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About iShares Inc iShares MSCI South Korea ETF
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Inception date
May 9, 2000
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Distributor
BlackRock Investments LLC
EWY provides unbiased exposure to the Korean equity market with significant exposure to Samsung. The fund tracks an index that ignores most small- and micro-cap stocks. To ensure diversification, the index applies certain investment limits with no single issuer exceeding 25% of the Underlying Index weight, and all issuers with a weight above 5% not cumulatively exceeding 50%. These limits are imposed on regulated investment companies (RICs) under the current US Internal Revenue Code. The index is rebalanced quarterly to coincide with the reporting requirements of RIC-compliant funds.
Classification
Returns
| 1 month | 3 months | Year to date | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price performance | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NAV total return | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Electronic Technology
Finance
Producer Manufacturing
Stocks99.23%
Electronic Technology37.62%
Finance15.22%
Producer Manufacturing13.17%
Consumer Durables7.90%
Health Technology6.90%
Technology Services5.61%
Consumer Non-Durables2.27%
Process Industries2.24%
Non-Energy Minerals2.13%
Transportation1.78%
Industrial Services1.08%
Energy Minerals0.88%
Utilities0.72%
Communications0.66%
Commercial Services0.66%
Consumer Services0.38%
Retail Trade0.00%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.77%
Cash0.75%
Rights & Warrants0.02%
Stock breakdown by region
Asia100.00%
North America0.00%
Latin America0.00%
Europe0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Symbol
Assets
Symbol
Assets
0
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.005930
22.27%
0
SK hynix Inc.000660
10.27%
1
KB Financial Group Inc.105560
3.31%
0
NAVER Corp.035420
2.55%
0
Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd.012450
2.53%
0
Hyundai Motor Company005380
2.49%
0
Celltrion, Inc.068270
2.30%
0
Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd.055550
2.13%
0
Kia Corporation000270
2.08%
0
Hana Financial Group Inc.086790
1.82%
Top 10 weight51.75%
84 total holdings
Dividends
Dec '18
Dec '19
Dec '20
Dec '21
Dec '22
Dec '23
Dec '24
0.00
0.45
0.90
1.35
1.80
Dividend amount
Dividend payout history
Ex-date
Record date
Pay date
Amount
Frequency
Dec 17, 2024
Dec 17, 2024
Dec 20, 2024
1.298
Annual
Dec 20, 2023
Dec 21, 2023
Dec 27, 2023
1.651
Annual