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iShares Core MSCI Europe UCITS ETFIndex, costs, backtest, listings and taxation

Class:

ISIN: IE00B1YZSC51Ticker: IMEU (Borsa Italiana) · IQQY (Xetra) · IMEU (London SE) · IMEU (Euronext AMS) · IMEU (SIX)Issuer: iShares

Issuer-declared data

Declared index

MSCI Europe Index

TER

0.12%

Transaction costs

0.01% (issuer estimate, from the KID)

Management

Passive (index-tracking)

Replication

Physical (optimised)

Income policy

Distributing

SFDR

Article 6 — does not promote specific ESG characteristics what does it mean?

Fund assets

10.7 bn EUR

NAV

40.2 EUR (1 September 2026)

Domicile

Ireland

Inception date

6 July 2007

Data as declared by iShares in the issuer’s official files and endpoints · collected on 2 September 2026 (monthly refresh). Facts only, no recommendation.

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Description

iShares Core MSCI Europe UCITS ETF tracks the issuer-declared index: MSCI Europe Index. The declared annual cost (TER) is 0.12%, plus 0.01% in transaction costs estimated by the issuer in the KID. Replication is optimised physical replication (the KID declares optimisation techniques to achieve a return similar to the index); income is distributed to investors. The fund has assets of about 10.7 billion euro, was launched on 6 July 2007 and is domiciled in Ireland. In our registry 4 other ETFs declare the same index.

The fund’s objective — in the issuer’s words

The Share Class is a share class of a Fund which aims to achieve a return on your investment, through a combination of capital growth and income on the Fund’s assets, which reflects the return of the MSCI Europe Index, the Fund’s benchmark index (Index). The Share Class, via the Fund is passively managed and aims to invest so far as possible and practicable in the equity securities (e.g. shares) that make up the Index. The Index measures the performance of listed equity securities of large and mid capitalisation companies in developed equity markets in Europe. Companies are included in the Index based on a free float-adjusted market capitalisation weighted basis. Free float-adjusted means that only shares available to international investors rather than all of a company’s issued shares are used in calculating the Index. Free float-adjusted market capitalisation is the share price of a company multiplied by the number of shares available to international investors. The Fund uses optimising techniques to achieve a similar return to the Index. These techniques may include the strategic selection of certain securities that make up the Index or other securities which provide similar performance to certain constituent securities. These may also include the use of financial derivative instruments (FDIs) (i.e. investments the prices of which are based on one or more underlying assets). FDIs may be used for direct investment purposes. The investment manager may use FDIs to help achieve the Fund’s investment objective. The Fund may also engage in short-term secured lending of its investments to certain eligible third parties to generate additional income to off-set the costs of the Fund. The price of equity securities fluctuates daily and may be influenced by factors affecting the performance of the individual companies issuing the equities, as well as by daily stock market movements, and broader economic and political developments which in turn may affect the value of your investment. The relationship between the return on your investment, how it is impacted and the period for which you hold your investment is considered below (see “How long should I hold it and can I take my money out early?”).
Keep reading the KID section ▾
The depositary of the Fund is The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Dublin Branch. Further information about the Fund can be obtained from the latest annual report and half-yearly reports of the iShares II plc. These documents are available free of charge in English and certain other languages. These can be found, along with other (practical) information, including prices of units, on the iShares website at: www.ishares.com or by calling +49 89427295800 or from your broker or financial adviser.
Your shares will be distributing shares (i.e. income will be paid on the shares quarterly). Your shares will be denominated in Euro, the Fund's base currency. The shares are listed and traded on various stock exchanges. In normal circumstances, only authorised participants may buy and sell shares directly with the Fund. Investors who are not authorised participants (e.g. select financial institutions) can generally only buy or sell the shares on the secondary market (e.g. via a broker on a stock exchange) at the then prevailing market price. The value of the shares are related to the value of the underlying assets of the Fund, less costs (see “What are the costs?” below). The prevailing market price at which the shares trade on the secondary market may deviate from the value of the Shares. Indicative net asset value is published on relevant stock exchanges websites.
Intended retail investor:The Fund is intended for retail investors with the ability to bear losses up to the amount invested in the Fund (see “How long should I hold it and can I take my money out early?”).
Insurance benefits:The Fund does not offer any insurance benefits.

From the KID’s “Objectives” section · 4 August 2026 · original document ↓

Text generated from the data the issuer declares in official product lists. No recommendation.

Quick reads

TER 0.12%: below the median of equity ETFs we track (0.22%).
Assets larger than 97% of equity ETFs we track.
Average tracking difference over the last 3 years: +0.29% p.a., against a declared TER of 0.12%.

Comparisons computed by Rebalix on the declared data in our census; they describe the past and are not indicative of future results.

Official documents

Key Information Document (KID)PDF in English, from the issuer’s site — always the latest filed version ProspectusPDF in English, from the issuer’s site — the fund’s full legal document FactsheetPDF in English, from the issuer’s site — the fund’s monthly snapshot

The KID is the document the law requires you to read before investing: 3 pages covering risks, costs and scenarios. The link opens the issuer’s published PDF.

Fund performance

issuer-declared net asset value (NAV) · EUR · from Jul 2007 to Aug 2026

Dividends reinvestedAdjusted for inflationCompare with the index

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Only funds we hold a history for. Three at a time, at most.

Return

+174.2%

Annualised

+5.4%

Volatility (ann.)

18.5%

Max drawdown

-58.37%

Tip: drag across the chart to zoom into a period.

Drawdown — distance from previous peak

This isn’t the return: it shows how far the fund is below its previous peak. 0% = you’re at the peak; below zero = how much you’re down and haven’t recovered yet.

Max drawdown

-58.37%

peak → trough

Trough

09 Mar 2009

from the 16 Jul 2007 peak

Recovery time

1,775 days

recovery only: trough to break-even · ≈ 4 years and 10 months

Underwater

2,377 days

decline + recovery: peak to break-even · ≈ 6 years and 6 months · → recovered on 17 Jan 2014

The five worst falls in the period

From the peak of	Trough	Depth	Back to break-even	Days underwater
16 Jul 2007	09 Mar 2009	-58.37%	17 Jan 2014	2,377
19 Feb 2020	18 Mar 2020	-35.28%	18 Mar 2021	393
15 Apr 2015	11 Feb 2016	-25.95%	05 May 2017	751
05 Jan 2022	29 Sept 2022	-19.31%	24 Apr 2023	474
03 Mar 2025	09 Apr 2025	-16.25%	18 Aug 2025	168

Calendar-year returns

2016

2.7%

2017

10.3%

2018

-10.4%

2019

26.4%

2020

-3.1%

2021

25.4%

2022

-9.2%

2023

16.1%

2024

8.9%

2025

19.7%

2026

12.6%

Month-by-month returns

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
2026	3.1	4.1	-7.6	5.3	3.3	3.0	1.0	0.5					12.6
2025	6.5	3.6	-4.0	-0.8	4.8	-1.3	0.7	1.1	1.6	2.6	0.9	2.7	19.7
2024	1.6	1.9	4.0	-0.8	3.4	-1.0	1.2	1.6	-0.4	-3.2	1.1	-0.5	8.9
2023	6.8	1.8	-0.0	2.6	-2.4	2.4	2.0	-2.4	-1.6	-3.6	6.4	3.7	16.1
2022	-3.2	-3.0	0.9	-0.5	-0.6	-7.7	7.6	-4.9	-6.3	6.2	6.9	-3.5	-9.2
2021	-0.7	2.5	6.5	2.1	2.6	1.7	1.8	2.0	-3.0	4.7	-2.5	5.5	25.4
2020	-1.3	-8.5	-14.4	6.2	3.0	3.1	-1.3	2.9	-1.4	-5.0	14.0	2.4	-3.1
2019	6.2	4.2	2.1	3.8	-4.8	4.5	0.3	-1.4	3.8	0.9	2.7	2.1	26.4
2018	1.6	-3.9	-2.0	4.7	0.2	-0.7	3.1	-2.3	0.5	-5.3	-0.9	-5.5	-10.4
2017	-0.4	2.9	3.4	1.7	1.6	-2.5	-0.4	-0.8	3.9	1.9	-2.1	0.8	10.3
2016	-6.3	-2.2	1.3	2.0	2.4	-4.2	3.5	0.7	0.0	-0.8	1.1	5.8	2.7
2015	7.2	6.9	1.7	0.0	1.5	-4.6	4.0	-8.5	-4.3	8.3	2.7	-5.3	8.2
2014	-1.8	4.7	-0.8	1.9	2.6	-0.4	-1.6	2.0	0.3	-1.9	3.2	-1.4	6.9
2013	2.8	0.9	1.6	1.7	2.0	-5.1	5.1	-0.6	4.4	3.8	1.0	1.0	19.7
2012	3.8	4.0	-0.1	-1.6	-6.0	5.2	4.2	2.0	0.8	0.7	2.2	1.4	17.3
2011	1.8	2.5	-3.5	3.3	-0.1	-2.7	-2.5	-10.2	-4.5	7.8	-1.1	2.1	-8.0
2010	-3.0	-0.2	7.4	-1.0	-4.8	-0.7	5.0	-1.3	3.3	2.4	-1.3	5.1	10.7
2009	-3.6	-9.4	2.3	14.1	4.9	-1.0	9.3	5.0	2.6	-2.0	1.1	6.2	31.2
2008	-11.6	-1.0	-3.8	6.3	0.6	-9.8	-1.9	1.8	-10.9	-12.7	-6.9	-3.8	-43.4
2007								-0.7	0.8	2.9	-4.5	-1.4	-7.3

From month-end NAVs, over the fund’s full history, on the series shown in the chart (dividends reinvested where declared). Deeper colour = larger move.

Issuer-declared series with dividends reinvested: the total performance, comparable with accumulating funds. Switch it off to see the price (NAV) alone, which drops at every dividend payment.

Source: iShares. Issuer-declared historical series; inflation: Eurostat and national statistical institutes, latest available July 2026 — for later days the index stays at the last published value (institutes publish with a few weeks’ lag). The «adjusted for inflation» view expresses value in today’s purchasing power for the selected country; volatility always stays nominal, as elsewhere on the site (deflating it would add artificial swings caused by the monthly cadence of the price index). Past performance is not indicative of future results: these are facts, not a recommendation.

Tracking difference — fund vs index

How much the fund returned above (+) or below (−) its index, year by year. It measures the actual deviation: the combined effect of costs (TER and transaction), securities-lending revenue and replication optimisations — which is why it can beat the TER. Tracking difference was positive in 10 of the last 10 calendar years: a past observation, not an indication of future outperformance.

Average TD (last 3 years)

+0.29% /anno

Declared TER

0.12%

Year	Fund	Index	Difference
2025	+19.68%	+19.39%	+0.28%
2024	+8.87%	+8.58%	+0.29%
2023	+16.13%	+15.83%	+0.30%
2022	-9.23%	-9.49%	+0.26%
2021	+25.44%	+25.13%	+0.31%
2020	-3.14%	-3.32%	+0.18%
2019	+26.42%	+26.05%	+0.37%
2018	-10.43%	-10.57%	+0.14%
2017	+10.29%	+10.24%	+0.05%
2016	+2.65%	+2.57%	+0.08%

Total-return figures from issuer-declared series (primary source); complete calendar years. TD is not comparable across sites using different methodologies or index variants. Past performance is not indicative of future results. What is tracking difference? →

Risk indicators· EUR

	Last year	Last 3 years	Last 5 years	Last 10 years	Full history
Volatility (ann.)	12.12%	12.28%	13.97%	15.03%	18.36%
Max drawdown	-9.39%	-16.24%	-21.21%	-35.27%	-60.02%
Sharpe	1.31	0.73	0.36	0.40	0.15
Sortino	2.01	1.01	0.49	0.54	0.21

Computed from the daily NAV series, always in nominal terms. Sharpe and Sortino use the ECB main refinancing rate averaged over the period (last year: 2.20%), weighted by days in force, as the risk-free rate. Same formulas as our public methodology: sample standard deviation annualised over 252 days; Sortino with downside deviation. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Figures in EUR, the fund's currency; the table follows the currency selected in the chart.

Portfolio holdings

Securities in portfolio

387

406 total lines: 19 cash & derivatives

Top-10 weight

21.0%

Top 10 holdings

ASML HOLDING · ASML

4.55%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC · HSBA

2.47%

ROCHE PS PAR AG · ROP

2.13%

NOVARTIS AG · NOVN

1.94%

SHELL PLC · SHEL

1.75%

NESTLE SA · NESN

1.75%

ASTRAZENECA PLC · AZN

1.70%

SIEMENS N AG · SIE

1.67%

SAP · SAP

1.56%

BANCO SANTANDER · SAN

1.46%

Sectors

Financials

25.6%

Industrials

18.7%

Health Care

12.7%

Information Technology

9.0%

Consumer Staples

8.3%

Consumer Discretionary

6.4%

Materials

5.6%

Countries

up to 1%1–5%5–15%15–30%over 30%

Hover a country for its percentage.

Top 7 countries

United Kingdom22.4%

France15.1%

Switzerland14.3%

Germany13.8%

Netherlands8.7%

Spain6.3%

Sweden5.4%

⬇ Download the full portfolio — Excel, 406 rows

Full portfolio declared by iShares, as of 31 August 2026: this is the summary. Percentages may not sum to 100 due to cash, derivatives and rounding.

Fund historyFund-assets (AUM) chart year by year and monthly basket snapshots.Open the history →

Dividends

Latest dividend

0.33 EUR

ex 20 Aug 2026 · paid 31 Aug 2026

Dividends, last 12 months

0.98 EUR

Dividend yield

2.44%

12-month sum over the NAV as of 2 Sept 2026

Yield by year

Period	Dividends	Dividend yield
1 year	0.98 EUR	2.91 %
2025	0.94 EUR	2.98 %
2024	0.91 EUR	3.06 %
2023	0.86 EUR	3.26 %
2022	0.78 EUR	2.61 %
2021	0.68 EUR	2.78 %

Dividend contribution to total return

dividendsprice changeprice decline

Calendar per share (EUR)

Year	Jan	Feb	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Oct	Nov
2026		0.10		0.43			0.33
2025		0.10		0.37			0.35		0.12
2024		0.09		0.38			0.32		0.12
2023		0.09		0.34			0.31		0.12
2022		0.07		0.31			0.28		0.12
2021		0.06		0.27			0.20		0.15
2020		0.07		0.19			0.16		0.08
2019		0.09		0.29			0.28		0.13
2018		0.06		0.27			0.25		0.11
2017		0.05		0.24			0.26		0.09
2016		0.06		0.26			0.23		0.10
2015	0.04		0.16			0.31			0.09
2014	0.05		0.12			0.30		0.07
2013	0.06		0.11			0.27		0.07
2012	0.07		0.12			0.29		0.08
2011	0.06		0.11			0.28		0.06
2010	0.05		0.09		0.23	0.01		0.05
2009	0.06		0.09			0.24		0.04
2008	0.05		0.13			0.32		0.07
2007								0.07

Latest dividends

Per share	Ex-dividend date	Record date	Payment
0.33 EUR	20 Aug 2026	21 Aug 2026	31 Aug 2026
0.43 EUR	21 May 2026	22 May 2026	29 May 2026
0.10 EUR	19 Feb 2026	20 Feb 2026	27 Feb 2026
0.12 EUR	13 Nov 2025	14 Nov 2025	26 Nov 2025
0.35 EUR	14 Aug 2025	15 Aug 2025	27 Aug 2025
0.37 EUR	15 May 2025	16 May 2025	29 May 2025
0.10 EUR	13 Feb 2025	14 Feb 2025	26 Feb 2025
0.12 EUR	14 Nov 2024	15 Nov 2024	27 Nov 2024

Per-share dividends as declared by the issuer, in EUR, since the first payment (31 Oct 2007). Past dividends are not indicative of future ones.

Share classes of the same fund

This page covers ISIN IE00B1YZSC51. The other classes belong to the same fund but may differ in currency, income policy or currency hedging.

Share class	ISIN	Ticker	Income	Currency
EUR (Acc)	IE000MAO75G5	CEBZ	Accumulating	EUR
EUR (Dist) · this page	IE00B1YZSC51	IMEU	Distributing	EUR
MXN Hedged (Acc)	IE00BL4KKW48	IMEAX	Accumulating	MXN

Share classes declared by the issuer in official product lists (same fund = same issuer and same declared name). A dash “—” = not declared — not a zero.

ETFs declaring the same index

Fund	TER	Income	Fund size
State Street® SPDR® MSCI Europe UCITS ETF compare ⇄ EROX · SPDR	0.08%	Acc.	398 mln EUR
iShares Core MSCI Europe UCITS ETF EUR (Acc)compare ⇄ SMEA · iShares	0.12%	Acc.	16 mld EUR
iShares Europe Equity Enhanced Active UCITS ETF compare ⇄ EUEE · iSharesactive	0.25%	Acc.	650 mln EUR
State Street Europe Screened Enhanced Equity Fund - UCITS ETF compare ⇄ SEPE · SPDRactive	0.25%	Acc.	475 mln EUR

5 ETFs in our census declare this index (including this fund). Funds declaring the exact same index, word for word, in official product lists. Differently-worded variants (or other index versions) are not shown: a short list beats a wrong match. Sorted by TER. A dash “—” = not declared by the issuer in the files we read — not a zero.

Italian taxation

Effective rate on capital gains

26.00%

White-list share

0.01%

From the government-bond («white list») share certified by the issuer every semester: 12.5% on that portion, 26% on the rest.

Deep-dive into this fund’s taxation →

Where it shows up commission-free in Italy

According to the official lists published by the brokers (downloaded and cross-checked by us), these share classes of the fund appear tradable with zero fees:

IE00B1YZSC51IMEU(class: EUR (Dist))

Directazero within the savings plan (buys)
Moneyfarmzero within the savings plan (buys), agreement until 31 March 2027
XTBzero (up to €100,000 monthly volume, unreachable for a retail plan); fractions available in plans

IE000MAO75G5CEBZ(class: EUR (Acc))

XTBzero (up to €100,000 monthly volume, unreachable for a retail plan); fractions available in plans

Full terms, traps and method in the observatory: Free savings plans and zero-commission ETFs: the broker survey

Official lists verified on 3 September 2026. We record published terms — this is neither an invitation to open accounts nor a recommendation: lists change, the broker’s documents prevail. Trade Republic, Scalable Capital and Trading 212 publish no per-ISIN lists and don’t appear here.

Stock exchange listings

Exchange	Ticker	Trading since
Borsa Italiana (ETFplus)	IMEU	3 Nov 2008
Börse Düsseldorf	IQQY	10 Nov 2014
Börse Frankfurt	IQQY	10 Nov 2014
Börse Hamburg	IQQY	10 Nov 2014
Börse Hannover	IQQY	21 Dec 2022
Börse München / gettex	IQQY	22 Jul 2014
Börse Stuttgart	IQQY	10 Nov 2014
Euronext Amsterdam	IMEU	4 Sept 2007
Tradegate Exchange	IQQY	10 Nov 2014
Xetra (Deutsche Börse)	IQQY	10 Nov 2014

+ 19 more trading venues (MTFs and professional platforms).

Trading venues from the official ESMA register (FIRDS); per-exchange tickers from the issuer’s tax documents and official listings. A dash “—” = that venue does not publish the item (ticker, currency or start date) in the sources we read. The same fund may trade in different currencies depending on the exchange: check the trading currency with your broker. Non-EU listings (e.g. UK, Mexico) not included.

Frequently asked questions

Which index does iShares Core MSCI Europe UCITS ETF track?

The issuer iShares declares the benchmark: MSCI Europe Index.

How much does IMEU cost?

The issuer-declared TER is 0.12% per year; the transaction costs estimated in the KID are 0.01%.

How is IMEU taxed in Italy?

On sale, the capital gain is taxed at an effective 26.00% rate (white-list share 0.01%): 12.5% on the government-bond “white list” portion, 26% on the rest.

What is the fund size of IMEU?

The fund size declared by iShares is about 10.7 billion euro.

When was IMEU launched?

The fund was launched on 6 July 2007: it has 19 years of history.

How does IMEU replicate its index?

It is a passively managed ETF: it follows the declared index. Physical (optimised) (issuer wording: “Fisica - ottimizzazione (dal KID)”).

Does IMEU pay dividends?

Yes: it is a distributing share class — income is paid out periodically (issuer wording: “Distributing”).

Where does IMEU trade?

Per the official ESMA register it trades on 10 main exchanges, including Borsa Italiana (ETFplus) (IMEU), Börse Düsseldorf (IQQY), Börse Frankfurt (IQQY), Börse Hamburg (IQQY), Börse Hannover (IQQY), Börse München / gettex (IQQY).

What was IMEU's worst fall?

Over the available history (since 2007), the maximum drawdown was -60.02%, reached in March 2009. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

What is IMEU's tracking difference?

Over the last 3 complete calendar years the fund returned on average +0.29% per year versus its index (from issuer-declared series).

How many securities does IMEU hold?

The declared portfolio holds 387 securities (plus 19 cash & derivative lines); the top 10 positions weigh 21%.

Transparency note

The data in this sheet is declared by iShares in the issuer’s official files and endpoints, collected by Rebalix with a monthly refresh; taxation derives from the issuer’s tax documents (Italian Law Decree 138/2011). This is factual information for informational purposes only: it is not financial or tax advice, nor an investment recommendation. Read the fund’s KID and prospectus before investing.