Key highlights

  • ASX:IHD tracks the S&P/ASX Sustainability Screened Dividend Opportunities Index.
  • The fund holds 56 companies, with Australia at 99.07% and the top ten making up 75.95%.
  • The fund has about $399.91 million in assets and a 0.22% management fee.

The iShares S&P/ASX Dividend Opportunities ESG Screened ETF (ASX:IHD) gives investors exposure to Australian dividend-paying companies that have passed a sustainability screen. It seeks to track the performance of the S&P/ASX Sustainability Screened Dividend Opportunities Index.

About the Fund

IHD was admitted to the ASX on 9 December 2010 and is classified in the Australia Equity Income category. The fund is managed by BlackRock’s Australian arm and has about $399.91 million in assets. The management fee is 0.22%.

Country exposure

The largest country allocation is Australia at 99.07%, followed by New Zealand at 0.55%. The remaining exposure is spread across the United States (0.38%).

Stocks make up 99.55% of the portfolio, and 95.49% of it is in companies valued above $1 billion.

Portfolio holdings

The portfolio holds 56 companies, with top ten holdings making up 75.95% of the fund. The largest positions are Rio Tinto Ltd (10.36%), BHP Group Ltd (10.31%), ANZ Group Holdings Ltd (10.16%), National Australia Bank Ltd (9.51%) and Westpac Banking Corporation (9.14%).

The top ten also include Transurban, Telstra, Fortescue, QBE Insurance and Suncorp. Rio Tinto and BHP together account for 20.67% of the fund.

Understanding the exposure

The five largest positions add up to 49.48% of the fund, which shows how much of the exposure rests on a small number of names. The remaining 46 holdings share the other 24.05% of the portfolio, an average of about 0.52% each. Exposure is spread across 3 countries or regions, and the three largest allocations (Australia, New Zealand and the United States) together account for 100% of the portfolio.

Fees, size and distributions

IHD pays distributions quarterly. The most recent distribution was an interim distribution of $0.285 per unit, with an ex-date of 8 October 2026 and payment on 20 October 2026, and the reported annual yield is 4.21%.

Fund structure and reporting

IHD has an ISIN of AU000000IHD5 and a head office at Level 12, 33 Alfred Street, Sydney. Recent ASX announcements from the fund include a components-of-distributions notice, distribution reinvestment plan prices, final distribution announcements and monthly applications and redemptions notices.

Australia Equity Income funds invest principally in Australian equities that seek to generate above-market levels of income, either through higher-yielding stocks or through derivatives that complement dividend income, and they typically have a large-cap bias.

Units in IHD are quoted on the ASX and can be bought and sold through a broker during trading hours, in the same way as shares, so the exposure described above is available without buying each holding separately. The fund follows a rules-based index, so its holdings and weightings are set by the index methodology and adjusted when the index is rebalanced.