35 0.00
Bond 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cash 0.63 1.20 0.56
Other 0.02 0.02 0.00

Sector exposure

Displays the share of the fund held in each sector, sourced from Morningstar.

Cyclical 34.98%Sensitive 57.47%Defensive 7.56%

Technology
41.62%
Financial Services
20.22%
Consumer Cyclical
7.82%
Industrials
6.01%
Communication Services
5.96%
Basic Materials
5.94%
Energy
3.88%
Healthcare
2.97%
Consumer Defensive
2.63%
Utilities
1.96%
Real Estate
1.00%

Region exposure

Displays the share of the fund held in each region, sourced from Morningstar.

Developed markets 52.50%Emerging markets 47.50%

Asia Developed
48.37%
Asia Emerging
32.89%
Latin America
7.47%
Africa / Middle East
7.28%
Europe Emerging
2.10%
North America
1.23%
Europe Developed
0.65%
United Kingdom
0.00%
Japan
0.00%
Australasia
0.00%

Country exposure

Displays the twelve countries the fund holds most of, sourced from Morningstar.
Taiwan
28.83%
China
19.00%
South Korea
18.96%
India
11.35%
Brazil
4.83%
Other Countries
4.71%
South Africa
2.64%
Mexico
1.76%
Poland
1.24%
United States
1.23%
Thailand
0.95%
Malaysia
0.89%

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.
Style
Large Blend
Average moat
Narrow

Size score

391

Small Mid Large

Value-growth score

161

Value Blend Growth

Economic moat

None 41%Wide 38%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
60.94%
Large
31.88%
Mid
6.80%
Small
0.38%
Micro
0.00%

Giant 61%Large 32%Mid 7%Small 0%

Average market cap
$162.22B
Number of holdings
6
Shares held
0

Portfolio statistics · 22 OCT 2026

Displays the valuation, yield, size, concentration and quality of the fund's shareholdings taken together (trailing twelve months), sourced from Morningstar.
Price / earnings
14.46
Price / book
2.25
Price / sales
2.08
Price / cash flow
11.26
Dividend yield
2.05%
Assets in top 10
99.99%
Return on equity
26.64%
Net margin
29.00%
Earnings growth (3 yr)
15.50%

Top holdings · top 10 = 100.00% 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
iShares MSCI EM ETF USD Dist IEEM.GB 99.96 — 1.82B USD 19.0M — Ireland
USD - Spendable Cash 0.07 — 1.3M USD 872,421 — United States
AUD - Other Payables/Receivables -0.04 — -729,651 AUD 729,651 — United States
AUD - Spendable Cash 0.01 — 168,699 AUD 168,699 — United States
EUR - Spendable Cash 0.00 — 89,626 EUR 54,896 — United States
HKD - Spendable Cash 0.00 — 0 HKD 2 — United States
Icash — — 0 — 0 — —

Trailing returns · 30 SEP 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

-0.7

3M

-0.5

6M

23.2

YTD

22.9

1Y

28.4

3Y

23.5

5Y

8.1

10Y

8.2

Period Fund (NAV) % Market price % Before fees % Rank in category
1 month -0.75 0.25 -0.69 37 / 88
3 months -0.47 -1.38 -0.30 46 / 87
6 months 23.22 23.91 23.66 35 / 87
Year to date 22.86 24.05 23.51 44 / 85
1 year 28.42 27.36 29.33 47 / 82
3 years p.a. 23.51 23.27 24.38 34 / 71
5 years p.a. 8.12 8.05 8.88 42 / 55
10 years p.a. 8.17 8.12 8.92 63 / 37

Returns to 30 SEP 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

13.1

2017

24.4

2018

-5.4

2019

16.5

2020

6.9

2021

2.1

2022

-16.4

2023

11.1

2024

17.5

2025

24.6

Year Total % Capital % Rank in category
2025 24.57 21.49 51 / 82
2024 17.45 14.99 31 / 82
2023 11.13 7.07 54 / 89
2022 -16.45 -16.94 44 / 83
2021 2.13 0.04 68 / 72
2020 6.92 4.97 42 / 75
2019 16.47 13.78 59 / 67
2018 -5.43 -6.66 59 / 62
2017 24.38 23.89 34 / 57
2016 13.09 9.01 32 / 54
2015 -3.43 -7.13 76 / 49

Financial year returns

Displays the total return after fees for each financial year to 30 June, sourced from Morningstar.

FY17

19.4

FY18

11.6

FY19

5.8

FY20

-2.9

FY21

28.1

FY22

-19.0

FY23

3.9

FY24

10.5

FY25

16.9

FY26

35.0

Financial year Total %
Financial year to date -0.89
Year to 30 JUN 2026 35.02
Year to 30 JUN 2025 16.94
Year to 30 JUN 2024 10.52
Year to 30 JUN 2023 3.93
Year to 30 JUN 2022 -18.97
Year to 30 JUN 2021 28.06
Year to 30 JUN 2020 -2.86
Year to 30 JUN 2019 5.77
Year to 30 JUN 2018 11.60
Year to 30 JUN 2017 19.43

Risk statistics · 30 SEP 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
Alpha -0.57 -0.24 -0.87 -0.84
Beta 1.00 0.98 1.02 1.00
R-squared 99.99 99.72 97.71 96.45
Standard deviation 25.01 17.02 18.63 17.57
Sharpe ratio 1.00 1.22 0.47 0.63
Sortino ratio 1.58 2.17 0.63 0.86
Tracking error 0.22 0.71 2.07 2.28
Information ratio -3.57 -0.82 -0.39 -0.40
Upside capture % 98.59 97.57 99.85 95.43
Downside capture % 100.56 97.79 105.20 98.99
Maximum drawdown % -9.51 -9.51 -21.85 -25.02

Measured against MSCI EM NR AUD with RBA Bank accepted Bills 90 Days as the risk-free rate, to 30 SEP 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

97.2

Cash 0
Global shares 100

Morningstar Portfolio Risk Score at 30 SEP 2026.

Tracking volatility
1.360
Est. holding cost %
0.641
Market impact cost %
0.104

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
0.72% p.a.
Performance fee costs
0.00% p.a.
Transaction costs
0.02% p.a.
Total cost ratio
0.72% p.a.
Total cost ratio (last FY)
0.71% p.a.
Performance fee
Not Disclosed
PDS dated
24 SEP 2026

Distributions

Displays the most recent distribution paid per unit and its key dates, sourced from Morningstar.
Latest distribution
0.7544
Ex Date
1 JUL 2026
Record Date
2 JUL 2026
Pay Date
13 JUL 2026
NAV at ex date
98.25
Paid this year
0.7544

Distributions by year

Displays the total distributions paid per unit in each calendar year, sourced from Morningstar.

2024

1.3

2023

1.8

2022

0.4

2021

1.2

2020

1.3

2019

0.9

2018

2.2

2017

0.4

2016

1.2

2015

0.9

Year Per unit ($)
2024 1.3354
2023 1.8007
2022 0.4491
2021 1.2478
2020 1.3293
2019 0.8671
2018 2.2128
2017 0.3934
2016 1.1634
2015 0.9013

Distribution history

Displays the most recent distributions by ex date, sourced from Morningstar.
Ex Date Per unit ($)
1 JUL 2026 0.7544
29 DEC 2025 0.6022
1 JUL 2025 0.7332
27 DEC 2024 0.6140
1 JUL 2024 0.4443
2 JAN 2024 0.7424
3 JUL 2023 0.4491
21 DEC 2022 0.7035
1 JUL 2022 0.5443
21 DEC 2021 0.8351
1 JUL 2021 0.4941
22 DEC 2020 0.5628

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.

Average

ESG risk score

20.19

Negligible Low Medium High Severe

Category average 20.31

Rank in category
59th percentile of 1,774 funds
Environmental risk
6.49
Social risk
7.19
Governance risk
5.94
Portfolio covered
98.6%

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
0.36%
Low
60.73%
Medium
28.29%
High
7.05%
Severe
3.57%

1.63% 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

8.40

Low Medium High Severe

Category average 8.22

Carbon risk
Low Risk
Rank in category
67th percentile of 60 funds
Fossil fuel involvement
7.14%
Category average
6.58%
Low Carbon Designation
No
Portfolio covered
98.6%

Fund managers

Displays the people Morningstar lists as managers of the fund, sourced from Morningstar.
  • S. Jane Leung
  • Patrick O'Connor

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
2
Average tenure
19.0 years
Longest tenure
19.0 years
Longest serving
S. Jane Leung, Patrick O'Connor · since 10 OCT 2007
Most recent appointment
S. Jane Leung, Patrick O'Connor · since 10 OCT 2007
Managed since
10 OCT 2007
Other funds managed
2
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Announcements

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Business Summary

Emerging Markets iShares ETF (IEM) aims to provide investors with the performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, before fees and expenses. The index is designed to measure the equity market performance in global emerging markets.

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