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iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (IKO)

IKO $216.00

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1 year return ▲ 42.11%
Volume 6,508
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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)
216.00
Change
▼ -2.50 (-1.14)
Bid / Ask
215.06 - 216.02
Volume
6,508
Turnover
1,408,902
Open
223.00
Day Range
211.40 - 224.63
VWAP
216.49
Prev Close
218.50
Last Trade
04/11 3:59pm

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

$122.7M

OCT 2026

Total cost ratio

0.45%

per year

Distributions

Annually

Since inception

26.5 yrs

MAY 2000

Legal name
iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (AU)
Issuer
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited
Type
Exchange-Traded Fund
Structure
Open Ended Investment Company
Management style
Index fund
Morningstar category
Equity World Other
Category index
MSCI World Ex Australia NR AUD
Benchmark
MSCI Korea 25-50 NR AUD
ETF net assets
$122.7M
Units on issue
760,648
Management fee
0.59% p.a.
Domicile
Australia
Base currency
AUD
ISIN
AU000000IKO6
Inception
9 MAY 2000
Listed
15 NOV 2007

Objective and strategy

The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by tracking the performance of the MSCI Korea 25/50 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 0.00%Non-US equity 99.40%

Asset class Net % Long % Short %
Equity 99.40 99.40 0.00
Bond 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cash 0.60 0.71 0.11
Other 0.00 0.00 0.00

Sector exposure

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

Cyclical 17.64%Sensitive 76.27%Defensive 6.08%

Technology
56.74%
Industrials
15.22%
Financial Services
11.52%
Consumer Cyclical
4.65%
Healthcare
3.27%
Communication Services
3.04%
Consumer Defensive
2.38%
Basic Materials
1.47%
Energy
1.28%
Utilities
0.44%
Real Estate
0.00%

Region exposure

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

Developed markets 100.00%Emerging markets 0.00%

Asia Developed
100.00%
North America
0.00%
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%
Asia Emerging
0.00%

Country exposure

Displays the twelve countries the fund holds most of, sourced from Morningstar.
South Korea
100.00%

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 Value
Average moat
None

Size score

381

Small Mid Large

Value-growth score

87

Value Blend Growth

Economic moat

None 94%Narrow 6%Wide 0%

Market capitalisation

Displays the share of the fund's shareholdings in giant, large, mid, small and micro cap companies, sourced from Morningstar.
Giant
66.04%
Large
31.63%
Mid
2.33%
Small
0.00%
Micro
0.00%

Giant 66%Large 32%Mid 2%

Average market cap
$212.49B
Number of holdings
81
Shares held
75

Portfolio statistics · 29 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
10.26
Price / book
1.74
Price / sales
1.66
Price / cash flow
9.27
Dividend yield
1.07%
Assets in top 10
62.92%
Return on equity
34.26%
Net margin
34.82%
Earnings growth (3 yr)
25.47%

Top holdings · top 10 = 63.17% 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
SK hynix Inc 000660 25.29 FEB 2026 50.0M KRW 26,520 Technology South Korea
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 005930 23.13 FEB 2026 45.7M KRW 160,388 Technology South Korea
SK Square 402340 3.16 FEB 2026 6.2M KRW 5,162 Technology South Korea
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd 009150 2.77 FEB 2026 5.5M KRW 3,411 Technology South Korea
KB Financial Group Inc 105560 1.96 FEB 2026 3.9M KRW 21,605 Financial Services South Korea
Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd 055550 1.58 FEB 2026 3.1M KRW 27,742 Financial Services South Korea
Hyundai Motor Co 005380 1.48 FEB 2026 2.9M KRW 7,997 Consumer Cyclical South Korea
Hana Financial Group Inc 086790 1.32 FEB 2026 2.6M KRW 18,874 Financial Services South Korea
Doosan Enerbility Co Ltd 034020 1.28 FEB 2026 2.5M KRW 29,235 Industrials South Korea
Hanwha Aerospace Co Ltd 012450 1.21 FEB 2026 2.4M KRW 2,231 Industrials South Korea

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

0.9

3M

-6.6

6M

62.2

YTD

88.4

1Y

136.8

3Y

49.6

5Y

20.3

10Y

14.3

Period Fund (NAV) % Market price % Before fees % Rank in category
1 month 0.89 2.10 0.93 —
3 months -6.61 -8.04 -6.51 —
6 months 62.22 61.26 62.59 —
Year to date 88.37 89.70 89.01 —
1 year 136.82 136.19 137.88 —
3 years p.a. 49.57 49.36 50.36 —
5 years p.a. 20.27 20.01 20.93 —
10 years p.a. 14.28 14.19 14.95 —

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

9.6

2017

31.7

2018

-11.1

2019

6.5

2020

27.6

2021

-2.1

2022

-22.7

2023

21.3

2024

-12.1

2025

82.8

Year Total % Capital % Rank in category
2025 82.78 79.48 —
2024 -12.05 -14.21 —
2023 21.28 16.91 —
2022 -22.70 -22.38 —
2021 -2.08 -2.73 —
2020 27.63 25.43 —
2019 6.55 6.73 —
2018 -11.10 -11.64 —
2017 31.65 29.82 —
2016 9.64 6.37 —
2015 6.48 2.43 —

Financial year returns

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

FY17

28.0

FY18

6.9

FY19

-6.0

FY20

-0.9

FY21

50.5

FY22

-30.5

FY23

13.7

FY24

6.8

FY25

12.5

FY26

166.3

Financial year Total %
Financial year to date -7.00
Year to 30 JUN 2026 166.27
Year to 30 JUN 2025 12.53
Year to 30 JUN 2024 6.83
Year to 30 JUN 2023 13.67
Year to 30 JUN 2022 -30.55
Year to 30 JUN 2021 50.55
Year to 30 JUN 2020 -0.94
Year to 30 JUN 2019 -6.02
Year to 30 JUN 2018 6.86
Year to 30 JUN 2017 28.03

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 79.80 24.23 10.25 4.40
Beta 3.52 1.41 1.33 1.04
R-squared 27.04 10.91 17.39 17.38
Standard deviation 67.16 44.54 39.46 31.56
Sharpe ratio 1.63 1.07 0.66 0.61
Sortino ratio 4.20 2.19 1.00 0.91
Tracking error 56.91 38.08 31.47 24.32
Information ratio 2.13 0.74 0.26 0.06
Upside capture % 452.95 176.71 141.91 96.03
Downside capture % -57.24 61.43 120.54 79.57
Maximum drawdown % -21.70 -21.70 -32.41 -39.10

Measured against MSCI World Ex Australia 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

131.4

Cash 0
Global shares 100

Morningstar Portfolio Risk Score at 30 SEP 2026.

Tracking volatility
2.632
Est. holding cost %
0.369
Market impact cost %
0.270

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
0.45% p.a.
Performance fee costs
0.00% p.a.
Transaction costs
0.07% p.a.
Total cost ratio
0.45% p.a.
Total cost ratio (last FY)
0.57% 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
13.9854
Ex Date
1 JUL 2026
Record Date
2 JUL 2026
Pay Date
13 JUL 2026
NAV at ex date
278.90
Paid this year
13.9854

Distributions by year

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

2024

1.4

2023

2.6

2022

0.7

2021

1.0

2020

0.6

2019

1.4

2018

0.8

2016

2.8

2015

0.9

Year Per unit ($)
2024 1.4255
2023 2.5867
2022 0.6991
2021 1.0408
2020 0.6237
2019 1.3532
2018 0.8386
2016 2.8451
2015 0.8901

Distribution history

Displays the most recent distributions by ex date, sourced from Morningstar.
Ex Date Per unit ($)
1 JUL 2026 13.9854
1 JUL 2025 1.4255
1 JUL 2024 2.5867
3 JUL 2023 0.6991
1 JUL 2022 1.0408
1 JUL 2021 0.6237
1 JUL 2020 1.3532
1 JUL 2019 0.8385
19 DEC 2017 2.8451
21 DEC 2016 0.8901
21 DEC 2015 1.6727
17 DEC 2014 0.8124

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.

Below Average

ESG risk score

19.14

Negligible Low Medium High Severe

Category average 18.57

Rank in category
71st percentile of 8,750 funds
Environmental risk
6.45
Social risk
6.55
Governance risk
4.98
Portfolio covered
99.9%

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
67.73%
Medium
22.20%
High
8.95%
Severe
1.12%

0.00% 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

7.97

Low Medium High Severe

Category average 9.07

Carbon risk
Low Risk
Rank in category
56th percentile of 55 funds
Fossil fuel involvement
6.77%
Category average
5.26%
Low Carbon Designation
No
Portfolio covered
99.9%

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
18.9 years
Longest tenure
18.9 years
Longest serving
S. Jane Leung, Patrick O'Connor · since 15 NOV 2007
Most recent appointment
S. Jane Leung, Patrick O'Connor · since 15 NOV 2007
Managed since
15 NOV 2007
Other funds managed
2
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