- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Global
- Address
- 2 Ballsbridge Park, Ballsbridge Dublin Ireland D04 YW83
- IPO Date
- Aug 16, 2017
- Business
- iShares VII PLC serves as an umbrella investment company with variable capital and segregated liability between its funds, authorized by the Central Bank of Ireland as a UCITS structure and primarily offering exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that seek to track the performance of various benchmark indices, including equity, fixed income, and sector-specific portfolios. The company provides a range of physically replicating and sampling-based ETFs such as iShares MSCI USA UCITS ETF USD (Acc) (ticker: ISMCF), which replicates the MSCI USA Index by investing in large-cap and mid-cap U.S. stocks across diversified sectors including technology, financial services, healthcare, and consumer cyclical; iShares Core S&P 500 UCITS ETF tracking the S&P 500 Index; iShares Core EURO STOXX 50 UCITS ETF; iShares MSCI Japan UCITS ETF; iShares € Govt Bond 1-3yr UCITS ETF EUR (Acc); iShares NASDAQ 100 UCITS ETF; and others like iShares Russell 1000 Growth UCITS ETF and iShares S&P 500 Paris-Aligned Climate UCITS ETF, with share classes featuring accumulating or distributing policies, currency hedging options, and ESG-enhanced variants classified under Article 8 of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. These ETFs are listed on multiple stock exchanges including the London Stock Exchange, and target institutional and retail investors seeking exposure to U.S., European, Asian, and emerging markets, as well as government bonds and sustainability-focused strategies.
Incorporated on 9 April 2009 and headquartered at J.P. Morgan, 200 Capital Dock, 79 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2, D02 RK57, Ireland, iShares VII PLC operates globally with shares admitted for trading across European and international exchanges, managed by BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited as promoter, investment manager, and distributor, with BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited as manager, State Street Fund Services (Ireland) Limited as administrator and registrar, and State Street Custodial Services (Ireland) Limited as depositary.
Recent developments include multiple prospectus updates, with the latest on 3 December 2025 to reflect ongoing regulatory and operational adjustments; delistings of certain currency trading lines without fund closures as of 28 October 2025; total expense ratio (TER) reductions for key funds such as iShares MSCI USA UCITS ETF USD (Acc) from 0.33% to 0.07% effective 19 December 2022, and similar cuts for Euro government bond ETFs and iShares S&P 500 Paris-Aligned Climate UCITS ETF; launches of iShares Russell 1000 Growth UCITS ETF and iShares Russell 1000 Value UCITS ETF on 28 June 2023; closure of iShares MSCI Russia ADR/GDR UCITS ETF; reclassification of select funds like iShares MSCI USA Small Cap ESG Enhanced UCITS ETF to Article 8 under SFDR; board changes including the appointment of Peter Vivian in November 2022 and resignation of Jessica Irschick in March 2023; and the scheduled 2025 Annual General Meeting on 19 December 2025 at BlackRock's Dublin offices, alongside regular net asset value publications and an interim report for the period ended 31 January 2025.