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iShares Core MSCI EM IMI UCITS ETF (Acc) (EIMI.L)

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This single fund hands you a broad slice of roughly 3,000 developing-market companies of all sizes across places like China, India, Taiwan, and Brazil.

$53.53

Is iShares Core MSCI EM IMI UCITS ETF (Acc) a good fund for a UK beginner?

The honest version: This single fund hands you a broad slice of roughly 3,000 developing-market companies of all sizes across places like China, India, Taiwan, and Brazil.

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Price+50.9%
Priced in USD - as a UK investor your £ return also moves with the pound-to-dollar exchange rate, on top of the share price itself.
52-week range+38% past year
$53.53
Low $39.12High $60.55
Where today's price sits versus its past year - context, not a signal.
If you had put $1,000 into iShares Core MSCI EM IMI UCITS ETF (Acc)
$1,509+51%

Over about 2 years to 2026-07-15. This already includes the fund's dividends, which an accumulating fund reinvests for you. And it's the USD return - as a UK investor your actual £ return also moves with the exchange rate. Past performance is not a guide to the future, and it could just as easily have fallen.

Why has it been moving?▲ +1% past week · ▲ +38% past year

This is a fund, so it moves with its whole basket (Emerging) - not any single company's news. One share having a bad day barely shows up here.

What does iShares Core MSCI EM IMI UCITS ETF (Acc) do?

This fund tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets IMI index, letting you spread your money across thousands of firms globally with one simple purchase. The ongoing charge is 0.18% a year, which means roughly £1.80 a year for every £1,000 invested. It is an accumulating fund, meaning any dividends are automatically reinvested inside the fund rather than paid out to you. Its largest holdings include tech giants like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing and Samsung Electronics.

What it tracks

Holds around 3,000 companies of all sizes across emerging markets such as China, India, Taiwan and Brazil, reinvesting the dividends.

OCF: Ongoing Charge Figure: the fund's yearly running cost, taken automatically. 0.22% is about £2.20 a year for every £1,000 you hold.
0.18%
≈ £1.80 a year per £1,000 invested
Yield: The income the fund has paid out over the past year as a percentage of its price. Accumulating funds reinvest this for you instead of paying cash.
Reinvested inside the fund
Acc / Dist: Accumulating (Acc) reinvests dividends inside the fund automatically; Distributing (Dist) pays them to you as cash. Same index either way.
Accumulating
income reinvested
Holdings: Roughly how many different investments the fund spreads your money across. More holdings usually means more diversification.
~3,000 large, mid and small emerging-market companies
Spread of your money
Index
MSCI Emerging Markets IMI
Emerging markets
Domicile
Ireland
ISA-eligible
Replication
Physical (holds the underlying shares)
Category
Emerging
Where it fits in a portfolio

What's actually inside this fund?

Its 10 biggest holdings

  1. 1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd13.2%
  2. 2Samsung Electronics Co Ltd7.1%
  3. 3SK Hynix Inc6.7%
  4. 4Tencent Holdings Ltd2.4%
  5. 5Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Ordinary Shares1.4%
  6. 6MediaTek Inc1.4%
  7. 7Delta Electronics Inc0.9%
  8. 8Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Participating Preferred0.8%
  9. 9SK Square0.7%
  10. 10Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd0.7%

The top 10 add up to about 35% of the fund. The rest is spread thinly across the fund's many other holdings.

By sector

  • Technology44%
  • Financials17%
  • Consumer cyclical8%
  • Industrials8%
  • Materials6%
  • Communications6%
  • Healthcare3%
  • Energy3%

Top holdings and sector split from the fund's published data as of the figures date - they drift over time as the fund and the index change.

What's strong
  • Very broad diversification across thousands of emerging market companies
  • Low ongoing cost for an emerging markets fund
  • Simple one-fund exposure to fast-developing economies
  • Dividends are automatically reinvested to help your pot grow
What to watch
  • It falls when its underlying markets fall
  • Heavy concentration in a few giant technology companies
  • Currency swings for a UK investor
  • Emerging markets can experience higher volatility than developed regions

More in Emerging

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What are the pros and cons of iShares Core MSCI EM IMI UCITS ETF (Acc)?

4bull points
4bear points

How many points the write-up makes each way — a balance check, not a score or verdict.

The bull case4
  • Very broad diversification across thousands of emerging market companies
  • Low ongoing cost for an emerging markets fund
  • Simple one-fund exposure to fast-developing economies
  • Dividends are automatically reinvested to help your pot grow
Key risks4
  • It falls when its underlying markets fall
  • Heavy concentration in a few giant technology companies
  • Currency swings for a UK investor
  • Emerging markets can experience higher volatility than developed regions
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This plain-English summary was auto-generated on 2026-08-01 from public data and checked for an education-only, no-advice tone (the figures above carry their own, usually fresher, 'as of' date). It's information, never a recommendation.

Figures as of 2026-08-01. Prices may be delayed and numbers can go stale - always double-check before acting.