Fundology

ETF · HSBC

HCAA HSBC MSCI China A UCITS ETF AccumUSD

ISIN IE000Z4OYPZ6London Stock Exchange: HCAAHSBC Holdings Plc

Latest close

LSE

$11.13

on

Ongoing charge
0.30% a year
Fund size
£2.9m

As of , at least 15 min delayed

At a glance

As of 13/11/2026, HCAA (HSBC MSCI China A UCITS ETF AccumUSD, ISIN IE000Z4OYPZ6) closed at $11.13 on the London Stock Exchange. Its ongoing charge is 0.30% a year (about £30 on £10,000). Over the three years to 13/11/2026 its total return was +7.1%, or −3.3% after UK CPIH inflation.

Past returns

Total return: the change in the fund’s value with any income reinvested, after its ongoing charges. Periods to .
1 year to 13/11/2026
−7.1%
−10.4% after inflation
3 years to 13/11/2026
+7.1%
−3.3% after inflation

Returns: as reported (delayed data). Inflation: UK CPIH, latest month published.

How we work it out:ReturnsReturns after inflationTotal returnReal returnCPIH

Calendar-year and 12-month returns

Calendar-year returns of HSBC MSCI China A UCITS ETF AccumUSD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2023 −18.6%, 2024 +9.8%, 2025 +22.5%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 −9.9%. Returns of HSBC MSCI China A UCITS ETF AccumUSD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) over the 12 months to 30/09/2026: +1.6%; to 30/09/2025: +23.1%; to 30/09/2024: −2.4%; to 30/09/2023: −15.0%.

Calendar-year returns of HCAA, in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund), to 13/11/2026
YearReturnAfter inflationReturn shown as a bar
to −9.9%−12.7%
to +22.5%+18.3%
to +9.8%+6.0%
−18.6%−21.9%
Returns of HCAA over 12-month periods to 30/09/2026, in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund)
12 months toReturnAfter inflation
from +1.6%−2.0%
from +23.1%+18.3%
from −2.4%−4.9%
from −15.0%−20.1%

As of , inflation: UK CPIH

How we work it out:Calendar-year returnsWhat a calendar-year return isAccumulating and distributing

Risk: volatility and largest fall

How far the price has swung and fallen. The same record as the returns, in pounds.

Volatility (annualised)

22.8%over 3 years

Volatility, annualised from weekly returns, by period
1 year15.6%
3 years22.8%

Annualised from weekly returns. Higher means bumpier.

Largest fall since July 2022
−35.5%
From to
Lowest 12-month return
−31.8%
12 months to
Highest 12-month return
+41.0%
12 months to
Below its highest weekly close since July 2022
18.6%
High of , latest

In words: Volatility of HSBC MSCI China A UCITS ETF AccumUSD in pounds, annualised from weekly returns to 13/11/2026: 15.6% over 1 year, 22.8% over 3 years. Largest fall in the price of HSBC MSCI China A UCITS ETF AccumUSD since July 2022, in pounds: −35.5% from 15/07/2022 to 02/02/2024. The lowest 12-month return of HSBC MSCI China A UCITS ETF AccumUSD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) since July 2022 was −31.8% (12 months to 02/02/2024); the highest was +41.0% (12 months to 19/06/2026). On 13/11/2026 the price of HSBC MSCI China A UCITS ETF AccumUSD was 18.6% below its highest weekly close since July 2022 (19/06/2026), in pounds.

As of , price, with income reinvested in the fund

How we work it out:Risk figuresFallsVolatilityLargest fall

Charges compared with similar funds

The ongoing charge is taken from the fund’s value every day, so the returns on this page are already after it. Platform and dealing fees are charged separately.
Ongoing charge
0.30%
a year
On £10,000
£30
a year, roughly
Over five years
£149
of £10,000, before growth
Among 152 emerging-market share funds, share classes counted once
  • 61 charge less
  • 5 the same
  • 85 charge more

Ongoing charge of HSBC MSCI China A UCITS ETF AccumUSD 0.30% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 85 of the 151 other emerging-market share funds charge more, 5 the same and 61 less (share classes counted once).

As of

A lower charge is not a promise of a higher return: what the fund holds matters more.

Read more:Ongoing charge (OCF)OCF and TERFee dragHow charges add up

In plain English

HSBC MSCI China A UCITS ETF AccumUSD is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from HSBC, launched in 2022.

It tracks the MSCI China A Inclusion Index.

You buy and sell it through a share-dealing account or platform during stock-market hours, like a share.

Its ongoing charge is 0.3% a year — about £30 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund's value rather than billed to you.

Income from its investments is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.

Emerging markets: Companies in faster-growing but less mature economies such as China, India, Taiwan and Brazil. Prices tend to move more.

Terms:ETFIndex fundUCITSAccumulating or incomeShare classISIN

Key facts

Ticker
HCAA
ISIN
IE000Z4OYPZ6
Provider
HSBC
Structure
ETF
An exchange-traded fund: bought and sold on the stock exchange through the day, like a share.
Income
Accumulating
Income is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.
Ongoing charge
0.30% a year · about £30 on £10,000
Fund size
£2.9m
Launched
Domicile
Ireland
UK reporting fund status
Yes — on HMRC’s list of reporting funds (list of )
Reporting fund since . What reporting fund status means
Can usually be held in
ISA and SIPP
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Currency hedged
No
Price currency
USD

Price chart

Closing price
$11.13−8.6% over 1 year · closing price
HCAA closing price: $12.18 on 14/11/2025, $11.13 on 13/11/2026 (−8.6%); low $11.08, high $13.68.

Over the last year, the closing price went from $12.18 on 14/11/2025 to $11.13 on 13/11/2026 (−8.6%). The lowest close shown was $11.08 on 30/10/2026 and the highest $13.68 on 19/06/2026.

One close a week. Before 04/08/2026 the closes are from the weekly price history for this listing; from then on, the closing prices we have recorded.

As of , at least 15 min delayed

Five years of prices, and after inflation

220 weekly closes, from 15/07/2022 to 13/11/2026. The same history in November 2026 pounds, adjusted with CPIH inflation.

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How we work it out:Prices and returnsNAV and price

What it holds

The ten largest holdings make up 20.4% of the fund, as of .
Holdings
396
on record
Ten largest
20.4%
of the whole fund
Effective number of holdings
123
As concentrated as this many equal-sized holdings (how it is worked out)
Largest holding
5.0%
Kweichow Moutai · Class A

Top 10 holdings

Top holdings of HCAA: the ten largest, as a percentage of the whole fund, as of 02/06/2025
Rank#HoldingWeight as a percentage of the fund
1Kweichow Moutai · Class A600519China5.03%
2Contemporary Amperex Technology · Class A300750China2.89%
3China Merchants Bank · Class A600036China2.36%
4China Yangtze Power · Class A600900China1.94%
5Byd · Class A002594China1.68%
6Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China · Class A601318China1.51%
7Wuliangye Yibin · Class A000858China1.29%
8Agricultural Bank of China · Class A601288China1.24%
9Industrial Bank · Class A601166China1.24%
10Industrial and Commercial Bank of China · Class A601398China1.17%

As of , holdings as published

Where it invests

The portfolio by sector, country and type of asset, as a share of the whole fund. Bonds, cash and positions without a classification are shown as they come, not guessed.

By country

  1. China98.7%
  2. Singapore0.6%
  3. Not classified0.7%
Added up from the fund’s published holdings, as of 02/06/2025.

See the full portfolio

Every holding with search and filters, the whole breakdown by sector, country and type of asset, a map of the 100 largest.

All 396 holdings of HCAA

More of the portfolio

The fund publishes 396 holdings; the ten largest make up 20.4% of it. The fund's portfolio is also split by currency.

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Sector split

As a share of the whole fund. 99.2% of it is classified by sector; bonds, cash and positions that cannot be matched are left out rather than guessed.

  1. Finance23.6%
  2. Producer Manufacturing14.2%
  3. Electronic Technology10.8%
  4. Consumer Non-Durables10.3%
  5. Health Technology5.9%
  6. Process Industries5.3%
  7. Utilities4.9%
  8. Non-Energy Minerals4.5%
  9. Other classified sectors19.8%
Sector classification over the fund’s published holdings, as of 02/06/2025.

Holdings:Compare what it holds with another fundHoldings overlapHow overlap is measured

Funds tracking the same index

5 funds track MSCI China A Inclusion Index, this one included and share classes counted once; their ongoing charges range from 0.30% to 0.46% a year (13/11/2026).

5 funds that track the MSCI China A Inclusion Index, listed by name. Returns are as reported to 13/11/2026, in pounds, with income reinvested unless marked “price”.
FundCharge1 year3 years5 years
HSBC MSCI China A UCITS ETF AccumHedged USDAccumulating · Currency hedged · 0.40% a year0.40%−11.2%Not reportedNot reported
HSBC MSCI China A UCITS ETF AccumUSDThis fundAccumulating · 0.30% a year0.30%−7.1%+7.1%Not reported
HSBC MSCI China A UCITS ETF USDDistributing · 0.30% a year0.30%−7.6%+17.4%−14.4%
iShares MSCI China A UCITS ETFAccumulating · 0.40% a year0.40%−7.7%+17.2%−15.2%
Xtrackers MSCI China A UCITS ETF Capitalisation -1C-Accumulating · 0.46% a year0.46%−7.7%+28.9%−4.9%

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MSCI China A Inclusion funds compared: charges, sizes and share classes

Read more:Index fundsTracking differenceHow funds are compared

Other versions of this fund

HSBC’s other share classes and funds on the MSCI China A Inclusion Index. They can differ in how income is paid, currency hedging and charge.

Risk and return in depth

Ratios that weigh return against its ups and downs, every rolling period rather than a few fixed ones, and each large fall with how long it took to recover.
  • Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios

    Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios over 1 and 3 years, from weekly returns in pounds.

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  • Rolling returns

    The full range of 168 rolling 12-month returns since July 2022, in pounds, with how often they were above zero.

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  • Largest falls and recoveries

    The 3 largest falls since July 2022, in pounds, with how many weeks each took to reach its low and to recover.

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  • Rank among similar funds

    Rank by total return over 1 and 3 years among up to 142 emerging-market share funds, not currency-hedged, highest first.

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  • Moves compared with a similar fund

    Correlation and beta of weekly returns in pounds against iShares Core MSCI EM IMI UCITS ETF, over the three years to 13/11/2026 (148 weeks).

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Questions people ask

What is the ongoing charge of HCAA?

The ongoing charge of HCAA is 0.30% a year — about £30 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund’s value rather than billed to you. Platform and dealing fees are charged separately. Ongoing charge of HSBC MSCI China A UCITS ETF AccumUSD 0.30% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 85 of the 151 other emerging-market share funds charge more, 5 the same and 61 less (share classes counted once).

What does HCAA track?

HCAA tracks the MSCI China A Inclusion Index.

Is HCAA accumulating or distributing?

HCAA is accumulating: income is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.

What is the ISIN of HCAA?

The ISIN of HCAA is IE000Z4OYPZ6. An ISIN identifies one exact share class of a fund; HCAA is its ticker on the London Stock Exchange.

What does HCAA hold?

The latest published holdings of HCAA are dated 02/06/2025, more than three months older than the manager’s other lists. The fund’s portfolio today may differ. Its ten largest holdings are Kweichow Moutai · Class A (5.03%), Contemporary Amperex Technology · Class A (2.89%), China Merchants Bank · Class A (2.36%), China Yangtze Power · Class A (1.94%), Byd · Class A (1.68%), Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China · Class A (1.51%), Wuliangye Yibin · Class A (1.29%), Agricultural Bank of China · Class A (1.24%), Industrial Bank · Class A (1.24%) and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China · Class A (1.17%).

What were HCAA’s returns in each of the last five years?

Calendar-year returns of HCAA in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2023 −18.6%, 2024 +9.8%, 2025 +22.5%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 −9.9%. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

How has HCAA done after inflation?

Over the three years to 13/11/2026 HCAA’s total return was +7.1%, or −3.3% after UK CPIH inflation. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

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