iShares Core MSCI Australia ESG ETF
Performance
Total return to 23 Oct 2026, distributions reinvested, before franking. ASX figures are to 30 Sept 2026 and gross of franking, so they run higher for franked Australian funds.
What it costs to hold
Management fee plus trading costs, compared with similar funds.
A typical fund among Australian equity funds would cost $187 (0.37% a year), so IESG is $134 cheaper.
Spread is the average gap between buying and selling prices on the ASX. Fees are shown on a flat balance, not compounded on growth. Excludes tax and any adviser or platform fees.
Calendar-year returns
Where the money is
Look-through exposure as at 2 Sept 2026 · 92 securities · top 10 = 53.8%
Country
Sector
Monthly returns
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.7 | 0.8 | −7.6 | 3.4 | −0.3 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 2.3 | −2.6 | 0.5 | −0.0YTD | ||
| 2025 | 4.9 | −4.3 | −4.5 | 4.4 | 6.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.5 | −0.2 | −0.5 | −2.5 | 0.4 | 6.0 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 3.8 | −3.7 | −0.6 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 2.3 | −1.0 | 4.6 | −2.5 | 14.4 |
| 2023 | 6.7 | −1.1 | −0.2 | 3.2 | −1.5 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | −4.5 | −5.0 | 7.0 | 8.4 | 15.7 |
| 2022 | −9.3 | 0.4 | 6.5 | 0.2 | −3.3 | −9.6 | 7.0 | 0.6 | −7.6 | 5.0 | 6.7 | −3.8 | −9.0 |
| 2021 | 1.8 | 2.6 | −3.2 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 8.3 |
Total return each month in %, distributions reinvested, before franking. The latest month runs to the last price date. The first year starts from listing.
Top holdings
Most similar funds
Overlap is the share of the portfolio held in common, look-through. Correlation is of daily returns. High overlap means close substitutes.
IESG questions answered
Written from the latest data on this page. General information only, not financial advice.
How diversified is iShares Core MSCI Australia ESG ETF?
iShares Core MSCI Australia ESG ETF holds 92 securities, and its ten largest positions make up 53.8% of the fund, close to the 51.2% typical of Australian equity funds. That makes it moderately diversified.
Its country exposure is almost entirely Australia (100.0%), and its biggest sector is Financials at 29.6%, based on holdings as at 2 Sept 2026.
Which ETFs does IESG double up with most?
IESG shares the most holdings with Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF (VETH) (63% overlap), SPDR S&P/ASX 200 ESG ETF (E200) (54% overlap) and VanEck MSCI Australian Sustainable Equity ETF (GRNV) (52% overlap). Overlap is the share of the portfolio the two funds hold in common, looking through to the underlying securities.
At 63%, owning both IESG and VETH would mostly double up on the same investments rather than spread your money further. Of these, E200 has the lowest fee, at 0.05% a year against 0.09% for IESG.
How is iShares Core MSCI Australia ESG ETF managed – active or passive?
iShares Core MSCI Australia ESG ETF is passively managed: it follows an index and holds what that index holds, rather than relying on a manager's stock picks.
Among Australian equity funds, active funds charge a median 0.85% a year and index funds 0.34%.
What will I pay in fees for IESG?
IESG charges a management fee of 0.09% a year, about $9 for every $10,000 invested. That is cheaper than 95% of the 471 ASX ETFs we track, where the median fee is 0.44%. Among Australian equity funds, the median is 0.35%.
Lower-cost funds with a similar focus include Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) at 0.07%, Betashares Australia 200 ETF (A200) at 0.04% and iShares Core S&P/ASX 200 ETF (IOZ) at 0.05%.
If you would rather have a manager choose the investments, active options such as Dimensional Australian Core Equity Trust - Active ETF (DACE) at 0.28% and Airlie Australian Share Fund - Active ETF (AASF) at 0.78% cost more.
The fee is taken from the fund's assets and is already reflected in its returns. You'll also pay brokerage when you buy or sell, and the bid-ask spread, which has averaged 0.08% for IESG.
Does iShares Core MSCI Australia ESG ETF follow a theme?
No. iShares Core MSCI Australia ESG ETF is a broad equity fund: it aims to cover a wide slice of its market (Australia) rather than one theme or sector. Its largest sector, Financials, is 29.6% of the fund.
It also applies environmental, social and governance (ESG) screens, excluding companies that fail the issuer's ethical criteria.
What is under the hood of IESG?
As at 2 Sept 2026, IESG's ten largest holdings are Commonwealth Bank of Australia (12.7%), Macquarie Group Ltd Def (7.8%), Wesfarmers (7.5%), CSL (7.2%), Goodman Group Units (4.6%), Transurban Group Stapled Units (3.7%), QBE Insurance Group (2.9%), Northern Star Resources Ltd (2.6%), Evolution Mining (2.5%) and Fortescue Ltd (2.3%). Together they make up 53.8% of the fund.
It follows an index. Most broad share indices weight companies by market size, so the largest companies take the biggest share; the exact rules for IESG's index are in the issuer's PDS. Its top 10 weighting of 53.8% compares with 51.2% for similar funds.
How well has iShares Core MSCI Australia ESG ETF performed?
Based on its category, iShares Core MSCI Australia ESG ETF aims to grow your capital in line with the index it tracks.
To 23 Oct 2026, with distributions reinvested, it returned −5.3% over 1 year (median 0.6%; ranked 49 of 65), 11.6% a year over 3 years (median 11.6% a year; ranked 28 of 54) and 5.9% a year over 5 years (median 6.9% a year; ranked 30 of 48). The medians and rankings compare it with Australian equity funds. Since listing in 2021 it has returned 6.5% a year.
Tracking difference is the gap between a fund's return and its index's return. We don't hold index returns, so we can't measure it for IESG; the issuer reports it in the monthly fact sheet. As a guide, a well-run index fund trails its index by about its fee, here 0.09% a year, and a much bigger gap is a warning sign.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.