iShares Blockchain Technology UCITS ETF USD (Acc)

The Share Class is a share class of a Fund which aims to achieve a return on your investment, through a combination of capital growth and income on the Fund's assets, which reflects the return of the NYSE FactSet Global Blockchain Technologies Capped Index, the Fund's benchmark index (Index). The Share Class, via the Fund is passively managed, and aims to invest so far as possible and practicable in the equity securities (e.g. shares) that make up the Index. The Index measures the performance of globally listed companies that are involved in the research, enablement, development and deployment of blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies and applications which comply with the index provider's size, liquidity and free-float criteria. Securities of companies whose primary business is the research, development, and deployment of blockchain technologies, mining and transacting of cryptocurrency, as well as broader use cases of blockchain beyond cryptocurrencies are categorised as Tier 1. Securities of companies that design and manufacture graphics processing unit (GPU) chips necessary for the validation ("mining") of blocks in the blockchain network and securities of companies whose ancillary businesses are the blockchain technologies and applications (as described in respect of Tier 1 above) are categorised as Tier 2. The Index aims to have at least 75% of Tier 1 securities subject to capping of individual security weights (12% in respect of Tier 1 securities, provided that the cumulative weight of Tier 1 securities whose weights are greater than 4.5% does not exceed 45%, and 4% in respect of Tier 2 securities) and additional capping of securities deemed to be less liquid in accordance with the index provider's criteria. The Fund intends to replicate the benchmark index by holding equity securities, which make up the Index, in similar proportions to it. The investment manager may use financial derivative instruments (FDIs) (i.e. investments the prices of which are bas

Physical replication

PIR compliant

No

PEA compliant

No

PEA-PME compliant

No