iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF
ESGE
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- Financial Services
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- Asset Management - Global
- Address
- 50 Hudson Yards New York NY United States of America 10001
- IPO Date
- Jul 20, 2016
- CIK
- 0000930667
- Website
- ishares.com
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- iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF (ESGE) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI Emerging Markets Extended ESG Focus Index, which comprises large- and mid-capitalization emerging market equities exhibiting positive environmental, social, and governance (ESG) characteristics relative to the parent MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The fund employs a representative sampling technique to invest in growth and value stocks across diversified sectors and market capitalizations in emerging market regions, including Asia, Latin America, and other developing economies; it explicitly excludes companies involved in tobacco, controversial weapons, civilian firearms production or retail, thermal coal production, thermal coal-based power generation, and oil sands extraction. Top holdings as of late 2025 include Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (11.89% weight), Tencent Holdings Ltd. (4.91%), Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (3.46%), Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (3.16%), and SK Hynix Inc. (2.19%), with approximately 334 holdings and net assets of $5.46 billion. Launched on June 28, 2016, and domiciled in the United States, ESGE is issued by BlackRock, Inc. and managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors, with headquarters at 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, California. The fund trades on NASDAQ under ticker ESGE (CUSIP: 46434G863), features a net expense ratio of 0.26%, semi-annual distributions, and serves institutional and retail investors seeking ESG-tilted exposure to emerging markets. In recent developments, institutional investors such as Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased their stakes by 20.1% in Q2 2025 through additional share purchases; similar stake expansions occurred among firms including Motco (17.5% increase in Q1 2025), Centennial Bank AR (1.2%), MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB (1.9%), Flow Traders U.S. LLC (0.5%), and Greykasell Wealth Strategies Inc. (1.5%), reflecting sustained demand amid broader industry shifts toward transition-focused sustainable strategies over traditional ESG screening approaches. As of September 30, 2025, shares outstanding stood at 125.8 million, with the fund maintaining its core ESG methodology amid net asset growth to over $5.4 billion.