IShares FTSE/Xinhua A50 China Tracker

The iShares FTSE/Xinhua A50 China Tracker (sehk|2823) (A50 China Tracker), a sub-fund of the iShares Asia Trust, is the fund to track the performance of the FTSE/Xinhua China A50 Index quoted in RMB. It holds Chinese A Shares Access Products ("CAAPs") issued by a connected person of a Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor ("QFII") as underlying investments. The trading board lot is 100 units per board lot based on Hong Kong dollar.

Up to 31 January 2008, the top 10 holdings in the fund are as follows in descending order.

# Citic Securities: 6.16%
# China Vanke: 5.79%
# China Merchants Bank: 5.70%
# China Minsheng Bank: 4.74%
# PetroChina: 3.77%
# Datang Power: 3.71%
# China Shenhua Energy: 3.69%
# China Unicom: 3.52%
# China Construction Bank: 3.02%
# Baosteel: 2.96%

References

* [http://www.ishares.com.hk/ishareshk-cgi-bin/ftse_display.pl iShares FTSE/Xinhua A50 China Tracker]