IE00BGQ0J979Ticker: EMCH (SIX)Issuer: iSharesOne email when new issuers, new metrics and new articles land. Double opt-in, zero spam, one-click unsubscribe.
iShares J.P. Morgan $ EM Bond UCITS ETF tracks the issuer-declared index: J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global Diversified Core. Mind the share class: this is the version hedged to CHF — returns reflect the index plus the effect (and cost) of hedging into that currency. The declared annual cost (TER) is 0.50%, 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 accumulated and reinvested in the fund. The fund has assets of about 60 million euro, was launched on 14 May 2019 and is domiciled in Ireland.
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 Funds’ investments, which reflects the return of the J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Core 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 fixed income (FI) securities (such as bonds) that make up the Index. The Index measures the performance of actively traded US Dollar denominated FI securities in emerging market countries. The Index offers exposure to US Dollar denominated sovereign and quasi-sovereign entities from emerging markets countries. Quasi-sovereign entities are entities, the securities of which are either 100% owned by their respective governments or subject to a 100% guarantee that does not rise to the level constituting the full faith and credit by such governments. Only FI securities with a minimum remaining time to maturity (i.e. the time until they become due for repayment) of two and a half years and a minimum amount outstanding of USD 1 billion are included in the Index. The FI securities in the Index include investment grade (i.e. meet a specified level of creditworthiness), subinvestment grade securities (i.e. have a relatively low credit rating credit or are unrated but deemed to be of comparable quality with sub-investment grade FI securities) or securities in default. The Fund uses optimising techniques to achieve a similar return to its Index. These may include the strategic selection of certain securities that make up the Index or other FI 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). 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.
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The price of fixed income securities may be affected by changing interest rates which in turn may affect the value of your investment. Fixed income securities prices move inversely to interest rates. Therefore, the market value of fixed income securities may decrease as interest rates increase. The credit rating of an issuing entity will generally affect the yield that can be earned on fixed income securities; the better the credit rating the smaller the yield. 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?”).
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 accumulating shares (i.e. income will be included in their value). The Fund's base currency is US Dollar. Shares for this Share Class are denominated in Swiss Franc. The performance of your shares may be affected by this currency difference. Your shares will be hedged with the aim of reducing the effect of exchange rate fluctuations between the denominated currency of the shares and the Fund’s underlying portfolio currencies or the Fund’s base currency. FDIs, including FX forward contracts, will be used for currency hedging purposes. The hedging strategy may not completely eliminate currency risk and, therefore, may affect the performance of your shares. Please see the prospectus for further details. 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 peak of | Trough | Depth | Back to break-even | Days underwater |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 Jan 2021 | 21 Oct 2022 | -31.02% | ongoing | 2,068 |
| 21 Feb 2020 | 19 Mar 2020 | -22.65% | 11 Dec 2020 | 294 |
| 05 Sept 2019 | 19 Nov 2019 | -3.00% | 16 Jan 2020 | 133 |
| 09 Aug 2019 | 13 Aug 2019 | -1.32% | 03 Sept 2019 | 25 |
| 04 Jul 2019 | 12 Jul 2019 | -0.95% | 24 Jul 2019 | 20 |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.0 | 1.0 | -4.1 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | -2.1 | 0.4 | -0.3 | -1.5 | |||
| 2025 | 0.9 | 1.3 | -1.3 | -0.4 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 8.5 |
| 2024 | -1.6 | 0.7 | 1.8 | -2.7 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.5 | -2.4 | 0.9 | -2.0 | 1.6 |
| 2023 | 3.1 | -2.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | -1.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | -2.1 | -3.3 | -1.7 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 5.5 |
| 2022 | -3.0 | -6.5 | -0.2 | -6.3 | 0.0 | -7.2 | 2.9 | -1.6 | -6.9 | 0.0 | 7.2 | -0.5 | -20.9 |
| 2021 | -1.5 | -3.2 | -1.1 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.9 | -2.4 | 0.0 | -2.1 | 1.3 | -3.8 |
| 2020 | 1.3 | -1.3 | -14.4 | 2.2 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 0.2 | -1.9 | -0.2 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 3.4 |
| 2019 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | -0.9 | 0.0 | -0.6 | 1.7 | 5.6 |
We do not publish a tracking difference for this share class — and it is not an oversight.
EMCH is hedged to CHF; the index the issuer places next to it in its documents is the unhedged, foreign-currency version. Subtracting one from the other does not measure replication quality: it measures the exchange rate. In a year when the currency moves 5%, “the TD” would come out near 5 points — a plausible-looking number, with decimals, and wrong.
Other sites publish that number. We would rather show one figure less than one figure wrong: the TD will return here the day we have the CHF-hedged index series, which the issuer does not publish today.
Still want to know how well this fund tracks its index? Look at the unhedged sister class, JPEA, where fund and index share the same currency: its TD is the right measure of the management, which is the same. Go to the JPEA page →
| Last year | Last 3 years | Last 5 years | Full history | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volatility (ann.) | 5.74% | 6.93% | 8.41% | 8.88% |
| Max drawdown | -6.11% | -7.37% | -24.67% | -25.05% |
| Sharpe | -0.10 | 0.27 | -0.22 | 0.06 |
| Sortino | -0.15 | 0.39 | -0.30 | 0.08 |
Price sensitivity to rates: the longer, the more the fund moves. What is duration →
Source: product page iShares, data as of 20 August 2026. Values as declared by the issuer, not computed by us; updated with the monthly document.
How the portfolio is spread by credit quality: from AAA (strongest) downwards. More weight in the top buckets = lower risk that an issuer fails to pay, usually with lower yields.
Source: product page iShares, data as of 20 August 2026. Values as declared by the issuer, not computed by us; updated with the monthly document.
Ratings are those the issuer assigns to portfolio holdings under its own methodology (usually the median of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch); scale and buckets are those of the original document.
| Share class | ISIN | Ticker | Income | Currency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SGD Hedged (Dist) | IE000X1JN6A2 | IEMBX | Distributing | SGD |
| USD (Dist) | IE00B2NPKV68 | SEMB | Distributing | USD |
| iShares J. P. Morgan $ EM Bond UCITS ETF MXN Hedged (Acc) | IE00BDDRH417 | EMBMXX | Accumulating | MXN |
| GBP Hedged (Dist) | IE00BDFGJ734 | EMHG | Distributing | GBP |
| CHF Hedged (Acc) · this page | IE00BGQ0J979 | EMCH | Accumulating | CHF |
| EUR Hedged (Acc) | IE00BJ5JPH63 | 3SUD | Accumulating | EUR |
| USD (Acc) | IE00BYXYYK40 | JPEA | Accumulating | USD |
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:
IE00B2NPKV68IEMB(class: USD (Dist))IE00BJ5JPH633SUD(class: EUR Hedged (Acc))IE00BYXYYK40IS02(class: USD (Acc))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.
| Exchange | Ticker | Trading since |
|---|---|---|
| Börse Hamburg | AYE8 | 15 Feb 2021 |
| Börse Hannover | AYE8 | 9 Dec 2024 |
| Börse München / gettex | AYE8 | 20 Sept 2021 |