HEWJ — iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF
Data updated: 2026-07-27
HEWJ — iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Alternative · $734.11M AUM · 0.49% expense ratio · 50.3% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
HEWJ Fund Overview
HEWJ — iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF is a US ETF managed by iSHARES TRUST, categorised as Alternative. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US ETF
- Manager: iSHARES TRUST
- Category: Alternative
- Assets under management: $734.11M
- 1-year return: 50.3%
- Ticker: HEWJ
- SEC CIK: 0001100663
- SEC series ID: S000043043
- Share class ID: C000133234
HEWJ Holdings
Top 3 holdings of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| iShares, Inc - iShares MSCI Japan ETF | 98.28% |
| U S Dollars | 1.75% |
| BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury; SL Agency Shares | 0.04% |
HEWJ Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Other | 98.3% |
| Derivatives | 1.7% |
HEWJ Performance
Total returns for HEWJ (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 18.7% |
| 1 year | 50.3% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 30.5% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 21.4% |
HEWJ Risk Information
Risk metrics for HEWJ, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 14.0%
HEWJ Costs and Fees
HEWJ costs about $49 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.49%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.02%
- Portfolio turnover: 15%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.82 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
HEWJ Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-02, iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF had net inflows of $138.04M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-02 | $54.22M |
| 2026-01 | $5.68M |
| 2025-12 | −$5.36M |
| 2025-11 | $13.28M |
| 2025-10 | $71.01M |
| 2025-09 | −$7.44M |
HEWJ Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
HEWJ Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.