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About iShares International Equity Factor ETF
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Inception date
Apr 28, 2015
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
INTF provides a multi-factor take on developed market ex-US equities. Eligible large- and mid-cap securities are given a multi-factor score according to momentum, quality, value, low volatility, and size. Momentum is based on earnings announcement drift, earnings momentum, and price momentum signals. Quality is measured by gross profitability, share dilution, accruals, changes in net operating assets, carbon emissions intensity, and greenhouse gas reduction targets. Value is based on book-to-price, cash flow yield, dividend yield, and earnings yield, whereas low volatility is measured by the prior 12-month volatility. To select and weight securities, an optimization process is used to increase exposure to the factors, without exceeding the expected risk of the parent index. The index reconstitutes and rebalances quarterly. Before June 1, 2022, the fund was named iShares MSCI Intl Multifactor ETF and tracked the MSCI World ex USA Diversified Multiple-Factor Index.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Stocks99.14%
Finance27.79%
Producer Manufacturing9.33%
Health Technology8.30%
Retail Trade6.92%
Consumer Non-Durables6.72%
Technology Services5.55%
Electronic Technology5.42%
Consumer Durables4.49%
Utilities4.15%
Energy Minerals4.01%
Non-Energy Minerals2.99%
Commercial Services2.38%
Communications2.18%
Consumer Services2.05%
Industrial Services1.90%
Process Industries1.74%
Transportation1.61%
Distribution Services1.41%
Health Services0.18%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.86%
UNIT0.51%
Cash0.35%
Stock breakdown by region
Europe58.58%
Asia27.04%
Oceania7.26%
North America6.83%
Middle East0.29%
Latin America0.00%
Africa0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history