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About iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund
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Inception date
Mar 12, 1996
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
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
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.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Non-Energy Minerals
Stocks99.66%
Finance46.77%
Non-Energy Minerals16.83%
Retail Trade8.45%
Health Technology7.47%
Transportation4.38%
Energy Minerals4.04%
Technology Services3.91%
Consumer Services2.59%
Health Services1.30%
Communications1.00%
Distribution Services0.73%
Commercial Services0.70%
Utilities0.59%
Producer Manufacturing0.52%
Consumer Non-Durables0.38%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.34%
Cash0.34%
Stock breakdown by region
Oceania99.19%
Europe0.81%
North America0.00%
Latin America0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
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Dividends
Dividend payout history