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iShares MSCI Singapore ETF EWS

Issuer: iShares SEC registrant: iShares, Inc. Equity · International
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Last price 31.33 USD Change: Up +0.10 Percent change: Up +0.32%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Expense ratio
0.50%
Prospectus 30 Dec 2025
Net assets
$782.7M
As of 31 May 2026
Holdings
22
As of 31 May 2026
12-month distribution yield
3.78%
Twice a year
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

iShares MSCI Singapore ETF (EWS) is an exchange-traded fund listed on NYSE Arca in the United States, issued by iShares. Its category is Equity · International (equity). Its last price was US$31.33 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.5% a year, from its prospectus dated 30 Dec 2025. It reported net assets of US$782.66 million as of 31 May 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 22 holdings as of 31 May 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$1.18 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 3.78%, paid twice a year.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.50%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.49%
Prospectus date
30 Dec 2025
Filed with the SEC
19 Dec 2025

Source: SEC prospectus risk/return data sets (opens in a new tab) Filed

Size and reporting

Net assets
$782,655,230
Total assets
$814,491,047
Holdings as of
31 May 2026
Report made public
27 Jul 2026 (57 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Filed

Top holdings

Largest 22 of 22 positions, as of 31 May 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

EWS top holdings as of 31 May 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD SG1L01001701 24.02% $188.0M Equity (common) Singapore SGD
2 OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING CORP LTD SG1S04926220 20.37% $159.4M Equity (common) Singapore SGD
3 SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LTD SG1J26887955 5.25% $41.1M Equity (common) Singapore SGD
4 SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING LTD SG1F60858221 4.92% $38.5M Equity (common) Singapore SGD
5 YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. SG1U76934819 4.56% $35.7M Equity (common) Singapore SGD
6 WILMAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED WILMAR INTERNATIONAL LTD SG1T56930848 4.41% $34.5M Equity (common) Singapore SGD
7 SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES LTD SG1R50925390 4.41% $34.5M Equity (common) Singapore SGD
8 UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LTD SG1M31001969 4.26% $33.3M Equity (common) Singapore SGD
9 CapitaLand Ascendas REIT SG1M77906915 4.21% $33.0M Other Singapore SGD
10 SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED SINGAPORE AIRLINES LTD SG1V61937297 4.21% $33.0M Equity (common) Singapore SGD
11 BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional; SL Agency Shares BLACKROCK CASH FUNDS INSTITUTIONAL FUND SL AGENCY US0669225197 3.98% $31.2M Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD
12 SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LTD SG1T75931496 3.90% $30.5M Equity (common) Singapore SGD
13 SEA LIMITED SEA LTD US81141R1005 3.66% $28.6M Other Cayman Islands USD
14 KEPPEL LTD. KEPPEL CORP LTD SG1U68934629 3.64% $28.5M Equity (common) Singapore SGD
15 GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED GRAB HOLDINGS LTD KYG4124C1096 3.63% $28.4M Equity (common) Cayman Islands USD
16 CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust SG1M51904654 2.77% $21.7M Other Singapore SGD
17 CAPITALAND INVESTMENT LIMITED CAPITALAND INVESTMENT LTD SINGAPORE SGXE62145532 1.13% $8.9M Equity (common) Singapore SGD
18 SINGAPORE DOLLARS No identifier reported 0.48% $3.7M Other Singapore SGD
19 BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury; SL Agency Shares BLACKROCK CASH FUNDS TREASURY US0669224778 0.05% $392K Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD
20 Merrill Lynch International SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LTD SG1J26887955 0.03% $255K Equity derivatives Singapore SGD
21 BNP Paribas SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LTD SG1J26887955 <0.01% $45K Equity derivatives Singapore SGD
22 MSCI SING IX ETS JUN26 No identifier reported −<0.01% -$7K Equity derivatives Singapore SGD

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Made public Holdings as of 31 May 2026

All 22 stored holdings

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Equity (common) 88.71%
Other 11.12%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 4.03%
Equity derivatives 0.04%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
Singapore 92.58%
Cayman Islands 7.29%
United States 4.03%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
Singapore dollar (SGD) 92.58%
US dollar (USD) 11.33%

The currency each holding is denominated in. Currency hedges are not netted off, so a hedged fund still shows its holdings' currencies.

Sector

Sector weights for holdings matched to listed stocks
SectorWeightBar
Consumer Discretionary 7.29%

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 7.3% of net assets (8% of the fund's equity weight), the holdings matched by CUSIP or ticker to US stocks listed on this site. The rest is not assigned a sector.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$1.1840
2 payments per unit
12-month yield
3.78%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Twice a year
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
15 Jun 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($1.1840) ÷ latest price ($31.33) × 100 = 3.78%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (10 payments)
EWS distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
15 Jun 2026$0.5160
16 Dec 2025$0.6680
16 Jun 2025$0.4590
17 Dec 2024$0.5840
11 Jun 2024$0.3510
20 Dec 2023$0.5340
7 Jun 2023$0.6800
13 Dec 2022$0.2050
9 Jun 2022$0.2760
13 Dec 2021$1.0030

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Checked · 2 days ago Amounts are adjusted for later unit splits

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