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IWLD

International Shares

iShares Core MSCI World ex Australia ESG ETF

About this ETF

The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by tracking the performance of the MSCI World Ex Australia Custom ESG Leaders Index (AUD).

IssueriShares
Management fee (MER)0.09% p.a.
Inception date28 Apr 2016
BenchmarkMSCI WORLD EX AUSTRALIA SELECTION NR LCL

Scout Score

70/100
Ranked #10 of 76 in International 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.

Cost96
Diversification51
Tracking76
Liquidity81
Fund Strength80
Performance47
Income25

Strengths

  • Low fee — 0.09% p.a., cheaper than 96% of International Shares funds.
  • Highly liquid — 0.06% bid/ask spread, better than 81% of International Shares peers.
  • Large, established fund — $2.0B in assets, bigger than 80% of International Shares funds.

Weaknesses

  • Below-average yield — 1.36%, lower than 75% of International Shares peers.

Performance (as of 5 Jan 2026)

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

1 Month-2.16%
3 Months+0.52%
YTD+4.67%
1 Year+3.88%
3 Years (p.a.)+18.13%
5 Years (p.a.)+11.94%

Price history

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

-30%-1%+28%+56%+85%2021-112023-012024-042025-072026-11

Geographic exposure (as at 3 Jan 2026)

Country (where the company is based).

United States flagUnited States
74.21%
Japan flagJapan
6.21%
Canada flagCanada
3.35%
United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
3.08%
France flagFrance
2.39%
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
2.33%
Netherlands flagNetherlands
2.15%
Germany flagGermany
1.40%
Sweden flagSweden
1.02%
Denmark flagDenmark
0.67%
Spain flagSpain
0.56%
Hong Kong flagHong Kong
0.53%
Italy flagItaly
0.47%
Finland flagFinland
0.38%
Singapore flagSingapore
0.36%
Belgium flagBelgium
0.22%
Ireland flagIreland
0.18%
Norway flagNorway
0.16%
Israel flagIsrael
0.09%
Portugal flagPortugal
0.05%
Austria flagAustria
0.04%
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
0.04%
Australia flagAustralia
0.02%

Sector breakdown (as at 3 Jan 2026)

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

Information Technology
30.90%
Financials
16.24%
Industrials
10.80%
Health Care
10.67%
Consumer Discretionary
8.75%
Communication Services
8.71%
Consumer Staples
5.68%
Materials
3.27%
Real Estate
1.95%
Utilities
1.64%
Energy
0.83%

Top holdings (as of 3 Jan 2026)

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

  1. 1.NVIDIA logoNVIDIA10.69%
  2. 2.Microsoft logoMicrosoft8.27%
  3. 3.Alphabet Class A logoAlphabet Class A3.70%
  4. 4.Alphabet Class C logoAlphabet Class C2.93%
  5. 5.Tesla Inc logoTesla Inc2.56%
  6. 6.Eli Lilly logoEli Lilly2.54%
  7. 7.Advanced Micro Devices logoAdvanced Micro Devices1.78%
  8. 8.Visa Class A logoVisa Class A1.57%
  9. 9.ASML Holding logoASML Holding1.36%
  10. 10.Mastercard Class A logoMastercard Class A1.18%
  11. 11.Abbvie logoAbbvie1.14%
  12. 12.Costco Wholesale Corp logoCostco Wholesale Corp1.02%
  13. 13.Cisco Systems Inc logoCisco Systems Inc0.91%
  14. 14.Procter & Gamble logoProcter & Gamble0.85%
  15. 15.Coca-Cola logoCoca-Cola0.83%
  16. 16.Home Depot0.75%
  17. 17.Applied Material Inc0.68%
  18. 18.Novartis AG logoNovartis AG0.66%
  19. 19.HSBC Holdings plc logoHSBC Holdings plc0.65%
  20. 20.Lam Research logoLam Research0.65%