iShares Asia 50 ETF
$144.21−2.83 (−1.92%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.50%
- Fund size
- $5.1B
- 1Y return
- +60.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.46%
- Holdings
- 53
- Volume · 30D
- 0.5M sh
- NAV per share
- $146.47
- 52W range
The ETF.net AIA Grade
Score 48 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.FScore 24Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 81Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 40Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 64Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 28Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 64Category rank
Our read on AIA
CA 50-stock shortlist of Asia's largest companies, running since 2007. Where broad international funds spread across thousands of names, this one concentrates on the region's blue-chip giants in a single ticker.
The fund seeks to track the investment results of an index made up of 50 of the largest Asian equities.
Why people hold it
- Concentration by design: about 50 of Asia's biggest listed companies, so the region's giants carry real weight instead of being diluted by thousands of smaller names.
- Trading since 2007, so it has a long record through the financial crisis and multiple Asian market cycles, not a recent launch chasing a theme.
- The mandate is plain to read: track the S&P Asia 50 Capped Index, whose capped construction limits how heavy any one holding can become.
- A multi-billion-dollar iShares fund that sees steady daily trading, which generally makes building or exiting a position uncomplicated.
Worth knowing
- At 0.50% a year it runs well above the 0.28% median in its international-blend peer group, and far above broad options like VEU (0.04%) or IXUS (0.07%).
- Fifty stocks in one region is a slice, not a global core. Single-country, currency and single-company swings land with more force here.
- Income arrives on an annual or semiannual schedule, so it is not built around a steady monthly payout.
AIA Holdings
- Stocks
- 53
- 66%
- 2330.TW
Sectors
- Technology58.9%
- Financials21.2%
- Consumer Discr.8.6%
- Communication6.7%
- Industrials2.1%
- Health Care1.0%
- Materials0.5%
- Energy0.5%
- Real Estate0.4%
Geography
- Taiwan (Province of China)37.95%
- Korea (the Republic of)27.06%
- China23.26%
- Singapore6.42%
- Hong Kong4.73%
- Switzerland0.51%
- United States0.07%
Developed 12% · Emerging 88%
AIA Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | AIA |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +51.3% |
| 1 month | +6.0% |
| 3 months | −2.1% |
| 1 year | +60.8% |
| 3 years | +41.3% |
| 5 years | +15.9% |
| 10 years | +13.7% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | AIA |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +51.3% | |
| 2025 | +47.8% | |
| 2024 | +20.3% | |
| 2023 | +4.9% | |
| 2022 | −24.1% | |
| 2021 | −10.9% | |
| 2020 | +33.7% |
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AIA Dividends
- 1.46%
- $2.14
- $0.51 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.51 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $1.63 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.82 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $1.51 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.38 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.99 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 | $0.53 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | $0.95 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | $0.52 |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | $0.73 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Jun 16, 2021 | $0.45 |
| Dec 14, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 | $0.71 |
AIA Risk
- 20.7%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.42
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −44.4%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.22
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
AIA Cost
- The middle half of Asia-Pacific Region funds
- Median 0.19%
5 of the 7 Asia-Pacific Region funds charge less.