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At a glance performance and information

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Fund:

iShares Continental European Equity Index (UK) D Acc
Sector:

IA Europe Excluding UK
Benchmark:

Index

Discrete calendar year performance

Discrete calendar year performance
Investment	31/03/19 to 31/03/20	31/03/20 to 31/03/21	31/03/21 to 31/03/22	31/03/22 to 31/03/23	31/03/23 to 31/03/24
iShares Continental European Equity Index (UK) D Acc	-8.10%	35.92%	6.55%	7.13%	13.84%
IA Europe Excluding UK	-9.37%	39.57%	4.15%	6.52%	12.32%
N/A	N/A%	N/A%	N/A%	N/A%	N/A%

Trailing returns

(*annualised)

Trailing returns
Investment	3 months	6 months	1 year	3 years*	5 years*
iShares Continental European Equity Index (UK) D Acc	6.45%	12.79%	7.05%	6.59%	8.55%
IA Europe Excluding UK	6.49%	14.49%	7.03%	5.13%	7.96%
N/A	N/A%	N/A%	N/A%	N/A%	N/A%

Overview

Fund Objective: The Fund aims to provide a return on your investment (generated through an increase in the value of the assets held by the Fund) by tracking closely the performance of the FTSE World Europe ex UK Index, the Fund’s benchmark index. The Fund invests in equity securities (e.g. shares) of companies that make up the benchmark index. The benchmark index measures the performance of equity securities of leading companies listed in Europe, excluding the United Kingdom. The benchmark index is a free float-adjusted market capitalisation weighted index. Free float-adjusted means that only shares readily available in the market rather than all of a company’s issued shares are used in calculating the benchmark index. Free float-adjusted market capitalisation is the share price of a company multiplied by the number of shares readily available in the market. The Fund is passively managed and the investment manager has limited discretion to select the Fund’s investments and in doing so will take into consideration the benchmark index. The Fund intends to replicate the benchmark index by holding the equity securities, which make up the benchmark index, in similar proportions to the benchmark index. The Fund may also engage in short term secured lending of its investments to certain eligible third parties. This is used as a means of generating additional income and to off-set the costs of the Fund. Recommendation: This Fund may not be appropriate for short-term investment.

Manager name	BlackRock
Manager start date	14 March 2016
Manager Biography	Kieran Doyle, CFA, Vice President and portfolio manager, is a member of BlackRock's Institutional Index Equity team. Mr. Doyle's service with the firm dates back to 2004, including his years with Barclays Global Investors (BGI), which merged with BlackRock in 2009. At BGI, he was a portfolio manager in the Institutional Index Equity team. Prior to joining BGI, he was with KPMG. Mr. Doyle earned a master's degree in economics and finance from Bristol University in 2000.

Investment style:	Passive/Tracking,Growth
Region (geographical)	Europe Ex UK

Benchmark	N/A
Sector	IA Europe Excluding UK
FE fundinfo Rating	N/A

Fees & charges

Fees and Charges

Fees and Charges
Charge	Who receives this?	What is it?	Amount
Initial charge:	The fund manager	Charges applied by the fund management company for investing in their fund. Please note that Investment Managers may charge each time you buy new units or shares in a fund or trust. Where Investment Managers would have an entry charge, we will negotiate to have it waived so you will not be charged.	0.00%
Ongoing Charges:	The fund manager	The annual charge paid to a fund manager to cover the costs of running the fund. It is an estimate based on the actual amount charged in the previous year.	0.06%
Performance Fee:	The fund manager	A performance fee joins up the interest of the fund manager and their investors. A performance fee is taken when the fund beats pre-set conditions.	0%
Typical transaction cost:	The fund manager	The costs of dealing within a fund, which the Investment Manager must pay to continue managing the assets. This includes where the Manager decides to sell one stock and buy another. The costs will vary from one fund to another based on how often the Investment Manager trades and the costs applied when trading.	0.188%*
Dealing commission:	Halifax	The cost of buying or selling some or all of your investment.	£9.50 (per online trade)

*This is an indication based on the market average. The fund’s actual transaction cost will be shown before you place a trade.
Account charges are not included
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Breakdown

Asset Allocation

Fund size: 6,045,520,783.52 GBX

Chart date: April 19, 2024

Top 10 Holdings

Top 10 Holdings
Security	Weight
Novo nordisk a/s	4.42%
Asml holding nv	4.32%
Nestle s.a.	3.23%
Vmh moet hennessy louis vuitton	2.53%
Sap se	2.43%
Novartis ag	2.29%
Roche hldg ag	2.01%
Siemens aktiengesellschaft	1.62%
Totalenergies se	1.61%
Schneider electric se	1.38%

Sectors

Sectors
Sectors	Weight
Financials	18.69%
Industrials	18.34%
Health Care	15.59%
Consumer Discretionary	13.76%
Technology	10.35%
Consumer Staples	7.48%
Basic Materials	4.48%
Energy	3.86%
Utilities	3.68%
Telecommunications	2.76%

World regions

World regions
Country	Weight
France	22.71%
Switzerland	17.93%
Germany	16.88%
Netherlands	9.73%
Denmark	6.59%
Sweden	6.26%
Italy	5.81%
Spain	5.34%
Belgium	1.91%
Finland	1.88%

ESG

What is ESG?

ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance and is an approach for evaluating to what extent a company works towards social goals. For investors this can be used in order to understand how their funds and the assets they are made up of work towards these goals and use that information to help make sustainable investment choices.

ESG Metric

Score

MSCI ESG Quality Score (0-10)

7.7

MSCI ESG Quality Score - Peer Percentile (0-100)

26%

MSCI ESG Quality Score - Global Percentile (0-100)

94%

Fund Environmental Impact Involvement (%)

23%

Fund Social Score Impact Involvement (%)

Fund Severe Governance Controversies Involvement (%)

iShares Continental European Equity Index (UK) D Acc