iShares Asia 50 ETF
About this ETF
The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by tracking the performance of the S&P Asia 50TM Net TR Index (AUD).
IssueriShares
Management fee (MER)0.29% p.a.
Inception date10 Sep 2008
BenchmarkS&P Asia 50 NR USD
Scout Score
55/100
Ranked #33 of 76 in International SharesAn independent score calculated by ETF Scout across 7 real-data factors (cost, diversification, tracking, liquidity, fund strength, performance, income), ranked against other funds in the same category.
Cost73
Diversification32
Tracking37
Liquidity41
Fund Strength87
Performance89
Income34
Strengths
- Strong long-term return — +22.3% p.a. (blended), beats 89% of rated International Shares peers.
- Large, established fund — $1.8B in assets, bigger than 87% of International Shares funds.
- Low fee — 0.29% p.a., cheaper than 73% of International Shares funds.
Weaknesses
- Concentrated holdings — top holdings make up 71.8% of the fund, more concentrated than 68% of International Shares peers.
- Below-average yield — 1.70%, lower than 66% of International Shares peers.
Performance (as of 5 Jan 2026)
Total returns, net of fees. Periods longer than 1 year are annualised.
1 Month-10.95%
3 Months-6.13%
YTD+25.05%
1 Year+23.39%
3 Years (p.a.)+32.37%
5 Years (p.a.)+13.98%
Price history
Cumulative return over the selected period, indexed to 0% at the start of the range.
Geographic exposure (as at 3 Jan 2026)
Country (where the company is based).
Taiwan40.86%
China21.58%
Singapore4.54%
Hong Kong3.79%
Australia0.19%
United States0.08%
Sector breakdown (as at 4 Jan 2026)
How your portfolio's holdings are spread across GICS sectors.
Information Technology
62.40%
Financials
17.07%
Consumer Discretionary
7.72%
Communication Services
7.25%
Industrials
2.49%
Materials
1.20%
Energy
0.49%
Health Care
0.49%
Real Estate
0.37%
Top holdings (as of 3 Jan 2026)
The fund's largest individual holdings, ranked by portfolio weight.
- 1.Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing28.61%
- 2.Samsung Electronics Ltd12.68%
- 3.SK Hynix10.35%
- 4.
Tencent Holdings5.32%
- 5.Alibaba Group Holding4.28%
- 6.Mediatek3.05%
- 7.China Construction Bank Corp H2.16%
- 8.
DBS Group Holdings Ltd1.93%
- 9.Samsung Electronics Non Voting Pre1.74%
- 10.
AIA Group1.70%
- 11.Hon Hai Precision Industry1.55%
- 12.Oversea-Chinese Banking1.42%
- 13.Industrial and Commercial Bank of1.34%
- 14.Delta Electronics1.26%
- 15.ASE Technology Holding1.10%
- 16.Xiaomi1.07%
- 17.Bank of China Ltd H1.06%
- 18.SK Square1.02%
- 19.Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing0.90%
- 20.Meituan0.90%