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Ireland (IE)Answered from the same data and calculations used above.
The ISIN of HSBC MSCI China A UCITS ETF is IE00BF4NQ904. It trades in USD. The ISIN identifies the fund itself, so every exchange listing of this share class shares it.
HSBC MSCI China A UCITS ETF (HMCT) charges a total expense ratio of 0.30% a year, about $30 a year on a $10,000 holding. The TER is deducted continuously from fund assets rather than billed to you, so it shows up as a drag on returns and never as a separate charge.
Measured against China equity (proxy: MCHI), HMCT lagged by -1.95% a year — that is the cost you actually bore, versus a headline TER of 0.30%. It trailed by LESS than its stated fee, so securities lending or tax treatment recovered part of the cost. This realised tracking difference is the honest number to compare funds on; the TER alone is not.
Yes — HSBC MSCI China A UCITS ETF (HMCT) is a distributing share class, so it pays income out to holders rather than reinvesting it. Its trailing yield is about 1.81%. You receive cash and are typically taxed in the year of the distribution.
HSBC MSCI China A UCITS ETF (HMCT) is domiciled in Ireland (IE). A Ireland-domiciled UCITS fund receives US dividends at a 15% treaty withholding rate inside the fund, versus the 30% statutory rate on dividends paid directly to a non-resident (generally 25% for an Indian resident under the India-US treaty with a valid W-8BEN). The fund-level 15% is deducted before NAV and is not reclaimable by you. Its shares also sit outside US estate tax, which applies to US-situs assets above $60,000 for non-resident aliens.
HSBC MSCI China A UCITS ETF (HMCT) tracks the MSCI China A Inclusion, holding 0 positions. Any fund tracking the same index gives you materially the same exposure, so cost, size and share class are usually what separate the alternatives, not the strategy.
HSBC MSCI China A UCITS ETF (HMCT) holds $114m in assets. Size matters mainly for liquidity and durability: larger funds tend to quote tighter spreads and are far less likely to be closed or merged away.
Over the measured window HMCT showed annualised volatility of about 22.5% and a worst peak-to-trough fall of 44.1%. Volatility describes the size of a typical swing; the drawdown is what actually happened at the worst moment, and it is the number worth checking you could have held through.
HMCT returned -3.0% in total over the trailing five years, measured in USD. Past performance describes what the index did, not what it will do, and for an index tracker it is mostly a statement about the market rather than about the manager.
HSBC MSCI China A UCITS ETF (HMCT) launched on 2018-07-27, giving it about 8 years of history. Note that a price series for one exchange listing can start later than the fund itself if the listing was added afterwards.
