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About ISHARES INC MSCI AUSTRALIA ETF
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Inception date
Mar 12, 1996
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Distributes
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Tax on distributions
Qualified dividends
Primary advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Distributor
BlackRock Investments LLC
EWA tracks a market-cap-weighted index of Australian stocks. As the index includes companies of any capitalization, it captures about 85% of the publicly available market, excluding most small-caps. The index includes securities that are Australian according to the MSCIs country classification, together with companies that are headquartered or listed and carry out most of their operations in the country. The fund typically engages in securities lending, which brings revenues to the fund, at the cost of slight counterparty risk. The index is reviewed quarterly starting every February with semi-annual index reviews in May and November.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Non-Energy Minerals
Stocks99.78%
Finance45.86%
Non-Energy Minerals17.34%
Retail Trade7.76%
Health Technology7.74%
Technology Services4.44%
Transportation3.87%
Energy Minerals3.53%
Consumer Services2.53%
Health Services1.75%
Utilities1.44%
Communications0.81%
Distribution Services0.76%
Commercial Services0.64%
Producer Manufacturing0.44%
Consumer Non-Durables0.43%
Process Industries0.43%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.22%
Cash0.22%
Stock breakdown by region
Oceania100.00%
North America0.00%
Latin America0.00%
Europe0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history