C000030750 Fees and Costs — BlackRock High Yield Portfolio, Class A

Data updated: 2026-08-27

The net expense ratio is 0.63%: a 0.60% management fee plus 0.05% other expenses, less a 0.02% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $11K in broker commissions, 0.0011% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 54%.

C000030750 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000030750. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.60%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.05%
Gross expense ratio0.65%
Fee waiver−0.02%
Net expense ratio0.63%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000030750 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000030750, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $398 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.66% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.63%)$66$207$361
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$0$1
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$10$36
Total costs$66$218$398
Value after costs$10,434$11,358$12,365
Impact on return, per year0.66%0.66%0.66%

C000030750 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0011%
  • Total broker commissions: $11K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.0B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 54%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $127.0M
  • Net income from securities lending: $378K (0.037% of average net assets)

C000030750 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$9K82.60%
UBS Securities LLC$2K17.01%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$260.25%
Jefferies LLC$160.15%
BofA Securities, Inc.$00.00%

C000030750 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$168.8M18.69%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$150.5M16.66%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$142.1M15.73%
BofA Securities, Inc.$137.9M15.26%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$75.6M8.36%
Barclays Capital Inc.$65.4M7.24%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$47.7M5.28%
Jefferies LLC$38.8M4.29%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$38.4M4.25%
UBS Securities LLC$38.4M4.25%

BlackRock High Yield Portfolio Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000030750Class A0.63%—
C000030751Class B0.88%—

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.