MSCI EM (Emerging Markets) IMI Index

The IMI variant adds small caps to the MSCI Emerging Markets index, covering roughly 99% of emerging-market investable capitalization.

The ten largest holdings make up 34.1% of the MSCI EM IMI, out of 2,950 holdings in total; the largest sector is Information Technology at 41.4% (as of Oct 8, 2026).

Composition – 50 Largest Holdings

Based on: iShares Core MSCI EM IMI UCITS ETF (Acc) · as of Oct 8, 2026 · 2950 holdings

Composition – 50 largest holdings
#StockTickerSectorCountryWeight
1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.2330Information TechnologyTaiwan14.05%
2Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.005930Information TechnologyKorea6.54%
3SK hynix Inc.000660Information TechnologyKorea4.95%
4Tencent Holdings Ltd700Communication ServicesChina2.30%
5Alibaba Group Holding Limited9988Consumer DiscretionaryChina1.59%
6MediaTek Inc2454Information TechnologyTaiwan1.52%
7Delta Electronics Inc.2308Information TechnologyTaiwan0.86%
8Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Pfd Non-Voting005935Information TechnologyKorea0.83%
9China Construction Bank Corporation Class H939FinancialsChina0.74%
10Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd.2317Information TechnologyTaiwan0.69%
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Sectors

Energy3.1%

Countries

Taiwan29.2%
Korea20.1%
China16.6%
India11.1%
Brazil4.1%
South Africa2.9%
Saudi Arabia2.1%
Mexico1.6%
Poland1.2%
United Arab Emirates1.1%
Thailand1.1%
Malaysia1.0%

Data note 2

Weighting Since 2019

Sep 30, 2019Oct 8, 2026

Measured by iShares Core MSCI EM IMI (IS3N), a fund tracking this index, the ten largest holdings accounted for 22.5% of the fund's total weight on Sep 30, 2019; on Oct 8, 2026 it was 35.3%. The effective number of holdings shows how many equally weighted positions the actual weights amount to: the more uneven the weights, the lower the number. It fell from 125 to 33 over this period, while the fund most recently held 2,950 actual positions.

Weighting by year
As ofPositionsTop 10Effective holdings
Dec 31, 20192,71422.3%113
Dec 31, 20202,81225.3%89
Dec 31, 20212,97721.5%113
Dec 30, 20223,09920.0%139
Dec 29, 20233,17619.6%131
Dec 31, 20243,21323.1%79
Dec 31, 20253,01427.6%59
Oct 8, 20262,95035.3%33

Data note 3

MSCI EM IMI Price Chart

2026+21.1%
1Y+22.2%
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ETFs1

The chart shows daily closing prices and is set to the current year by default. The price is up 21.1% year to date and up 22.2% over twelve months. The last recorded close on October 9, 2026 was at 79% of the 52-week range.

Price series from our database since Aug 2, 2024, 549 daily values.

Data note 4

MSCI EM IMI Performance

Performance
Year to date+21.1%1 month-2.2%
3 months+0.1%1 year+22.2%
Calendar year 2025+28.7%

Data note 5

MSCI EM IMI Index Funds and ETFs

ETFs Tracking This Index

Data note 1

Portfolio With the MSCI EM IMI

This portfolio from our overview holds an ETF on the MSCI EM IMI. The calculation is based on the funds' daily net asset values and includes fund costs. The ETF overview compares all portfolios from a shared starting day.

Multi-Factor, Five Times 20

Small cap + value + momentum + quality + EM IMI

  • 20.0% MSCI World Small Cap (ZPRS)
  • 20.0% MSCI World Value (IS3S)
  • 20.0% MSCI World Momentum (XDEM)
  • 20.0% MSCI World Quality (IS3Q)
  • 20.0% MSCI EM IMI (IS3N)

Five equal building blocks, none of them the world index itself.

fromOct 3, 2014
Total227.5%
Per year10.38%
Deepest fall-34.6%
Cost (TER)0.23%

Rebalanced to target weights once a year. Letting it run would have produced 10.41% per year – 0.03 points more.

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Next Events

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Technical Analysis: MSCI EM IMI

Risk Metrics

Max drawdown-19.0%
Annualized volatility21.2%

Data note 8

Correlations (90 Trading Days)

Correlations (90 Trading Days)
Instrumentr−1 … +1
MSCI Emerging Markets+1.00
Nasdaq 100+0.89
S&P 500 Informationstechnologie+0.89
Chubb Limited-0.62
W. R. Berkley Corporation-0.62
Altria Group Inc.-0.59

The strongest co-movers are listed at the top, the strongest inverse movers at the bottom. Low or negative correlations can help spread risk more broadly across a portfolio.

Data note 9

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