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About iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF
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Inception date
Jan 31, 2014
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Distributor
BlackRock Investments LLC
ISIN
US46434V8037
HEFA offers a plain vanilla exposure to international stocks with a 100% currency hedge to the US dollar. The fund neutralizes the currency exposure of its underlying securities by shorting currency forward contracts. This allows shareholders a purer equity exposure to Europe, the Far East and Australia. The fund also holds iShares EFA for its equity exposurein essence, HEFA is a currency-hedged version of EFA. Aside from utilizing 1-month forward contracts, the fund may also use non-deliverable forward (NDF) contracts to execute its hedging transactions.
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
ETF
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
ETF99.96%
Cash0.04%
Stock breakdown by region
North America100.00%
Latin America0.00%
Europe0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
HEFA last dividends amounted to 0.64 USD. Six months before that, the issuer paid 0.47 USD in dividends, which shows a 26.51% increase.
HEFA assets under management is 6.49 B USD. It's risen 2.19% over the last month.
HEFA fund flows account for −803.40 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, HEFA pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 2.88%. The last dividend (Jul 8, 2025) amounted to 0.64 USD. The dividends are paid semi-annually.
HEFA shares are issued by BlackRock, Inc. under the brand iShares. The ETF was launched on Jan 31, 2014, and its management style is Passive.
HEFA expense ratio is 0.35% meaning you'd have to pay 0.35% of your investment to help manage the fund.
HEFA follows the MSCI EAFE 100% Hedged to USD Net Variant. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
HEFA invests in funds.
HEFA price has risen by 2.69% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 12.40% increase. See more dynamics on HEFA price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 3.61% over the last month, showed a 3.58% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 12.16% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 3.61% over the last month, showed a 3.58% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 12.16% in a year.
HEFA trades at a premium (0.07%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.