Description: The fund aims to track the MSCI Europe Index and offers exposure to approximately 400 diverse large and mid cap European companies. Continental Europe including the UK is the World's largest economic area by GDP and its second largest equity market region after North America, the fund includes a diverse mix of stocks representing all the developed Continental European markets including the UK and all the major industry groups available to investors. The benchmark is a size and liquidity screened market cap weighted index and full details of the index methodology can be found on mscibarra.com. This ETF is an accumulating fund i.e. it automatically reinvests any income received back into the fund, rather than paying it to the investor.
Home Page: www.ishares.com/uk/individual/en/products/251861/ishares-msci-europe-ucits-etf-acc-fund
SMEA Technical AnalysisExchange: LSE
Country: UK
Currency: Pence sterling (p)
Category: Europe Large-Cap Blend Equity
| Asset Allocation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Asset Class | Long % | Short % | Net Assets |
| Stock non-US | 97.90 | 0.00 | 97.90 |
| Stock US | 1.20 | 0.00 | 1.20 |
| Cash | 0.61 | 0.00 | 0.61 |
| Other | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.17 |
| NotClassified | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.12 |
| Bond | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Sector Weights | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sector | Equity % | Relative to Category |
| Financial Services | 16.94 | 16.56 |
| Healthcare | 16.06 | 16.42 |
| Industrials | 13.85 | 13.60 |
| Consumer Defensive | 12.80 | 12.81 |
| Consumer Cyclicals | 10.41 | 9.62 |
| Basic Materials | 7.45 | 7.51 |
| Technology | 6.59 | 7.91 |
| Energy | 6.43 | 5.34 |
| Communication Services | 4.32 | 5.18 |
| Utilities | 4.04 | 3.84 |
| Real Estate | 1.11 | 1.22 |
| World Regions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Region | Equity % | Relative to Category |
| Europe Developed | 75.55 | 76.21 |
| United Kingdom | 22.81 | 21.41 |
| North America | 1.21 | 1.77 |
| Asia Developed | 0.27 | 0.41 |
| Latin America | 0.16 | 0.08 |
| Japan | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Australasia | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| Asia Emerging | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Europe Emerging | 0.00 | 0.08 |
| Africa/Middle East | 0.00 | 0.00 |