KESG — KraneShares MSCI China ESG Leaders Index ETF

KESG Fund Overview

KESG — KraneShares MSCI China ESG Leaders Index ETF is a US ETF managed by Krane Shares Trust, categorised as Money Market. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.

• Type: US ETF
• Manager: Krane Shares Trust
• Category: Money Market
• Assets under management: $4.44M
• 1-year return: 3.8%
• Ticker: KESG
• SEC CIK: 0001547576
• SEC series ID: S000068743
• Share class ID: C000219713

KESG Investment Objective and Strategy

KraneShares MSCI China ESG Leaders Index ETF describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Krane Shares Trust.

Investment objective

The KraneShares MSCI China ESG Leaders Index ETF (the Fund) seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of a specific equity securities index. The Funds current index is the MSCI China ESG Leaders 10/40 Index (the Underlying Index).

Principal investment strategy

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in instruments in its Underlying Index or in instruments that have economic characteristics similar to those in the Underlying Index. The Underlying Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index, modified per the 10/40 Constraint (as defined below), which is designed to measure the equity market performance of Chinese companies that have high environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings relative to their industry peers, as determined by MSCI Inc., the provider of the Underlying Index (Index Provider). The securities eligible for inclusion in the Underlying Index include all types of publicly issued shares of Chinese issuers, such as A-Shares, B-Shares, H-Shares, P-Chips and Red Chips, which are described below.

The issuers included in the Underlying Index may include small-cap, mid-cap and large-cap companies. In determining the securities eligible for inclusion in the Underlying Index, the Index Provider uses three screens. ? First, the Index Provider rates companies within each industry depending on how well they manage ESG risks and opportunities facing the company, such as climate change, product liability, corporate governance and corporate behavior, relative to the companys industry peers. ? Second, the Index Provider conducts an assessment of controversies concerning the negative ESG impact of the companys operations, products and services. The evaluation framework used to assess controversies is designed to reflect the international norms represented by the UN Declaration of Human Rights, the International Labor Organization Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, and the UN Global Compact.

? Third, the Index Provider identifies companies that are involved in certain businesses, such as alcohol, tobacco, civilian firearms, gambling, nuclear power, and conventional and controversial weapons. To be included in the Underlying Index, a company must be positively assessed under the first two screens and identified by the Index Provider as not being materially involved in the businesses assessed under the third screen. Securities that do not meet the criteria for either of the first two screens are excluded from the Underlying Index. The Underlying Index may include issuers in the following sectors: Consumer Discretionary, Financials, Industrials, Health Care, Communication Services, Real Estate, Utilities, Information Technology, Consumer Staples, Materials, and Energy. For each sector, the Index Provider ranks each eligible security and includes securities with the highest ESG ratings representing 50% of the market capitalization in each sector, with a minimum cumulative sector coverage of 45%.

The Underlying Index is modified so that, as of the rebalance date, no issuer constitutes more than 10% of the Underlying Index and so that the cumulative weight of all constituents with a weight of over 5% does not exceed 40% of the Underlying Index (the 10/40 Constraint). The Fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in instruments that are not included in the Underlying Index, but that Krane believes will help the Fund track the Underlying Index. These investments are subject to the ESG screens and may include equity securities and depositary receipts of issuers whose securities are not constituents of the Underlying Index, derivative instruments (including swaps, futures, forwards, structured notes and options), other investment companies (including exchange traded funds or ETFs) and cash or cash equivalents (including money market funds).

The other investment companies in which the Fund may invest may be advised, sponsored or otherwise serviced by Krane and/or its affiliates. The following China-related securities may be included in the Underlying Index and/or represent investments of the Fund: ? China A-Shares, which are shares of companies incorporated in mainland China that are traded on the Chinese exchanges and denominated in domestic renminbi. China A-Shares are primarily purchased and sold in the domestic Chinese market. To the extent the Fund invests in China A-Shares, it expects to do so through the trading and clearing facilities of a participating exchange located outside of mainland China (Stock Connect Programs). A Qualified Foreign Investor (QFI) license may also be acquired to invest directly in China A-Shares.

? China B-Shares, which are shares of companies listed on the Shanghai or Shenzhen Stock Exchange but quoted and traded in foreign currencies (such as Hong Kong Dollars or U.S. Dollars), which were primarily created for trading by foreign investors. ? China H-Shares, which are shares of companies incorporated in mainland China and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (H-Shares), where they are traded in Hong Kong dollars and may be traded by foreign investors. ? China N-Shares, which are shares of companies with business operations in mainland China and listed on an American stock exchange, such as NYSE or NASDAQ (N-Shares). ? P-Chips, which are shares of private sector companies with a majority of their business operations in mainland China and controlling private Chinese shareholders, which are incorporated outside of mainland China and traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong dollars.

? Red Chips, which are shares of companies with a majority of their business operations in mainland China and controlled by the central, provincial or municipal governments of the PRC, whose shares are traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong dollars. ? S-Chips, which are shares of companies with business operations in mainland China and listed on the Singapore Exchange. S-Chip shares are issued by companies incorporated anywhere, but many are registered in Singapore, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, or Bermuda. Although the Fund reserves the right to replicate (or hold all constituents of) the Underlying Index, the Fund expects to use representative sampling to track the Underlying Index. Representative sampling is a strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively have an investment profile similar to the Underlying Index.

As of May 31, 2023, the Underlying Index included 150 securities of companies with a market capitalization range of approximately $197 million to $94 billion and had an average market capitalization of approximately $5.7 billion. The Underlying Index is rebalanced quarterly. The Fund is non-diversified. To the extent the Underlying Index is concentrated in a particular industry, the Fund is expected to be concentrated in that industry. As of May 31, 2023, issuers in the Consumer Discretionary sector (30.33%) and Communication Services sector (17.74%) each represented a significant portion of the Underlying Index. The Fund may engage in securities lending.

KESG Performance

Total returns for KESG (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.

KESG Risk Information

Risk metrics for KESG, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.

• 1-year volatility (annualised): 44.1%

KESG Costs and Fees

KESG costs about $59 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.

• Net expense ratio: 0.59%
• Gross expense ratio: 0.59%
• Portfolio turnover: 42%
• Brokerage commissions: 6.26 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)

KESG Cashflows

Over the 12 months to 2023-09, KraneShares MSCI China ESG Leaders Index ETF had net outflows of $22.49K, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.

KESG Debt Constituents

No individual debt constituents are reported in KraneShares MSCI China ESG Leaders Index ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.

KESG Prospectus and SEC Filings

Official KraneShares MSCI China ESG Leaders Index ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.

• Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-07-28
• Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2022-07-29
• Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2021-07-30
• Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2023-11-29
• Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2023-08-29
• Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2023-05-30
• Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2023-06-14
• Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2022-06-14

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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.