Fund Description |
IQDE pursues a strategy that, in line with its stated investment objective, provides exposure to international securities while providing dividend payments. It is intended as a core international stock market option that also helps investors try to meet their income needs. The strategy applies a proprietary scoring model approach that determines a "quality factor" and an optimization process that seeks to maximize this factor, target a beta lower than the Parent Index (Northern Trust International Large Cap IndexSM) and improve on the Parent Indexs dividend yield. |
Fund Profile |
Fund Name |
FlexShares International Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund |
Fund Exchange Ticker |
IQDE |
Fund Sponsor |
Flexshares (Northern Trust) |
Fund ISIN |
US33939L8110 |
Net Expense Ratio |
0.47 % |
Fund Inception Date |
12 April 2013 |
Fund Legal Structure |
ETF (Open end fund) |
Exchange |
NYSE Arca |
Listing Country Code |
US |
Fund Investment Objective |
ETF Type Specific |
Global or ExUS Equities - Factor & Thematic |
Asset Class |
Equities (Stocks) |
Index Linked |
Passive |
Index Name |
Northern Trust International Quality Dividend Defensive Index |
Index Provider |
Northern Trust |
Currency Hedged |
No |
Inverse / Leveraged |
Not Applicable |
Developed / Emerging |
Funds Combining Developed & Emerging Exposure |
Market Capitalization Range |
Large Cap |
Growth Value |
Core / Blend |
Continent |
Not Applicable |
Key Statistics |
Return As of Date |
26 May 2023 |
Asset Under Management |
29.91 Million (USD) |
1 Month Total Return |
-2.51 % |
Year To Date Return |
3.19 % |
1 Year Total Return |
-4.77 % |
3 Year Annualized Total Return |
4.07 % |
NAV |
19.94 |
Share Outstanding |
1,500,000 |
Top 10 Holdings (31 May 2023) |
Constituent Name |
Constituent Ticker |
Constituent Type |
Weighting |
ROCHE HOLDING AG COMMON STOCK CHF 0 |
ROG |
EQUI |
0.0373230000 |
NESTLE SA COMMON STOCK CHF 0.1 |
NESN |
EQUI |
0.0348150000 |
BHP GROUP LTD COMMON STOCK AUD 0 |
BHP |
EQUI |
0.0292770000 |
MSCI EAFE EQUITY INDEX 16/JUN/2023 MFSM3 INDEX |
MFSM3 |
FUTR |
0.0242400000 |
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA COMMON STOCK CAD 0 |
RY |
EQUI |
0.0175360000 |
LOREAL SA COMMON STOCK EUR 0.2 |
OR |
EQUI |
0.0170010000 |
GSK PLC COMMON STOCK GBP 31.25 |
GSK |
EQUI |
0.0148080000 |
RIO TINTO PLC COMMON STOCK GBP 10 |
RIO |
EQUI |
0.0140630000 |
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC |
2330 |
EQUI |
0.0134750000 |
NOVARTIS AG COMMON STOCK CHF 0.5 |
NOVN |
EQUI |
0.0129280000 |