iShares Adaptive Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF
DEFA
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- Financial Services
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- Asset Management - Global
- Address
- 400 Howard Street San Francisco CA United States of America 94105
- IPO Date
- Jan 5, 2016
- CIK
- 0001100663
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- iShares Adaptive Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (DEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI EAFE Adaptive Hedge to USD Index, providing exposure to large- and mid-capitalization equities in developed markets across Europe, Australasia, and the Far East (EAFE) while dynamically hedging currency risk against the U.S. dollar. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in securities included in the underlying index or in depositary receipts representing such securities; it employs an adaptive currency hedging strategy that adjusts hedge ratios based on forward implied currency returns to mitigate fluctuations between local currencies and the USD. DEFA offers investors diversified access to international equities outside North America, targeting institutional and retail investors seeking currency-protected exposure to EAFE markets including countries such as Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Germany, and Australia. Launched on January 5, 2016, by BlackRock, Inc., through its iShares brand, with the first day of secondary market trading on January 7, 2016, the ETF was headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, under iShares Trust. BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager and issuer of iShares ETFs, oversees the fund from its global headquarters in New York City, with iShares products distributed worldwide. In a significant operational change, BlackRock announced the closure and liquidation of the iShares Adaptive Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (DEFA) as part of its periodic review of underperforming or low-AUM funds, with trading ceasing and last reported NAV at $33.43 as of August 23 sometime prior to full delisting. This decision aligns with broader iShares portfolio optimizations, including recent delistings of 18 ETF trading lines across European exchanges in October 2025 and closures like the iShares Frontier Markets ETF in early 2025 due to liquidity and market challenges. No major partnerships, acquisitions, funding rounds, or new product launches specific to DEFA were reported in the last 1-2 years prior to its closure.