iShares MSCI EM UCITS ETF USD (Dist) (IEMM.AS) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index by investing in a representative sample of equity securities of large-cap and mid-cap companies operating across diversified sectors in emerging market countries worldwide. The ETF provides exposure to public equity markets in regions including Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa; it distributes dividends quarterly with a total expense ratio of 0.18% and assets under management exceeding EUR 6 billion. Launched on November 18, 2005, by BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited and managed by BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited, the fund is domiciled in Ireland and listed on exchanges such as Euronext Amsterdam, London Stock Exchange, Deutsche Boerse Xetra, Borsa Italiana and SIX Swiss Exchange. Top holdings include Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, Tencent Holdings Limited, Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and HDFC Bank Limited, representing key sectors like technology, financials and consumer discretionary. In a recent development, the fund underwent a name change from iShares Public Limited Company - iShares MSCI Emerging Markets UCITS ETF (Dist), reflecting ongoing refinements in BlackRock's iShares branding strategy.