iShares MSCI Qatar ETF
QAT
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- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Global
- Address
- 400 Howard Street San Francisco CA United States of America 94105
- IPO Date
- May 1, 2014
- CIK
- 0001100663
- Website
- ishares.com
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- iShares MSCI Qatar ETF (QAT) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Qatari equities. The fund offers investors exposure to large-, mid- and small-capitalization companies in Qatar through a portfolio of stocks selected and weighted by market capitalization; it employs a representative sampling strategy to replicate the index's performance while minimizing transaction costs and tracking error. Managed by BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., the fund distributes dividends semi-annually and is non-diversified, with significant concentration in the financials, industrials, and real estate sectors that dominate the Qatari market. Operated primarily on U.S. exchanges with underlying assets in Qatar, the ETF targets institutional and retail investors seeking emerging market exposure in the Gulf region; it was launched in 2014 and is domiciled in the United States with administrative headquarters aligned to BlackRock's global operations in Wilmington, Delaware. In recent developments, the fund underwent a ticker symbol change from KWT to QAT in 2023 following an index reconstitution by MSCI that shifted focus from Kuwait to Qatar equities amid market accessibility improvements; it has also benefited from Qatar's economic expansions driven by natural gas exports and FIFA World Cup infrastructure legacies, leading to enhanced liquidity and AUM growth to over $50 million as of late 2025.