iShares MSCI Korea vs Amundi MSCI Korea

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iShares MSCI Korea (iShares MSCI Korea UCITS ETF USD (Dist), IE00B0M63391) and Amundi MSCI Korea (Amundi MSCI Korea UCITS ETF Acc, LU1900066975) both track the MSCI Korea index. Amundi MSCI Korea has the lower total expense ratio (TER): 0.45% a year against 0.65% for iShares MSCI Korea, 0.2 percentage points less, or about 20 a year on 10,000 invested. iShares MSCI Korea reports USD 1.0bn in assets and Amundi MSCI Korea EUR 955.8m. iShares MSCI Korea reports 75 holdings and Amundi MSCI Korea 131. Amundi MSCI Korea replicates its index through a swap and publishes the collateral basket behind it, so the holdings overlap is not measured. In 2025, iShares MSCI Korea returned +99.2% and Amundi MSCI Korea +75.9%, a gap of 23.3 percentage points. Over 5 years, iShares MSCI Korea returned +15.8% a year and Amundi MSCI Korea +16.8% a year. Returns are in each share class's currency (USD and EUR), so part of the gap reflects exchange rates. Amundi MSCI Korea reinvests its income (accumulating), while iShares MSCI Korea pays it out (distributing). iShares MSCI Korea holds the index securities directly (physical replication), while Amundi MSCI Korea replicates its index through a swap (synthetic). iShares MSCI Korea is domiciled in Ireland and Amundi MSCI Korea in Luxembourg. iShares MSCI Korea and Amundi MSCI Korea both carry a risk indicator (SRRI) of 6 on the 1–7 scale. This is a factual comparison from the fund houses' documents, not investment advice.