Key Highlights

  • The fund invests 99.96% in the iShares Global Healthcare ETF and is fully weighted to Healthcare.
  • The United States represents 75.13% of the portfolio and Switzerland 9.31%.
  • The management fee is 0.40% and the fund size is $1.52 billion.
  • The July 2026 distribution of $1.539 is higher than the $1.354 paid in July 2025.

iShares Global Healthcare ETF (ASX:IXJ) seeks to achieve its objective by tracking the performance of the S&P Global 1200 Health Care Sector Net Total Return Index in Australian dollars. The fund was admitted to the ASX on 11 March 2009 and last traded at $147.88 on 13 October 2026. It reports a fund size of $1.52 billion.

Detail

Information

Ticker

ASX:IXJ

Fund

iShares Global Healthcare ETF

Category

Equity World Other

Benchmark

S&P Global 1200 Healthcare Sector TR AUD

Fund size

$1.52 billion

Management fee

0.40%

Underlying fund

iShares Global Healthcare ETF, 99.96%

ASX admission date

11 March 2009

Structure and sector focus

The fund holds almost all of its assets in one underlying fund and lists seven holdings in total. Healthcare accounts for 100% of the sector weighting, compared with 24.41% for the category, so the fund has no weighting in other sectors.

Cash is 0.45% and stocks 99.56%. Reported turnover is 0.73%, and companies above $1 billion in market capitalisation represent 98.61%.

Country exposure

The United States accounts for 75.13% of the portfolio, well above the 44.18% category figure. Switzerland holds 9.31%, the United Kingdom 4.98%, Japan 3.58% and Denmark 1.87%.

France holds 1.67%, Germany 1.57%, Australia 1.03%, Belgium 0.35% and the Netherlands 0.24%.

Fee, risk and distributions

The management fee is 0.40% a year. The fund reports a beta of 0.55 and a standard deviation of 15.69. The final distribution of $1.539 per unit had an ex-date of 1 July 2026, a record date of 2 July and payment on 13 July, equal to an annual yield of 1.54%.

That is higher than the $0.723 paid in January 2026, $1.354 in July 2025, $0.781 in January 2025 and $0.867 in July 2024.

Category classification and liquidity

Morningstar places the fund in the Equity World Other category, which covers funds investing primarily in global stocks almost exclusively, with less than 20% of the portfolio in assets other than equities and a possible bias towards a single sector or country.

Liquidity indicators add a further view. There are 10,369,920 units on issue, and average daily trading volume is 21,803 units. Over the five sessions from 7 to 13 October 2026, daily volume ranged from 14,900 to 61,600 units, with 61,619 recorded on 13 October while the market was still open. The bid-offer range stood at $147.84 to $148.11, and the day range at $147.00 to $148.29. These figures change through the trading day and reflect market activity rather than the fund's holdings.

Recent announcements

The issuer lodged monthly applications, redemptions and units-on-issue details on 7 October, the Annual Financial Report for the year to 30 June 2026 on 25 September, and a Product Disclosure Statement on 24 September.

Final Takeaway

IXJ is a single-sector fund, with Healthcare at 100% and the United States at 75.13%. Its 0.40% fee and beta of 0.55 reflect that focus. These points describe construction and do not suggest outcomes.