iShares Edge MSCI EM Value Factor UCITS ETF USD (Acc)

iShares Edge MSCI EM Value Factor UCITS ETF USD (Acc) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) focused on capturing value opportunities within emerging market equities. The ETF’s primary purpose is to track an index comprising large- and mid-cap companies from emerging markets that exhibit strong value characteristics, such as low price-to-book and price-to-earnings ratios. Its strategy leverages a quantitative approach to identify stocks considered undervalued relative to their financial fundamentals, aiming to provide diversified exposure to emerging economies while favoring companies with potential for capital appreciation. With a sizeable fund under management and a physical replication method, this ETF maintains direct holdings in its target stocks. It adopts an accumulating distribution policy, which reinvests all dividends rather than paying them out to shareholders, supporting compound growth. The fund invests unhedged in USD, so returns are directly exposed to currency fluctuations between the US dollar and emerging market currencies. Its sector exposure spans industries like financials, technology, energy, and consumer staples, representing a cross-section of growth dynamics and value in developing regions. This ETF plays a significant role in the financial market by allowing investors to integrate a disciplined value factor approach within a diversified basket of emerging market stocks, supporting portfolio diversification and potential long-term growth.