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iShares Core MSCI Australia ESG ETF

About this ETF

The fund seeks to achieve its objective by tracking the performance of the MSCI Australia IMI Custom ESG Leaders Index. It generally implements a full replication investment strategy to track the performance of the underlying index as risk relative to the underlying index is minimised.

IssueriShares
Management fee (MER)0.09% p.a.
Inception date4 Jun 2021
BenchmarkMSCI Aus IMI Custom ESG Ldrs AUD

Scout Score

52/100
Ranked #16 of 42 in Australian Shares

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.

Cost85
Diversification38
Tracking59
Liquidity48
Fund Strength43
Performance36
Income20

Strengths

  • Low fee — 0.09% p.a., cheaper than 85% of Australian Shares funds.

Weaknesses

  • Below-average yield — 2.55%, lower than 80% of Australian Shares peers.

Performance (as of 6 Jan 2026)

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

1 Month+1.95%
3 Months+1.68%
YTD+1.24%
1 Year-0.53%
3 Years (p.a.)+12.53%
5 Years (p.a.)+6.40%

Price history

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

-21%-4%+12%+28%+44%2021-112023-022024-052025-072026-11

Geographic exposure (as at 3 Jan 2026)

Country (where the company is based).

Australia flagAustralia
100.02%

Sector breakdown (as at 4 Jan 2026)

How your portfolio's holdings are spread across GICS sectors.

Financials
30.12%
Materials
20.00%
Health Care
12.56%
Real Estate
11.14%
Industrials
8.72%
Consumer Discretionary
8.59%
Communication Services
3.57%
Information Technology
2.61%
Utilities
1.29%
Energy
0.78%
Consumer Staples
0.47%

Top holdings (as of 3 Jan 2026)

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

  1. 1.Commonwealth Bank of Australia logoCommonwealth Bank of Australia13.43%
  2. 2.CSL logoCSL8.23%
  3. 3.Macquarie Group Ltd Def8.01%
  4. 4.Wesfarmers logoWesfarmers7.70%
  5. 5.Goodman Group Units4.70%
  6. 6.Transurban Group Stapled Units3.82%
  7. 7.QBE Insurance Group logoQBE Insurance Group3.33%
  8. 8.Northern Star Resources Ltd logoNorthern Star Resources Ltd2.82%
  9. 9.Brambles logoBrambles2.48%
  10. 10.Evolution Mining logoEvolution Mining2.06%
  11. 11.Fortescue Ltd logoFortescue Ltd2.02%
  12. 12.Computershare Ltd logoComputershare Ltd1.88%
  13. 13.Suncorp Group logoSuncorp Group1.80%
  14. 14.Telstra Group logoTelstra Group1.70%
  15. 15.Insurance Australia Group logoInsurance Australia Group1.69%
  16. 16.Scentre Group logoScentre Group1.65%
  17. 17.Apa Group Units1.28%
  18. 18.Sigma Healthcare logoSigma Healthcare1.26%
  19. 19.Bluescope Steel logoBluescope Steel1.26%
  20. 20.Asx Ltd logoAsx Ltd1.12%