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About iShares Latin America 40 ETF
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Inception date
Oct 25, 2001
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
ILF is a concentrated bet on the Latin American market, with a portfolio comprised of just 40 names and a heavy concentration among the top 10 holdings. The stocks included in this vanilla fund are hand-picked by an index committee from blue-chip companies trading in Brazil, Chil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. The fund's sector and country bets are minimal and overall, ILF provides comprehensive, neutral exposure to large-caps in emerging Latin American markets. Additionally, instead of replicating the index, ILF uses representative sampling indexing. The index is weighted by float-adjusted market cap and rebalanced on a quarterly basis. However, there is no annual or semi-annual reconstitution, as this is done on an as-needed basis.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Non-Energy Minerals
Energy Minerals
Stocks93.42%
Finance41.86%
Non-Energy Minerals14.65%
Energy Minerals11.50%
Retail Trade6.06%
Communications4.56%
Utilities4.35%
Consumer Non-Durables4.25%
Producer Manufacturing2.43%
Process Industries1.49%
Health Services1.46%
Transportation0.81%
Bonds, Cash & Other6.58%
UNIT6.17%
Cash0.41%
Stock breakdown by region
Latin America62.87%
North America37.13%
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
ILF invests in stocks. The fund's major sectors are Finance, with 41.86% stocks, and Non-Energy Minerals, with 14.65% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the Latin America region.
ILF top holdings are Nu Holdings Ltd. Class A and Vale S.A. Sponsored ADR, occupying 9.35% and 7.79% of the portfolio correspondingly.
ILF last dividends amounted to 0.60 USD. Six months before that, the issuer paid 0.89 USD in dividends, which shows a 50.15% decrease.
Yes, ILF pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 5.59%. The last dividend (Jun 20, 2025) amounted to 0.60 USD. The dividends are paid semi-annually.
ILF shares are issued by BlackRock, Inc. under the brand iShares. The ETF was launched on Oct 25, 2001, and its management style is Passive.
ILF expense ratio is 0.48% meaning you'd have to pay 0.48% of your investment to help manage the fund.
ILF follows the S&P Latin America 40. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
ILF invests in stocks.
ILF price has risen by 4.06% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 6.77% increase. See more dynamics on ILF price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 7.31% over the last month, showed a 13.43% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 15.13% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 7.31% over the last month, showed a 13.43% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 15.13% in a year.
ILF trades at a premium (0.02%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.