- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Global
- Address
- Max-Joseph-Straße 6 Munich Germany 80333
- IPO Date
- Feb 14, 2018
- Business
- iShares Core DAX UCITS ETF DE (EXS1D.XD) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the performance of the DAX Index, comprising the 40 largest and most traded German companies listed on the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Launched on December 27, 2000, and domiciled in Germany, the ETF is managed by BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG, a subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc., with its headquarters in Germany; it employs a physical replication strategy by investing in the constituent stocks of the DAX Index according to their weightings, resulting in an accumulating structure where dividends are reinvested rather than distributed. The fund offers investors exposure to large-cap German equities across diversified sectors including automobiles, chemicals, financial services, industrials, technology, and consumer goods; it is listed on multiple exchanges such as Xetra (DAXEX), Euronext Amsterdam (EXS1), Borsa Italiana (EXS1), and others, with a total expense ratio of 0.16% p.a. and assets under management exceeding EUR 8.5 billion as of late 2025. Geographically, it primarily targets European institutional and retail investors, with registrations in countries including Germany, Austria, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and others.
The ETF was formerly known as iShares DAX UCITS ETF (DE), reflecting a name change implemented around 2014 to align with BlackRock's "Core" branding for low-cost index-tracking products. No major acquisitions, funding rounds, partnerships, or new product launches specific to this ETF have been reported in the last 1-2 years; however, BlackRock has continued to expand its broader iShares ETF suite, including infrastructure and U.S. bond market offerings in 2025, underscoring ongoing innovation in passive investment vehicles. The fund maintains its focus on long-only, currency-unhedged exposure to the German equity market, with strong performance tracking the benchmark closely, such as a year-to-date total return of approximately 19-21% in EUR terms through late 2025.