iShares - Bringing the world's leading companies to join Australia's best

The S&P/ASX 200 ETF has allowed investors to build their portfolios with Australia’s leading companies. Now with iShares listed on ASX, Australian investors will be able to enhance their portfolios with the world’s leading companies with just one trade.

Barclays Global Investors (BGI) a global leader in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) has now listed a total of fourteen iShares on ASX.  Each of the funds tracks an established international market index enabling investors to gain cost effective and immediate exposure to global, regional and single country markets.

The table below lists each of the iShares and describes the composition of the iShare fund:

Fund Name ASX Code Composition
iShares S&P Asia 50 Index Fund  IAA  50 stocks in Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan and Singapore
iShares MSCI BRIC Index Fund  IBK Reflects the performance of publicly traded securities in Brazil, Russia, India and China 
iShares MSCI Japan IJP Reflects the performance of the Japanese equity market
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets IEM Leading companies in 22 emerging countries and 10 industry sectors
iShares S&P Global 100 IOO 100 large transnational companies with minimum capitalisation of US$5bn
iShares S&P 500 IVV US large-cap stocks across a range of industries
iShares S&P Midcap 400 IJH US stocks capitalised at US$1bn to US$4bn
iShares S&P Smallcap 600 IJR US stocks capitalised at US$300m to US$400m
iShares MSCI EAFE IVE Reflects European, Australasian and Far East market’s performance
iShares S&P Europe 350 IEU 350 stocks in 17 European markets and 10 industry sectors
iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 IZZ Reflects the leading 25 companies in the fast-growing China market
iShares MSCI Hong Kong IHK Representative of the Hong Kong market
iShares MSCI South Korea IKO Reflects the main South Korea market
iShares MSCI Singapore ISG Tracks the Singapore market
iShares MSCI Taiwan ITW Reflects the performance of leading Taiwan-based companies
iShares Russell 2000 IRU US small-cap stocks

The shares of an iShares fund trade on a continuous basis at prevailing market prices. Each iShares fund holds a portfolio of securities that is managed to reflect the performance of the particular index being tracked.  The name of each fund above includes a reference to the underlying index and the sponsor of that index.  The index sponsor is responsible for choosing the components of that index.

For more information on iShares go to www.ishares.com.au.

iShares Market Maker Quoting Schedule

Citigroup and Susquehanna have been appointed as Market Makers in the iShares listed on ASX. The Market Makers are required to make two-sided markets in the iShares within the maximum spread and the minimum quantity of iShares as tabled.

Bid Price in $AUD for Shares Maximum Spread Minimum Quantity
$25<  15c 1000
>$25-$50  25c  500
>$50 - $100 65c 100
>$100-$150 100c 50
>$150-$200 125c 50
>$200-$250 150c 50
>$250 200c 50

 

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