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iShares China Large-Cap ETF

About this ETF

The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by tracking the performance of the FTSE China 50 Net TR Index (AUD).

IssueriShares
Management fee (MER)0.60% p.a.
Inception date15 Nov 2007
BenchmarkFTSE China 50 NR USD

Scout Score

25/100
Ranked #69 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.

Cost13
Diversification19
Tracking5
Liquidity54
Fund Strength74
Performance9
Income35

Strengths

  • Large, established fund — $454M in assets, bigger than 74% of International Shares funds.

Weaknesses

  • Wider index tracking — 23.40% tracking error, looser than 95% of International Shares peers.
  • Weak long-term return — -1.8% p.a. (blended), trails 91% of rated International Shares peers.
  • Higher fee — 0.60% p.a., more expensive than 87% of International Shares funds.

Performance (as of 5 Jan 2026)

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

1 Month-5.02%
3 Months-9.48%
YTD-18.28%
1 Year-21.26%
3 Years (p.a.)+7.68%
5 Years (p.a.)-0.57%

Price history

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

-42%-20%+1%+22%+44%2021-112023-022024-042025-072026-11

Geographic exposure (as at 4 Jan 2026)

Country (where the company is based).

China flagChina
99.56%
Hong Kong flagHong Kong
0.40%
United States flagUnited States
0.08%

Sector breakdown (as at 4 Jan 2026)

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

Financials
36.70%
Consumer Discretionary
24.92%
Communication Services
14.25%
Information Technology
6.54%
Energy
5.52%
Materials
3.31%
Health Care
3.27%
Industrials
2.68%
Real Estate
1.03%
Consumer Staples
0.92%
Utilities
0.42%

Top holdings (as of 3 Jan 2026)

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

  1. 1.China Construction Bank Corp H9.66%
  2. 2.Tencent Holdings logoTencent Holdings8.64%
  3. 3.Alibaba Group Holding8.63%
  4. 4.Industrial and Commercial Bank of6.63%
  5. 5.Xiaomi5.29%
  6. 6.Meituan4.62%
  7. 7.Bank of China Ltd H4.48%
  8. 8.Netease3.84%
  9. 9.Ping An Insurance (group) Co of Ch3.60%
  10. 10.Byd H3.10%
  11. 11.Jd.com Class A3.06%
  12. 12.Petrochina H2.59%
  13. 13.Trip.com Group2.33%
  14. 14.China Merchants Bank H2.30%
  15. 15.China Life Insurance Ltd H2.21%
  16. 16.Beone Medicines AG1.99%
  17. 17.Zijin Mining Group Ltd H1.90%
  18. 18.Baidu1.83%
  19. 19.China Shenhua Energy Ltd H1.69%
  20. 20.Agricultural Bank of China H1.66%