Key Highlights

  • The fund tracks the S&P Asia 50 index and reports management fees and costs of 0.29 percent.
  • Technology makes up 66.70 percent of the portfolio, compared with a category average of 46.06 percent.
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co is the largest holding at 28.07 percent.
  • The units fell 2.75 percent to $179.90 on 3 November 2026 in the session shown on the listing.

The iShares Asia 50 ETF (ASX:IAA) seeks to track the S&P Asia 50 Net TR Index in Australian dollars, giving investors a single listing that covers 50 large companies across the region. On 3 November 2026 the units fell $5.09, or 2.75 percent, to $179.90, with a day range of $179.35 to $184.50 against a previous close of $184.99. The fund has been listed since 10 September 2008.

Fund detail

Information

Ticker

ASX:IAA

Benchmark

S&P Asia 50 NR USD

Category

Equity Asia Pacific w/o Japan

Admitted

10 September 2008

Management fees and costs

0.29%

Fund size

$1.64 Billion

Units outstanding

8,846,366

Annual yield

1.61%

Last price (3 November 2026)

$179.90

Total fund holdings

68 companies

ISIN

AU000000IAA6

What the fund tracks

The fund's objective is to track the performance of its benchmark index before fees and expenses. Its management fees and costs are 0.29 percent, and the listing reports a fund size of $1.64 billion. The portfolio holds 99.46 percent in shares and 0.55 percent in cash, and turnover is recorded at 0.49 percent.

The 68 holdings are all valued above one billion dollars in market capitalisation, according to the listing's breakdown.

Country and sector balance

Technology accounts for 66.70 percent of the fund, well above the category average of 46.06 percent. Financial services follow at 15.61 percent, with consumer cyclical at 7.14 percent and communication services at 6.87 percent. Industrials (1.50 percent) and healthcare (0.42 percent) carry much smaller weights than their category shares.

Taiwan is the largest country exposure at 41.31 percent, followed by South Korea at 31.15 percent and China at 18.80 percent. Singapore, Hong Kong and a 0.42 percent United States holding complete the geographic breakdown.

Concentration in leading companies

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co accounts for 28.07 percent of the fund, while Samsung Electronics is at 13.51 percent and SK hynix at 11.45 percent. Together these three positions represent more than half of the portfolio.

Tencent (5.08 percent), Alibaba (4.03 percent), MediaTek (3.70 percent) and DBS Group (1.86 percent) follow, and the ten largest holdings make up 73.02 percent of the fund.

Final Word

The fund's profile is heavily weighted toward semiconductor and electronics manufacturers in Taiwan and South Korea, with smaller allocations to several sectors the category covers. Because the fund tracks an index rather than selecting stocks actively, its composition follows the index methodology, and the concentration of its largest holdings is the main structural feature to note. The fee level and the day's price decline are the other figures the listing presents.