iShares Southeast Asia Trust - iShares MSCI India Index ETF units Thailand Depository Receipt Repr 0.01 Sh (SET: INDIAESG19) is a cross-border exchange-traded depositary receipt issued by Yuanta Securities (Thailand) Public Company Limited and listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. The depositary receipt represents a beneficial interest at a ratio of 100 depositary receipts to 1 underlying ETF unit (0.01 unit per receipt) in the iShares MSCI India Climate Transition ETF (formerly the iShares MSCI India Index ETF), a sub-fund of the Singapore-domiciled umbrella unit trust iShares Southeast Asia Trust. The umbrella fund structure was established in Singapore in 2006 and is managed by BlackRock (Singapore) Limited, with HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore) Limited acting as trustee, while the depositary receipt issuer operates from its headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, as a subsidiary of Taiwan-based Yuanta Financial Holding Co., Ltd.
The financial instrument is designed to provide institutional and individual investors with liquid, local-currency access to the Indian equity market denominated and settled in Thai Baht on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. Core investment exposures and underlying product components encompass large- and mid-capitalization Indian equities across diversified industry sectors; financial services, including commercial banking, investment firms, and non-banking financial companies; information technology, including software enterprise solutions, digital transformation services, and consulting; consumer discretionary products, including automotive manufacturing and retail distribution; industrial goods, including capital goods, transportation infrastructure, and engineering services; healthcare and pharmaceuticals; consumer staples; communication services; energy; and basic materials. Portfolio holdings are selected and weighted through systematic environmental, social, and governance screening methodologies that actively exclude entities involved in controversial weapons, civilian firearms, thermal coal extraction, tobacco production, and persistent violations of the United Nations Global Compact principles.
In recent developments, Yuanta Securities (Thailand) officially listed and commenced secondary market trading of the INDIAESG19 depositary receipt on the Stock Exchange of Thailand in July 2024, expanding the suite of foreign equity-linked investment instruments available to Thai domestic investors. This issuance builds upon the underlying fund's strategic transition, which saw the sub-fund rebranded from the iShares MSCI India Index ETF to the iShares MSCI India Climate Transition ETF and its tracking benchmark converted to the MSCI India ESG Enhanced Focus CTB Select Index. This operational shift aligned the underlying portfolio with European Union Climate Transition Benchmark decarbonization targets, implementing continuous carbon-intensity reduction mandates while reducing the underlying management fee structure from 0.99% to 0.65%.