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About iShares MSCI World Small-Cap ETF
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Inception date
Apr 1, 2025
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Distributor
BlackRock Investments LLC
WSML offers exposure to developed equities globally. It follows the performance of the MSCI World Small Cap, and index featuring the small-cap securities from the developed markets, including countries in Europe, Australia, and the Far East. The index covers approximately 14% of the free-float adjusted market capitalization in each country. Constituents are selected and weighted by market capitalization. The fund aims to utilize optimization techniques to gain similar returns to the index which means the fund may also hold securities not included in the index. The index is rebalanced semi-annually with quarterly reviews.
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
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