iShares Emerging Markets Bond Active ETF
$48.77+0.09 (+0.18%)
- 0.50%
- $34M
- 0M sh
- $48.70
- low $48.20high $52.15
The ETF.net BREM Grade
C
Score 53 out of 100
- 11 of 17
Score 53 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.D28 out of 100Rank 11 of 17Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A89 out of 100Rank 10 of 15Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B57 out of 100Rank 6 of 16Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C45 out of 100Rank 12 of 17Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B58 out of 100Rank 9 of 17Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.D32 out of 100Rank 14 of 17
Our read on BREM
CA bond fund sitting in a peer group stuffed with emerging markets stock trackers. BREM is iShares' active take on EM debt: roughly 150 positions run for total return from income and capital growth, not to match an index.
The fund seeks to maximize total return through both income and capital growth.
Why people hold it
- Actively run rather than index-bound: the managers pick across emerging market debt with a stated mandate to maximize total return through income and capital growth.ishares.com
- 0.50% a year buys active bond management at essentially the 0.49% median fee of its emerging markets peer group.
- Roughly 150 bonds spread across the portfolio, so no single borrower carries the whole thing.
Worth knowing
- Launched in October 2025, so it is early in its life: small asset base, light trading, and less than a full market cycle of history to judge.
- The fee leaders in its peer group are passive stock funds (VEXC at 0.07%, XCEM at 0.16%). Different exposure entirely, but active bond work carries the higher price tag.
- Emerging market debt means sovereign, credit and currency swings layered on top of interest rate moves, a different ride than a US bond fund.
BREM Holdings
- Bonds
- 162
- 15%
- Blk Csh Fnd Treasury Sl Agency
Geography
- United States58.93%
- Saudi Arabia5.72%
- Hungary3.58%
- Ukraine3.57%
- Egypt3.38%
- Romania3.21%
- Oman2.38%
- Ecuador2.11%
- 17.12%
Developed 0% · Emerging 100%
BREM Performance
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BREM$10,006
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | BREM |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +0.1% |
| 1 month | −2.5% |
| 3 months | −3.6% |
| 1 year | — |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
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 | BREM |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +0.1% | |
| 2025 | +2.7% |
BREM in the news
BREM Dividends
- $0.24 per share
- Monthly
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
BREM Risk
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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.
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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.
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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.
- 0.38
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
BREM Cost
0.50%
BREM0.50%
- The middle half of Emerging Markets Bonds (US Dollar) funds
- Median 0.40%
10 of the 17 Emerging Markets Bonds (US Dollar) funds charge less.
Other funds in Emerging Markets Bonds (US Dollar)
- BCEMBiShares J.P. Morgan EM Corporate Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return +1.3%
- BPCYInvesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return −0.8%
- CTEMDTempleton Emerging Markets Debt ETFExpense ratio 0.45%1 year return —
- CNEMDNeuberger Berman Emerging Markets Debt Hard Currency ETFExpense ratio 0.85%1 year return +5.6%
- DEMCBWisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond FundExpense ratio 0.60%1 year return +1.2%