SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Carbon Aware 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 Emerging markets equity funds would cost $252 (0.50% a year), so WEMG is $49 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 · 1038 securities · top 10 = 27.1%
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Sector
Monthly returns
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.9 | −0.7 | −7.4 | 6.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | −1.6 | −0.3 | 1.4 | −5.4 | 0.7YTD | ||
| 2025 | 2.1 | −0.9 | −0.5 | −0.3 | 4.6 | −2.1 | 8.2 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.4 | −3.3 | −0.4 | 17.5 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 1.0 | −0.8 | 3.1 | 3.1 | −2.2 | 6.4 | 1.5 | −0.7 | 3.8 | 25.3 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | −1.4 | 2.5 | 1.0 | −0.2 | 1.9 | 6.7 | −3.7 | −2.1 | −2.6 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 5.7 |
| 2022 | 2.3 | −7.3 | −4.2 | −2.6 | 0.1 | −0.2 | −3.1 | 2.6 | −3.8 | −3.3 | 7.1 | −0.9 | −13.2 |
| 2021 | 4.3 | −1.4 | −0.3 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 3.9 | −6.1 | 2.7 | −0.6 | −2.0 | 1.4 | −0.7 | 3.7 |
| 2020 | 0.2 | −1.2 | −15.4 | 5.9 | −2.6 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 2.3 | −2.2 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 4.2 |
| 2019 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 3.5 | −4.4 | 4.7 | 1.1 | −3.4 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 20.2 |
| 2018 | 5.7 | −0.6 | −2.1 | 0.9 | −3.1 | −2.3 | 2.9 | −0.7 | 0.3 | −6.8 | 2.9 | 0.8 | −2.7 |
| 2017 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 | −2.9 | 2.0 | 3.3 | −0.1 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 24.8 |
| 2016 | −5.5 | −0.8 | 6.4 | 1.2 | 2.7 | −0.4 | 4.4 | 2.1 | −0.3 | 0.5 | −2.9 | 3.2 | 10.7 |
| 2015 | 5.5 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 0.2 | −4.7 | −0.9 | −6.0 | −3.2 | 7.2 | −4.6 | −4.1 | −4.8 |
| 2014 | −4.8 | 0.4 | −0.8 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 0.7 | −1.3 | 2.3 | 3.9 | −3.3 | 8.4 |
| 2013 | −0.1 | −0.1 |
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
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Overlap is the share of the portfolio held in common, look-through. Correlation is of daily returns. High overlap means close substitutes.
WEMG questions answered
Written from the latest data on this page. General information only, not financial advice.
How diversified is SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Carbon Aware ETF?
SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Carbon Aware ETF holds 1,038 securities, and its ten largest positions make up 27.1% of the fund, more spread out than the 37.6% typical of Emerging markets equity funds. That makes it widely diversified.
Its largest country exposure is Taiwan at 30.7%, and its biggest sector is Information Technology at 31.5%, based on holdings as at 2 Sept 2026.
Which ETFs does WEMG double up with most?
WEMG shares the most holdings with Betashares MSCI Emerging Markets Complex ETF (BEMG) (50% overlap), Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE) (33% overlap) and iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEM) (32% overlap). Overlap is the share of the portfolio the two funds hold in common, looking through to the underlying securities.
None of these overlaps is above half, so pairing WEMG with one of them adds some genuinely different holdings.
How is SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Carbon Aware ETF managed – active or passive?
SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Carbon Aware ETF is passively managed: it follows an index and holds what that index holds, rather than relying on a manager's stock picks.
Among Emerging markets equity funds, active funds charge a median 0.72% a year and index funds 0.48%.
What will I pay in fees for WEMG?
WEMG charges a management fee of 0.35% a year, about $35 for every $10,000 invested. That is cheaper than 58% of the 471 ASX ETFs we track, where the median fee is 0.44%. Among Emerging markets equity funds, the median is 0.48%.
Lower-cost funds with a similar focus include iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (EMXC) at 0.25%.
If you would rather have a manager choose the investments, active options such as Fidelity Global Emerging Markets Active ETF (FEMX) at 0.99% and Bell Global Emerging Companies Class A Active ETF (B1SM) at 1.34% 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 0.27% for WEMG.
Does SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Carbon Aware ETF follow a theme?
No. SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Carbon Aware ETF is a broad equity fund: it aims to cover a wide slice of its market (Emerging markets) rather than one theme or sector. Its largest sector, Information Technology, is 31.5% of the fund.
What is under the hood of WEMG?
As at 2 Sept 2026, WEMG's ten largest holdings are Taiwan Semicon Man (15.2%), Alibaba Group Hldg (2.4%), Mediatek Inc (2.0%), China Const Bk (1.4%), Netease Inc (1.2%), Hon Hai Precision (0.9%), Ind & Com Bk China (0.9%), Hdfc Bank (0.9%), Icici Bank Ltd (0.9%) and Delta Electronic (0.8%). Together they make up 26.6% 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 WEMG's index are in the issuer's PDS. Its top 10 weighting of 27.1% compares with 37.6% for similar funds.
How well has SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Carbon Aware ETF performed?
Based on its category, SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Carbon Aware ETF aims to grow your capital in line with the index it tracks.
To 23 Oct 2026, with distributions reinvested, it returned −1.6% over 1 year (median 7.4%; ranked 8 of 9), 14.4% a year over 3 years and 5.9% a year over 5 years. The medians and rankings compare it with Emerging markets equity funds. Since listing in 2013 it has returned 7.6% 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 WEMG; 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 0.35% a year, and a much bigger gap is a warning sign.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.