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About iShares International Treasury Bond ETF
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Inception date
Jan 21, 2009
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
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
IGOV provides exposure to developed market, ex-US sovereign bonds. The fund may invest in investment-grade securities with maturities greater than one year. IGOV specifically targets local-currency-denominated sovereign bonds. The index limits each countrys exposure at 21% and weights their securities in proportion to their market value. In addition, the total market weights of countries with more than 4.6% market weight is capped at 47%. The index is rebalanced on a monthly basis. Investors should be cognizant of IGOV's heavy exposure to Japanese government bonds and the Japanese yen due to its market-value weighting scheme, and investors will inevitably have the greatest single-currency exposure to the euro. Prior to Sep. 1, 2020, the fund tracked the S&P International Sovereign Ex-U.S. Bond Index.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Government
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Government99.27%
Corporate0.43%
Cash0.29%
Stock breakdown by region
Europe68.30%
Asia16.59%
Oceania7.34%
North America4.50%
Middle East3.28%
Latin America0.00%
Africa0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history