NPORT-EX 2 iShares_MSCI_Hong_Kong_ETF.htm iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

November 30, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Hong Kong ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

    
Banks — 6.2%            

Bank of East Asia Ltd. (The)(a)

    4,415,410     $ 9,961,501  

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

     12,480,000       42,409,121  

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

     2,572,100       52,442,549  
   

 

 

  
      104,813,171  
Beverages — 1.0%            

Budweiser Brewing Co. APAC Ltd.(b)(c)

    4,452,500       15,869,790  
   

 

 

  
Biotechnology — 1.5%            

BeiGene Ltd., ADR(c)

    121,384       24,676,154  
   

 

 

  
Capital Markets — 7.5%            

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.

     4,025,200       127,115,639  
   

 

 

  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.6%  

HKT Trust & HKT Ltd.

     12,725,500       18,662,928  

PCCW Ltd.

     14,286,169       8,614,317  
   

 

 

  
      27,277,245  
Electric Utilities — 6.7%            

CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

     2,222,500       15,048,066  

CLP Holdings Ltd.

     5,532,200       57,034,083  

HK Electric Investments & HK Electric Investments Ltd .

     9,001,000       8,819,606  

Power Assets Holdings Ltd.

     4,662,000       32,428,974  
   

 

 

  
      113,330,729  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 4.3%  

Link REIT

     7,095,000       72,511,258  
   

 

 

  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.4%  

Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd.

     1,146,800       6,708,780  
   

 

 

  
Food Products — 2.5%            

Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd.(a)

    2,490,000       9,574,782  

WH Group Ltd.(b)

    32,261,000       33,135,759  
   

 

 

  
      42,710,541  
Gas Utilities — 3.9%            

Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd.

     34,211,100       65,207,705  
   

 

 

  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 7.1%  

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

     7,294,000       47,708,831  

Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd., ADR

     712,019       15,151,765  

Sands China Ltd.

     8,163,200       38,585,596  

SJM Holdings Ltd.

     6,691,000       6,821,140  

Wynn Macau Ltd.

     5,240,400       11,528,177  
   

 

 

  
      119,795,509  
Industrial Conglomerates — 9.2%  

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

     9,083,767       82,508,490  

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.

     746,100       41,945,742  

Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd.

     748,400       23,761,700  

NWS Holdings Ltd.

     5,261,000       7,057,009  
   

 

 

  
      155,272,941  
Insurance — 24.2%            

AIA Group Ltd.

     40,717,600       407,813,208  
   

 

 

  
Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery — 2.1%            

Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.

     4,625,147     $ 34,772,432  
   

 

 

  
Real Estate Management & Development — 18.5%  

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

     8,699,267       57,845,083  

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

     6,807,000       13,948,361  

Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

     4,886,762       23,504,403  

Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.

     3,932,700       21,629,850  

Kerry Properties Ltd.

     2,196,500       7,085,257  

New World Development Co. Ltd.

     20,637,066       26,943,990  

Sino Land Co. Ltd.

     10,366,000       15,546,848  

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

     5,371,000       78,152,330  

Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A

     1,670,000       15,030,053  

Swire Properties Ltd.

     3,932,400       12,232,626  

Wharf Real Estate Investment Co. Ltd.

     4,081,150       22,653,504  

Wheelock & Co. Ltd.

     2,760,357       17,155,807  
   

 

 

  
      311,728,112  
Road & Rail — 1.7%            

MTR Corp. Ltd.

     5,187,583       29,093,276  
   

 

 

  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.8%  

ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.

     1,031,200       13,463,465  
   

 

 

  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.4%  

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

     2,433,000       7,195,420  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 99.6%
(Cost: $1,783,871,745)

       1,679,355,375  
   

 

 

  

Short-Term Investments

 

Money Market Funds — 0.2%  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares,
    1.82%(d)(e)(f)

    3,127,970       3,129,221  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.2%
(Cost: $3,129,526)

 

     3,129,221  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 99.8%
(Cost: $1,787,001,271)

 

     1,682,484,596  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.2%

 

     3,611,652  
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

   $ 1,686,096,248  
   

 

 

  

 

(a) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(c) 

Non-income producing security.

(d) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(e) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(f) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with cash collateral received from loaned securities.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Hong Kong ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the three months ended November 30, 2019, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer   

Shares

Held at

08/31/19

     Net Activity     

Shares

Held at

11/30/19

     Value at
11/30/19 		     Income     

Net Realized

Gain (Loss)

     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)		  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

      16,773,322        (13,645,352 )       3,127,970      $ 3,129,221      $ 9,440 (a)     $ (1,739 )     $ 1,373  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

      613,000        (613,000 )       —        —        6,718        —        —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  
            $ 3,129,221      $ 16,158      $ (1,739 )     $ 1,373  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

Includes securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities (excluding collateral investment fees), net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less fees paid to BTC as securities lending agent.

 

Futures Contracts

 

Description   

Number of

Contracts

     

Expiration

Date

    

Notional

Amount

(000)

    

Value/

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

  

Long Contracts

            

Hang Seng Index

      38        12/30/19      $ 6,392      $ (178,174 ) 
           

 

 

  

Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2019. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

                                                                                                   
      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Investments

                  

Assets

                  

Common Stocks

    $ 1,679,355,375        $ —        $ —        $ 1,679,355,375  

Money Market Funds

      3,129,221          —          —          3,129,221  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 1,682,484,596        $ —        $ —        $ 1,682,484,596  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Liabilities

                  

Futures Contracts

    $ (178,174 )       $ —        $ —        $ (178,174 ) 
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations — Equity
ADR    American Depositary Receipt

 

 

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