Which returned more over the last year, BINC or IEMG?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and IEMG +15.3%.

Which is cheaper, BINC or IEMG?

IEMG is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. That is about $31 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do BINC and IEMG overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 0% of IEMG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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BINC vs IEMG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BINC returned +0.5% to IEMG's +15.3%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $16.8bn for iShares Flexible Income Active ETF and $150.4bn for iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF.

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At a glance

+0.5%

BINC total return, 1 year

+15.3%

IEMG total return, 1 year

0.40%

BINC expense ratio

0.09%

IEMG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IEMG costs 0.31 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.8 points; IEMG is 9.0 times larger.

BINC vs IEMG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	IEMG
Return
Measure	BINC	IEMG
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	+15.3%
Drawdown
Measure	BINC	IEMG
Below its high		10.1%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BINC	IEMG
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index (IMI)
Cost and size
Measure	BINC	IEMG
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$16.8bn	$150.4bn
Holdings
Measure	BINC	IEMG
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.6%	32.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BINC and IEMG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BINC IEMG

CHILE (REPUBLIC OF) 0.11% 0.07%

PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP RegS 0.08% 0.05%

VODAFONE GROUP PLC 0.03% 0.05%

EUROBANK SA MTN RegS 0.02% 0.09%

MILLROSE PROPERTIES INC 144A 0.02% 0.02%

MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC 144A 0.02% 0.04%

ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC. 144A 0.01% 0.09%

COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC 144A 0.03% 0.01%

NEXSTAR MEDIA INC 144A 0.03% 0.01%

OUTFRONT MEDIA CAPITAL LLC 144A 0.01% 0.03%

SLM CORP 0.01% 0.07%

SM ENERGY CO 144A 0.04% 0.01%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in BINC

BLACKROCK CASH CL INST SL AGENCY 5.80%

UMBS 30YR TBA(REG A) 4.50%

TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 4.34%

UMBS 30YR TBA(REG A) 2.91%

UMBS 30YR TBA(REG A) 2.21%

CASH COLLATERAL MORGAN STANLEY & C 1.68%

ISHARES IBOXX $ INV GRADE CORPORAT 0.99%

EUR/USD 0.83%

Only in IEMG

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 14.03%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 6.05%

SK HYNIX 4.31%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.32%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.60%

MEDIATEK 1.36%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.83%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.80%

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Side by side

BINC iShares Flexible Income Active ETF IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets

Total return, 1 year +0.5% +15.3%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +16.3% (EEM)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −1.0 pts vs EEM

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 4690 2857

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $16.8bn $150.4bn

BINC and IEMG on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

BINC

BINC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +0.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 4,690 positions, with the top ten at 24.6%.

IEMG

IEMG tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.3% with distributions reinvested, against +16.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,857 positions, with the top ten at 32.7%. It sat 10.1% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or IEMG?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and IEMG +15.3%.
Which is cheaper, BINC or IEMG?: IEMG is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. That is about $31 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BINC and IEMG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 0% of IEMG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

BINC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BINC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for BINC ↗

IEMG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IEMG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IEMG ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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