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About iShares Latin America 40 ETF
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Inception date
Oct 25, 2001
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Distributor
BlackRock Investments LLC
ILF is a concentrated bet on the Latin American market, with a portfolio comprised of just 40 names and a heavy concentration among the top 10 holdings. The stocks included in this vanilla fund are hand-picked by an index committee from blue-chip companies trading in Brazil, Chil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. The fund's sector and country bets are minimal and overall, ILF provides comprehensive, neutral exposure to large-caps in emerging Latin American markets. Additionally, instead of replicating the index, ILF uses representative sampling indexing. The index is weighted by float-adjusted market cap and rebalanced on a quarterly basis. However, there is no annual or semi-annual reconstitution, as this is done on an as-needed basis.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Non-Energy Minerals
Energy Minerals
Stocks91.51%
Finance41.05%
Non-Energy Minerals13.68%
Energy Minerals11.83%
Retail Trade5.92%
Communications4.42%
Utilities4.42%
Consumer Non-Durables4.22%
Producer Manufacturing2.39%
Health Services1.50%
Process Industries1.35%
Transportation0.75%
Bonds, Cash & Other8.49%
UNIT6.05%
Cash2.31%
Miscellaneous0.13%
Stock breakdown by region
Latin America63.89%
North America36.11%
Europe0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
ILF invests in stocks. The fund's major sectors are Finance, with 41.05% stocks, and Non-Energy Minerals, with 13.68% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the Latin America region.
ILF top holdings are Nu Holdings Ltd. Class A and Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. Sponsored ADR Pfd, occupying 8.52% and 7.74% of the portfolio correspondingly.
ILF last dividends amounted to 0.60 USD. Six months before that, the issuer paid 0.89 USD in dividends, which shows a 50.15% decrease.
ILF assets under management is 1.63 B USD. It's fallen 5.49% over the last month.
ILF fund flows account for 221.08 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, ILF pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 5.86%. The last dividend (Jun 20, 2025) amounted to 0.60 USD. The dividends are paid semi-annually.
ILF shares are issued by BlackRock, Inc. under the brand iShares. The ETF was launched on Oct 25, 2001, and its management style is Passive.
ILF expense ratio is 0.48% meaning you'd have to pay 0.48% of your investment to help manage the fund.
ILF follows the S&P Latin America 40. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
ILF invests in stocks.
ILF price has fallen by −1.21% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 4.40% increase. See more dynamics on ILF price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.57% over the last month, showed a 7.74% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 11.42% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.57% over the last month, showed a 7.74% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 11.42% in a year.
ILF trades at a premium (0.12%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.