iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF
Emerging-markets stock index ETF · tracks MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index
As of its 2026 Q2 report, iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF held 920 positions with $3.84B in net assets. Its ten largest holdings made up 40.6% of the fund. The AAXJ share class costs 0.72% a year. Over the 12 months to May 2026, AAXJ returned 56.3%, with dividends reinvested. In 2026 Q3 it added 85 new positions and exited 50.
The iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (the Fund ) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Asian equities, excluding Japan.
The fund tracks the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index using representative sampling, holding a portfolio of securities with similar investment characteristics to the index rather than all its constituents. Because the fund may not hold all index components, its returns may diverge from the index. The fund may invest up to 20% of assets in derivatives, cash and cash equivalents, and securities outside the index to aid tracking.
What you own
| Company | Weight | Value | Shares | Reported price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 16.28% | $624.91M | 9.0M | $69.42 |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 6.78% | $260.28M | 1.7M | $150.59 |
SK hynix Inc. | 4.63% | $177.71M | 199.3K | $891.77 |
Tencent Holdings Limited | 3.70% | $142.00M | 2.3M | $60.73 |
BABAFAlibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.70% | $103.47M | 6.3M | $16.48 |
BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional; SL Agency Shares | 1.82% | $69.95M | — | — |
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.30% | $50.07M | 714.0K | $70.13 |
MediaTek Inc. | 1.22% | $46.62M | 558.4K | $83.48 |
AIA Group Limited | 1.09% | $41.85M | 3.8M | $10.98 |
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 1.03% | $39.44M | 34.9M | $1.13 |
Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-04-30 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.
The 200 largest of 920 holdings, with the share counts as filed, open with a free account.
What the fund is made of
Percentages are of fund net assets. Rounding, liabilities and short positions can make totals differ from 100%.
| Stocks | 96.78% |
| Other | 2.94% |
| Cash & short-term | 2.55% |
| Derivatives | 0.00% |
Derivatives are shown at market value, not notional exposure.
How it has done
AAXJ share class · total returns with dividends reinvested
Volatility over the last 12 months: 21.33%. Past returns are a record, not a forecast.
Jun 2026 and Jul 2026 have been filed since the trailing figures were struck, so they are not in the table above or the curve — every figure here shares one cut-off, which is what makes them comparable with other funds.
Fees & fund details
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF is an emerging-markets equity index ETF that tracks the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index.
- Asset class
- Equity
- Region
- Emerging markets
- Management
- Index (passive)
- Fund type
- ETF
- Expense ratio, by class
- 0.72%· AAXJ 0.72%
- Portfolio turnover
- 10.00% a year · as of 2025 Q4
Turnover is how much of the portfolio was replaced in a year.
Classified from what the fund holds, not from its name · 2026 Q2. The summary is a paraphrase of the prospectus; the objective is verbatim.
What changed this quarter
Positions that entered or left the fund since its previous filing. Positions that were only resized are not listed.
85 new· the largest 8
50 exited· the largest 8
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