IKO - iShares MSCI South Korea ETF

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The iShares MSCI South Korea Capped Index Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the South Korean market, as measured by the MSCI Korea Index.

http://au.ishares.com/fund/fund-overview-IKO-ASX.do

 

[robusta]

Re: IKO - iShares MSCI South Korea Capped Index Fund

Just started having a glance at this ETF, I am a little confused as to why this is the only ishares fund with the word capped in its name. Does anyone know what this refers to?

 

[sinner]

Re: IKO - iShares MSCI South Korea Capped Index Fund

". A capping methodology is applied that limits the weight of any single component to a maximum of 25% of the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index. "

 

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Re: IKO - iShares MSCI South Korea Capped Index Fund

". A capping methodology is applied that limits the weight of any single component to a maximum of 25% of the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index. "

Thank you sinner, I guess this is because Samsung is currently 22.8% of this ETF.

 

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Re: IKO - iShares MSCI South Korea Capped Index Fund

On July 8th, 2013, iShares MSCI South Korea Capped Index Fund changed its name to iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF.

 

[System]

On January 22nd, 2018, iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF changed its name to iShares MSCI South Korea ETF.