iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol EAFE
Key Statistics
Historical Performance
Total return including reinvested distributions, from adjusted closing prices.
Price History
Price history is being compiled for this fund.
Top Holdings
Top 25 holdings as of Jan 31, 2026 · source: SEC N-PORT. Full holdings & prospectus →
About EFAV
The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI EAFE Minimum Volatility (USD) Index (the “Underlying Index”), which has been developed by MSCI Inc. (the “Index Provider” or “MSCI”) to measure the performance of international equity securities (excluding the U.S. and Canada) that in the aggregate have lower volatility relative to the MSCI EAFE Index (the “Parent Index”), which is a capitalization-weighted index. In constructing the Underlying Index, MSCI uses a rules-based methodology to select securities from the Parent Index and to determine their weightings. In order to determine weightings of securities within the Underlying Index, MSCI seeks to optimize the Parent Index such that the resulting portfolio exhibits the lowest absolute volatility, as measured by MSCI, while applying constraints based on turnover, minimum and maximum weightings of index constituents, sectors, and countries as well as factor constraints (for example, liquidity and financial leverage) as measured by MSCI. The Underlying Index is reconstituted quarterly. At each reconstitution, one-way turnover is capped at 5%. The Underlying Index includes stocks from Europe, Australasia, the Middle East and the Far East and, as of July 31, 2025, consisted of securities from the following 20 developed market countries or regions: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (the “U.K.”). The Underlying Index includes large- and mid-capitalization companies and may change over time. As of July 31, 2025, a significant portion of the Underlying Index is represented by securities of companies in the consumer goods and services and financials industries or sectors. The components of the Underlying Index are likely to change over time. BFA uses an indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. The Fund does not try to “beat” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued. Indexing may eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Underlying Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies. BFA uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities or other instruments that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable underlying index. The instruments selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market capitalization and industry weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the components of the Underlying Index. The Fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its Underlying Index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its Underlying Index (i.e., depositary receipts representing securities of the Underlying Index) and may invest up to 20% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents, including shares of money market funds advised by BFA or its affiliates, as well as in securities not included in the Underlying Index, but which BFA believes will help the Fund track the Underlying Index. Cash and cash equivalent investments associated with a derivative position will be treated as part of that position for the purposes of calculating the percentage of investments included in the Underlying Index. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Underlying Index before fees and expenses of the Fund. The Fund may lend securities representing up to one-third of the value of the Fund's total assets (including the value of any collateral received). The Underlying Index and Parent Index are sponsored by MSCI, which is independent of the Fund and BFA. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and Parent Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Underlying Index and Parent Index. Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities) and repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities are not considered to be issued by members of any industry.
EFAV News
- Parallel Advisors LLC Trims Stock Position in iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF $EFAV
- Moulton Wealth Management Inc. Invests $632,000 in iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF $EFAV
- Price-Driven Insight from (EFAV) for Rule-Based Strategy
- (EFAV) Price Dynamics and Execution-Aware Positioning
- (EFAV) Price Dynamics and Execution-Aware Positioning
- ETFs to Ride Out Market Volatility After Ceasefire Collapse
- Private Advisor Group LLC Buys 13,127 Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF $EFAV
- (EFAV) as a Liquidity Pulse for Institutional Tactics
- Ocean Park Asset Management LLC Acquires New Shares in iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF $EFAV
- Purpose Unlimited Inc. Takes $13.98 Million Position in iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF $EFAV
- Lexington Hill Partners LLC Makes New $831,000 Investment in iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF $EFAV
- (EFAV) Risk Channels and Responsive Allocation
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