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The iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF is an exchange-traded fund incorporated in the USA. The ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Pacific region developed market large, mid and small capitalization equities.

FUND BASICS
Category	International Equities
Fund Sponsor	BlackRock Fund Advisors
Website	www.ishares.com
Inception date	Jun 12, 2014
Assets (mns)	$1,099
Currency	USD
Expense ratio	9 bp
Distributions	Semi-Annually

FUND STRUCTURE
Regulation	Open-End Investment Company
Custodian	Bank of New York Mellon
Weighting	Market Cap
Index replication	Optimized
Uses derivatives	No
Options available	No

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents	799
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns)	$32,528
Large cap (>$10bn)	65.6%
Mid cap ($2-10bn)	26.2%
Small cap (<$2bn)	8.1%
Developed mkts	99.6%
Emerging mkts	0.4%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
Total	13.5 %
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP	2.6 %
AIA GROUP LTD	1.9 %
COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRAL	1.4 %
CSL LIMITED	1.3 %
SONY CORP	1.3 %
BHP BILLITON LTD	1.2 %
SOFTBANK GROUP CORP.	1.0 %
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GRO	1.0 %
TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD	1.0 %
KEYENCE CORP	1.0 %

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
	JAPAN	66.4 %
	AUSTRALIA	17.9 %
	HONG KONG	7.8 %
	SINGAPORE	3.2 %
	NEW ZEALAND	0.9 %
	MACAU	0.3 %
	BERMUDA	0.2 %
	CHINA	0.2 %
	IRELAND	0.2 %

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE info

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Standardized Annual Returns (thru November 30)
Year-to-date	1 year	5 years	10 years	Since Incep.
17.6%	10.1%	6.5%	--	5.5%

Market Correlations
versus...	Beta	R-squared
S&P500	0.77	75%
MSCI EAFE	0.88	81%
MSCI Emg. Mkts.	0.69	81%

Technical Indicators
Recent close	$58.77
30d moving avg.	$58.63
Annualized volatility	10.7%
Short interest (ETF)	0.2%
Relative strength (RSI)	60

Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.)	51
Turnover	0.3%
Bid/Ask (% of price)	0.16%
ADV underlying (mns)	$22,125

Distributions

FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

Below is a list of 20 potential alternatives to the iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF based on the alternatives' overlap in portfolio holdings with IPAC. Consider funds with lower expense ratios and/or higher ALTAR Score™ ratings as possible alternatives.

Benchmark ticker:

IPAC

Expense:

9 bp

ALTAR Score™:

7.4%

ALTERNATIVE ETFs BASED ON OVERLAP WITH IPAC
Ticker	Fund Name	Overlap¹ vs IPAC (%)	Expense ratio (bp)	Savings vs IPAC (bp)	ALTAR Score™ (%)	ALTAR vs IPAC (%)
VPL	Vanguard Pacific ETF	75.0	9	0	7.7	+0.3
HFXJ	IQ 50 Percent Hedged FTSE Japan	60.3	30	-21	7.7	+0.3
FLJH	Franklin FTSE Japan Hedged	60.3	9	0	8.0	+0.6
FLJP	Franklin FTSE Japan	60.2	9	0	7.9	+0.5
BBJP	JPMorgan BetaBuilders Japan	59.3	19	-10	7.8	+0.4
EWJ	iShares MSCI Japan	58.0	47	-38	7.6	+0.2
DBJP	Xtrackers MSCI Japan Hedged	57.9	45	-36	7.6	+0.2
QJPN	SPDR MSCI Japan Quality Mix	57.8	14	-5	7.9	+0.5
GSJY	Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Japan Equity	54.8	25	-16	7.6	+0.2
JPN	Xtrackers Japan JPX-Nikkei 400 Equity	54.8	9	0	7.9	+0.5
JPXN	iShares JPX-Nikkei 400	54.7	48	-39	7.5	+0.1
RFAP	First Trust Riverfront Dynamic Asia Pacific	47.7	83	-74	7.2	-0.2
EWJE	iShares MSCI Japan Equal Weighted	42.5	15	-6	7.2	-0.2
DXJ	WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity	39.2	48	-39	8.6	+1.2
EFAX	SPDR MSCI EAFE Fossil Fuel Free	36.9	20	-11	7.0	-0.4
EASG	Xtrackers MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Equity	36.5	14	-5	6.6	-0.8
EFV	iShares MSCI EAFE Value	35.9	38	-29	9.0	+1.6
EFA	iShares MSCI EAFE	35.3	31	-22	6.9	-0.5
HFXI	IQ 50 Percent Hedged FTSE Int'l	35.1	20	-11	7.3	-0.1
EFG	iShares MSCI EAFE Growth	34.5	40	-31	5.0	-2.4

¹Overlap is the percentage of holdings by weight that are identical. For example, if Fund A has a 2% position in Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and Fund B has a 5% position, their overlapping position in AAPL is 2%.

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RESULTS & ESTIMATES

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019E	2020E
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Earnings per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Dividends per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Book value per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**

Sales per share growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%
EPS growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%

Sales per share growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%
EPS growth		**%	**%	**%	**%	**%	**%

OTHER FUNDAMENTAL METRICS

Long term EPS growth est.	**%		Debt-to-equity	**x
Asset turnover	**%		Assets-to-equity	**x

Return on equity

Revision activity*

*Six months ago = 100

Net margins

Compound annual growth rates

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VALUATION METRICS

	2018	2019E	2020E
Price-to-sales	**	**	**
Price-to-earnings	**	**	**
Price-to-cash flow	**	**	**
Price-to-growth	**	**	**
Price-to-book value	**	**	**
Yield	**	**	**

Historical valuation trends

Forward multiple:	iShares Core MSCI Pacific
Relative to:	S&P500	MSCI EAFE	MSCI Emg. Mkts.	Other ETF:

NEUTRAL

Average appreciation potential. A rating of NEUTRAL is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the middle quintile (ranking between 40%-60%) of their category. This indicates that valuations adequately reflect the fundamentals of stocks in these funds.

ALTAR Score™

Calculation of ALTAR Score™
Avg. Return on Equity	9.6	%
Divided by: Fwd. P/BV	1.3	x
Less: Expense ratio	9	bp
Equals: ALTAR Score	7.4	%

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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY info

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS

COMPOSITE RATING	1.63	CATEGORY AVERAGE	1.63

The composite rating is a weighted average of analysts' consensus recommendations for individual ETF constituents, based on the following scale: BUY = 1; OVERWEIGHT = 1.5, HOLD = 2; UNDERWEIGHT = 2.5; and SELL = 3. Readers are cautioned that because analyst ratings tend to be inflated, the composite score may be more useful as a relative measure of sentiment between funds rather than as a stand-alone recommendation.