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iShares Balanced ESG ETF

About this ETF

The Fund aims to provide investors with the performance of the various indices of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests, in proportion to a ‘Balanced’ long term Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA), before fees and expenses, of approximately 50% equities and 50% fixed income exposure.

IssueriShares
Management fee (MER)0.22% p.a.
Inception date17 Aug 2022

Scout Score

61/100
Ranked #6 of 16 in Diversified

An 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
Diversification100
Tracking58
Liquidity11
Fund Strength31
Performance—
Income53

Strengths

  • Well diversified — top holdings are 64.6% of the fund, less concentrated than 100% of Diversified peers.
  • Low fee — 0.22% p.a., cheaper than 73% of Diversified funds.

Weaknesses

  • Lower liquidity — 0.26% bid/ask spread, wider than 89% of Diversified peers.
  • Small fund — $25M in assets, smaller than 69% of Diversified funds, which can mean wider spreads.

Performance (as of 6 Jan 2026)

Total returns, net of fees. Periods longer than 1 year are annualised.

1 Year+2.85%
3 Years (p.a.)+11.06%

Price history

Cumulative return over the selected period, indexed to 0% at the start of the range.

-11%+3%+17%+31%+44%2022-082023-082024-092025-102026-11

Top holdings (as of 3 Jan 2026)

The fund's largest individual holdings, ranked by portfolio weight.

  1. 1.Ishares Core Msci Wrld Ex Austrlia23.13%
  2. 2.Ishares Core Msci Australia Esg15.78%
  3. 3.Ishares Core Msci Wrld Ex Austrlia11.86%
  4. 4.NVIDIA logoNVIDIA3.75%
  5. 5.Microsoft logoMicrosoft2.90%
  6. 6.Commonwealth Bank of Australia logoCommonwealth Bank of Australia2.12%
  7. 7.CSL logoCSL1.30%
  8. 8.Alphabet Class A logoAlphabet Class A1.30%
  9. 9.Macquarie Group Ltd Def1.26%
  10. 10.Wesfarmers logoWesfarmers1.21%
  11. 11.Alphabet Class C logoAlphabet Class C1.03%
  12. 12.Tesla Inc logoTesla Inc0.90%
  13. 13.Eli Lilly logoEli Lilly0.89%
  14. 14.Goodman Group Units0.74%
  15. 15.Advanced Micro Devices logoAdvanced Micro Devices0.62%
  16. 16.Transurban Group Stapled Units0.60%
  17. 17.Visa Class A logoVisa Class A0.55%
  18. 18.QBE Insurance Group logoQBE Insurance Group0.52%
  19. 19.ASML Holding logoASML Holding0.48%
  20. 20.Northern Star Resources Ltd logoNorthern Star Resources Ltd0.44%