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About ISHARES CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI EUROZONE ETF
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Inception date
Jul 9, 2014
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Distributes
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Tax on distributions
Qualified dividends
Primary advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Distributor
BlackRock Investments LLC
HEZU offers straightforward exposure to eurozone countries, hedged for currency exposure for USD investors. By design, it excludes firms from countries that don't use the euro like the UK, Switzerland, and Sweden. The fund provides the same holdings as EZU which tracks the unhedged MSCI EMU Index, overlaid with short forward contracts to neutralize euro exposure. The index is 100% hedged to US dollars by selling the euro forward at the one-month forward weight, while the amount is kept constant during the period. The index is rebalanced monthly on the last trading day, to take into account the effect of rolling one-month forward contracts.
Classification
What's in the fund
Exposure type
ETF
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