- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- Ireland
- IPO Date
- Feb 12, 2013
- Business
- iShares Core S&P 500 UCITS ETF USD (Dist) (IHPCF) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the performance of the S&P 500 Index, providing exposure to 500 large-cap U.S. companies across diversified sectors including technology, financials, healthcare, and consumer discretionary; it employs a representative sampling methodology with physical replication, holding approximately 500 stocks weighted by market capitalization, with top holdings such as NVIDIA Corp, Microsoft Corp, Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, and Broadcom Inc comprising over 27% of the portfolio. The ETF distributes dividends quarterly, with recent payouts including 0.158 USD per share ex-dividend on September 11, 2025, 0.1559 USD on March 13, 2025, and 0.1567 USD on December 12, 2024; it maintains a low total expense ratio of 0.07% and is unhedged against currency risk with USD as the fund currency. Launched on March 15, 2002, and domiciled in Ireland as part of iShares plc, a BlackRock product umbrella, the fund is listed on multiple European exchanges including London Stock Exchange (IUSA), Amsterdam (IUSA), and others, with assets under management exceeding EUR 17 billion and primary availability in markets such as the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, and Mexico. In recent developments, the broader iShares ETF platform, including this fund's issuer BlackRock, achieved record annual inflows nearing USD 450 billion in 2025, driven by strong demand for equity and fixed-income products; BlackRock reported unprecedented Q4 inflows approaching USD 100 billion as of early December 2025, alongside organic base-fee growth and expansions into private markets through acquisitions completed in prior years. The fund continues quarterly distributions amid sustained U.S. equity market growth, with no reported structural changes, acquisitions, or rebranding specific to this share class in the last 1-2 years.