ABOUT US

iShares is Europe’s largest ETF provider, offering more than 1,400 products worldwide.¹

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OUR MISSION

WE ARE CHAMPIONS OF INVESTOR PROGRESS FOR MILLIONS BY RELENTLESSLY PURSUING BETTER WAYS TO INVEST

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WHO WE ARE

OUR STORY: 20+ YEARS OF INDEX INVESTING & ETFs

Explore our history and meet the faces behind iShares.

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WHAT WE DO

MORE THAN JUST AN ETF PROVIDER

With a global line-up of over 1,400 ETFs and a suite of investor resources, we are committed to providing investor access to nearly every corner of the market.²

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OUR COMMITMENT

IN PURSUIT OF FINANCIAL WELL BEING

As a part of BlackRock, we’re committed to helping more and more people experience financial well-being. iShares offers investors access to BlackRock’s expertise, solutions and tools that help advance this mission of financial well-being.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

iShares is a global leader in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) with a line-up of over 1,400 funds.³ As part of BlackRock, iShares ETFs offer investors everywhere access to high quality, high value investment opportunities.

In March of 1996, our first 17 ETFs were created, originally known as World Equity Benchmark Shares (WEBS). Four years later, the WEBS funds were folded into a new line of iShares-branded ETFs. To learn more about our history, please visit our “Who We Are” page.

We manage over 1,400 ETFs globally, so whether you’re dipping your toes into ETFs or fine-tuning your portfolio, our broad range of cost-efficient ETFs is designed to help you navigate today’s evolving ETF landscape.⁴ We relentlessly pursue ways to help you build a portfolio to pursue your needs.

iShares ETFs offer diversified, low-cost, and tax-efficient access to the world’s investment markets.

Please visit our iShares product screener to discover the range of iShares ETFs and index funds you can invest in through a stock broker or direct investing platform.