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L&G Emerging Markets Corporate Bond (USD) Screened UCITS ETFIndex, costs, backtest, listings and taxation

ISIN: IE00BLCGR455Ticker: EMAUIssuer: LGIM
Issuer-declared data
Declared index
J.P. Morgan ESG CEMBI Broad Diversified Custom Maturity Index
TER
0.35%
Transaction costs
0.00% (issuer estimate, from the KID)
Management
Passive (index-tracking) (from the KID)
Income policy
SFDR
Article 8 — promotes environmental or social characteristics what does it mean?
Fund assets
194.4 mln EUR
Domicile
Ireland
Inception date
3 June 2021
Data as declared by LGIM in the issuer’s official files and endpoints · collected on 2 September 2026 (monthly refresh). Facts only, no recommendation.
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Description

L&G Emerging Markets Corporate Bond (USD) Screened UCITS ETF tracks the issuer-declared index: J.P. Morgan ESG CEMBI Broad Diversified Custom Maturity Index. The declared annual cost (TER) is 0.35%, plus 0.00% in transaction costs estimated by the issuer in the KID. Replication is sampled physical replication (the KID declares buying a representative sample of constituents); income is accumulated and reinvested in the fund. The fund has assets of about 194 million euro, was launched on 3 June 2021 and is domiciled in Ireland. In our registry it is the largest by assets among the 2 ETFs declaring the same index.

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

The investment objective of the Fund is to provide exposure to the US Dollar-denominated corporate bond market across emerging markets. The Fund is passively managed and aims to track the performance of the J.P. Morgan ESG CEMBI Broad Diversified Custom Maturity Index (the “Index”), before the deduction of fees and expenses. The Index is designed to provide exposure to U.S. dollar denominated emerging market corporate bonds, in accordance with its methodology.

Keep reading the KID section ▾

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective using an optimisation/representative sampling approach and invests in a representative selection of bond securities which, taken together, are expected to have risk and performance characteristics similar to those of the Index. The Fund may also invest in bond related securities and instruments that are not constituents of the Index but have similar risk and performance characteristics, and may use financial derivative instruments for efficient portfolio management or to assist in tracking the performance of the Index. The Fund promotes a range of environmental and social characteristics which are met by tracking the Index. Further information on how such characteristics are met by the Fund can be found in the Fund Supplement. This Share Class does not intend to pay dividends. Any income which may result from the Fund's investments will be re-invested into the Fund. Shares in this Share Class (the "Shares") are denominated in USD and can be bought and sold on stock exchanges by ordinary investors using an intermediary (e.g. a stockbroker). In normal circumstances, only Authorised Participants may buy and sell Shares directly with the Company. Authorised Participants may redeem their Shares on demand in accordance with the "Dealing Timetable" published on http://www.lgim.com.

The depositary of the Fund is the Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Dublin Branch. Further information about the Fund and the share class can be obtained from the Company's prospectus and the annual and semi-annual reports, which are available, in addition to the latest prices for the share class and details of any other share classes, free of charge at: www.lgim.com.

Intended Retail Investor:The Fund is designed for investors looking for a combination of growth and income from an investment in eligible liquid, US Dollar-denominated, emerging market, fixed and floating-rate corporate bonds which can form part of their existing savings portfolio. Although investors can take their money out at any time, the Fund may not be appropriate for those who plan to withdraw their money within five years. The Fund is not designed for investors who cannot afford more than a minimal loss of their investment.

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 0.35%: above the median of bond ETFs we track (0.15%).
  • Average tracking difference over the last 3 years: -0.80% p.a., against a declared TER of 0.35%.
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 versionProspectusPDF in English, from the issuer’s site — the fund’s full legal documentFactsheetPDF in Italian, 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) · USD · from Jun 2021 to Sept 2026
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Only funds we hold a history for. Three at a time, at most.
Return
+9.8%
Annualised
+1.8%
Volatility (ann.)
3.1%
Max drawdown
-19.57%
-20%-12%-3%+5%+13%Jun 2021Sept 2022Jan 2024May 2025Sept 2026The break-even line: the value at the start of the period. Above it you are in gain, below in loss.break-even (0%)+10%Jun 2021Sept 2026
Note — currency risk: the fund is denominated (or hedged) in USD and the chart is in USD. For a euro investor, returns also depend on the EUR/USD exchange rate, up or down.
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.
0%-5%-10%-15%-20%202120222023202420252026−19.57% · 24 Oct 2022
Max drawdown
-19.57%
peak → trough
Trough
24 Oct 2022
from the 14 Sept 2021 peak
Recovery time
855 days
recovery only: trough to break-even · ≈ 2 years and 4 months
Underwater
1,260 days
decline + recovery: peak to break-even · ≈ 3 years and 5 months · → recovered on 25 Feb 2025

The five worst falls in the period

From the peak ofTroughDepthBack to break-evenDays underwater
14 Sept 202124 Oct 2022-19.57%25 Feb 20251,260
02 Apr 202511 Apr 2025-2.53%30 May 202558
27 Feb 202627 Mar 2026-2.28%15 Jun 2026108
06 Jul 202624 Jul 2026-0.64%13 Aug 202638
24 Sept 202510 Oct 2025-0.47%20 Oct 202526

Calendar-year returns

2021
0.1%
2022
-11.7%
2023
7.2%
2024
5.8%
2025
8.1%
2026
1.3%

Month-by-month returns

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSeptOctNovDecYear
20260.60.6-2.01.60.30.4-0.60.5-0.11.3
20250.81.50.0-0.50.61.40.81.30.80.60.10.58.1
20240.30.50.8-1.11.40.71.51.51.1-1.10.6-0.65.8
20232.9-1.90.70.9-0.80.70.8-0.5-0.9-1.13.62.87.2
2022-1.8-3.8-1.9-2.5-0.4-3.21.4-0.2-4.3-2.15.41.5-11.7
20210.40.7-0.9-0.7-0.60.40.1
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.
Source: LGIM. 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 1 of the last 4 calendar years: a past observation, not an indication of future outperformance.
Average TD (last 3 years)
-0.80% /anno
Declared TER
0.35%
YearFundIndexDifference
2025+8.07%+8.51%-0.44%
2024+5.75%+6.86%-1.11%
2023+7.21%+8.06%-0.85%
2022-11.66%-12.13%+0.47%
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 yearLast 3 yearsLast 5 yearsFull history
Volatility (ann.)5.21%6.69%7.57%7.46%
Max drawdown-3.16%-10.61%-10.61%-10.61%
Sharpe0.350.12-0.050.08
Sortino0.490.16-0.070.11
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: 2.21%), 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 — series converted day by day at ECB reference rates; the table follows the currency selected in the chart.

Duration and maturities

Duration · modified duration
4.31years

Price sensitivity to rates: the longer, the more the fund moves. What is duration →

Maturity breakdown (% of fund)
0–5 years
68.40%
5–10 years
20.30%
10–15 years
3.50%
15–20 years
2.70%
20–25 years
3.30%
25–30 years
1.50%
30–40 years
0.20%
40+ years
0.10%

Source: factsheet LGIM, data as of 30 June 2026. Values as declared by the issuer, not computed by us; updated with the monthly document.

Credit rating

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.

Rating breakdown (% of fund)
AA
5.80%
A+
0.30%
A
24.60%
BBB
32.50%
BBB–
0.20%
BB
23.20%
B
9.60%
CCC
0.60%
CC
0.10%

Source: factsheet LGIM, data as of 30 June 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.

Portfolio holdings

Top-10 weight
4.4%

Top 10 holdings

Melco Resorts Finance 5,38% 04/12/29
0.60%
Sands China 5,40% 08/08/28
0.50%
Standard Chartered 6,30% 09/01/29
0.50%
Ecopetrol 8,88% 13/01/33
0.40%
MTR Corp 5,63% 31/12/99
0.40%
Las Vegas Sands 3,90% 08/08/29
0.40%
Greensaif Pipeline 6,13% 23/02/38
0.40%
TSMC Arizona 2,50% 25/10/31
0.40%
ReNew Wind Energy 4,50% 14/07/28
0.40%
WE Soda 9,50% 06/10/29
0.40%

Countries

AfghanistanAngolaAlbaniaUnited Arab Emirates: 9.9%ArgentinaArmeniaFrench Southern and Antarctic LandsAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBurundiBelgiumBeninBurkina FasoBangladeshBulgariaThe BahamasBosnia and HerzegovinaBelarusBelizeBoliviaBrazil: 8.6%BruneiBhutanBotswanaCentral African RepublicCanadaSwitzerlandChileChina: 9.2%Ivory CoastCameroonDemocratic Republic of the CongoRepublic of the CongoColombiaCosta RicaCubaCyprusCzech RepublicGermanyDjiboutiDenmarkDominican RepublicAlgeriaEcuadorEgyptEritreaSpainEstoniaEthiopiaFinlandFijiFalkland IslandsFranceGabonUnited Kingdom: 4.9%GeorgiaGhanaGuineaGambiaGuinea BissauEquatorial GuineaGreeceGreenlandGuatemalaFrench GuianaGuyanaHondurasCroatiaHaitiHungaryIndonesiaIndiaIrelandIranIraqIcelandIsraelItalyJamaicaJordanJapanKazakhstanKenyaKyrgyzstanCambodiaSouth Korea: 4.4%KosovoKuwaitLaosLebanonLiberiaLibyaSri LankaLesothoLithuaniaLuxembourgLatviaMoroccoMoldovaMadagascarMexico: 7.8%MacedoniaMaliMyanmarMontenegroMongoliaMozambiqueMauritaniaMalawiMalaysiaNamibiaNew CaledoniaNigerNigeriaNicaraguaNetherlandsNorwayNepalNew ZealandOmanPakistanPanamaPeruPhilippinesPapua New GuineaPolandPuerto RicoNorth KoreaPortugalParaguayQatarRomaniaRussiaRwandaWestern SaharaSaudi Arabia: 7.4%SudanSouth SudanSenegalSolomon IslandsSierra LeoneEl SalvadorSomaliaRepublic of SerbiaSurinameSlovakiaSloveniaSwedenSwazilandSyriaChadTogoThailandTajikistanTurkmenistanEast TimorTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkey: 4.4%TaiwanUnited Republic of TanzaniaUgandaUkraineUruguayUnited States of AmericaUzbekistanVenezuelaVietnamVanuatuWest BankYemenSouth AfricaZambiaZimbabwe
up to 1%1–5%5–15%15–30%over 30%
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Top 7 countries
United Arab Emirates9.9%
China9.2%
Brazil8.6%
Mexico7.8%
Saudi Arabia7.4%
Hong Kong6.2%
United Kingdom4.9%
Top 10 holdings and breakdowns as declared by LGIM in the fund factsheet, data as of 30 June 2026. 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 →

Share classes of the same fund

This page covers ISIN IE00BLCGR455 (share class USD Acc.). The other classes belong to the same fund but may differ in currency, income policy or currency hedging.
Share classISINTickerIncomeCurrency
CHF Acc. CopertaIE0007EH5UK6EMHCAccumulatingCHF
EUR Acc. CopertaIE000ZO4CUT7EMMHAccumulatingEUR
USD Acc. · this pageIE00BLCGR455EMAUAccumulatingUSD
USD Dist.IE00BLRPRF81EMUSDistributingUSD
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

FundTERIncomeFund size
EMUS · LGIM · 3 classes
0.35%Acc. · Dist.194 mln EUR
2 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.

Stock exchange listings

ExchangeTickerTrading since
Börse HannoverEMAU13 Nov 2025
Tradegate ExchangeEMAU21 Jul 2025
+ 2 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 L&G Emerging Markets Corporate Bond (USD) Screened UCITS ETF track?
The issuer LGIM declares the benchmark: J.P. Morgan ESG CEMBI Broad Diversified Custom Maturity Index.
How much does EMAU cost?
The issuer-declared TER is 0.35% per year; the transaction costs estimated in the KID are 0.00%.
What is the fund size of EMAU?
The fund size declared by LGIM is about 194 million euro.
When was EMAU launched?
The fund was launched on 3 June 2021: it has 5 years of history.
How does EMAU replicate its index?
It is a passively managed ETF: it follows the declared index. Physical (sampled) (issuer wording: “Fisica - campionamento (dal KID)”).
Does EMAU pay dividends?
No: it is an accumulating share class — income stays in the fund and is reinvested automatically (issuer wording: “Accumulating”).
Where does EMAU trade?
Per the official ESMA register it trades on 2 main exchanges, including Börse Hannover (EMAU), Tradegate Exchange (EMAU).
What was EMAU's worst fall?
Over the available history (since 2021), the maximum drawdown was -19.57%, reached in October 2022. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
What is EMAU's tracking difference?
Over the last 3 complete calendar years the fund returned on average -0.80% per year versus its index (from issuer-declared series).
Transparency note
The data in this sheet is declared by LGIM 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.