iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF (BK0A)

Overview

The fund is focused on delivering investment opportunities by primarily engaging in assets that closely match the components of its underlying index. This index is specifically constructed to track the performance of small-capitalization companies located within emerging market countries. By dedicating at least 80% of its assets towards the securities that comprise the underlying index or those investments with nearly identical economic characteristics, the fund aims to provide a strategic approach to investing in the promising yet often more volatile segment of small-cap stocks in burgeoning markets.

Products and Services

• Component Securities Investment

  The fund invests a substantial portion of its assets in the securities that make up its underlying index. This approach ensures that investments are closely tied to the performance of small-capitalization companies in emerging markets, offering investors exposure to a diversified portfolio that mirrors the economic characteristics of these component securities.

• Economic Characteristics Alignment Investments

  In addition to direct investments in the component securities of the underlying index, the fund also allocates assets to investments that have economic characteristics nearly identical to those of the index constituents. This strategy further diversifies the investment approach, allowing for enhanced exposure to the small-cap segment in emerging markets through vehicles that may not be direct index components but offer similar performance and risk profiles.