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iShares MSCI Belgium ETFEWK Fund Description
EWK tracks a market-cap weighted index of Belgian securities. It caps its largest holding at 25%.
EWK Factset Analytics Insight
EWK is the only ETF available covering Belgium, and provides an imperfect Fit to the market. No 1940 Act ETF can fully replicate the Belgian market due to RIC diversification rules. The colossal Anheuser-Busch InBev represents over half of the Belgian market, but RIC rules force funds to cap exposure to a single constituent at 25%. Therefore, EWK is forced to underweight Anheuser-Busch InBev to about a quarter of the total portfolio, and each sector outside consumer cyclicals is consistently overweighted by a few percentage points. That's about as representative a take on Belgium that you could get from an ETF. EWK sees decent liquidity and volume, generally trading at small spreads. EWK's underlying portfolio contains a large helping of small, less-liquid Belgian companies so price impact can be a concern when trading large blocks. EWK charges a high expense ratio for such a vanilla fund, but median tracking results indicate that realized holding costs are far less than quoted. Overall, EWK is the only game in town when it comes to Belgium, and it fulfills its role well.
EWK MSCI ESG Analytics Insight
iShares MSCI Belgium ETF has an MSCI ESG Fund Rating of A based on a score of 6.74 out of 10. The MSCI ESG Fund Rating measures the resiliency of portfolios to long-term risks and opportunities arising from environmental, social, and governance factors. ESG Fund Ratings range from best (AAA) to worst (CCC). Highly rated funds consist of companies that tend to show strong and/or improving management of financially relevant environmental, social and governance issues. These companies may be more resilient to disruptions arising from ESG events.
The fund’s Peer Rank reflects the ranking of a fund’s MSCI ESG Fund Quality Score against the scores of other funds within the same peer group, as defined by the Thomson Reuters Lipper Global Classification. iShares MSCI Belgium ETF ranks in the 84th percentile within its peer group and in the 18th percentile within the global universe of all funds covered by MSCI ESG Fund Ratings.
EWK MSCI FaCS and Factor Box
MSCI FaCS is a standard method for evaluating and reporting the Factor characteristics of equity portfolios including ETFs. The Factor Box includes 6 Factors that MSCI has identified that historically provided a return premium. On the vertical axis, the Factor Groups, are displayed and the horizontal axis displays the Factor exposure, overweight, underweight or neutral.
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EWK Factset Analytics Block Liquidity
This measurement shows how easy it is to trade a $1 million USD block of EWK. EWK is rated a 3 out of 5.
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