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Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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FXI vs IALT: how they differ

FXI and IALT hold 0% of their weight in the same names.

iShares China Large-Cap ETF and iShares Systematic Alternatives Active ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FXI and IALT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in FXIOnly in IALT
Alibaba Group Holding Limited 8.66%Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 17.26%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 8.25%PRIME SECSRVC BRW/FINANC 1.29%
Tencent Holdings Limited 7.72%PHINIA INC 0.94%
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA 6.02%DISH DBS CORP 0.21%
XIAOMI CORPORATION 5.41%DISH DBS CORP 0.19%
MEITUAN 4.79%DISH DBS CORP 0.10%
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of Chi 4.41%
BYD COMPANY LIMITED 4.09%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026.

FXI and IALT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FXI
iShares China Large-Cap ETF
IALT
iShares Systematic Alternatives Active ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesiShares
What it isChina Large-CapSystematic Alternatives Active
Total return, 1 year−13.8%+17.4%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+12.1%
Gap to the S&P 500−31.3 pts+5.4 pts
Expense ratio0.73%not published
Already in the S&P 5000.0%54.9%
Holdings528

FXI in plain words

FXI is an index equity fund tracking the China Large-Cap. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −13.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.73% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 52 positions, with the top ten at 56.6%. It sat 28.5% below its high of Feb 17, 2021 on Sep 11, 2026.

IALT in plain words

IALT is an index equity fund tracking the Systematic Alternatives Active. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 8 positions, with the top ten at 100.0%.

Questions people ask

How much do FXI and IALT overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of FXI and 55% of IALT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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FXI against IALT, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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