C000050760 Fees and Costs — BlackRock LifePath Smart Beta Retirement Fund, K Shares

Data updated: 2020-06-24

The net expense ratio is 0.22% (2.20% before fee waivers). There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $4K in broker commissions, 0.0371% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 82%.

C000050760 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000050760. Prospectus, as of February 29, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.00%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses1.98%
Gross expense ratio2.20%
Fee waiver−1.98%
Net expense ratio0.22%
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 recoupmentYes

C000050760 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000050760, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $163 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.27% 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 0.22%)$23$73$127
Trading costs (broker commissions)$4$12$21
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$4$15
Total costs$27$89$163
Value after costs$10,473$11,487$12,600
Impact on return, per year0.27%0.27%0.27%

C000050760 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2019.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0371%
  • Total broker commissions: $4K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $5.7M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 82%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $480K
  • Net income from securities lending: $3K (0.029% of average net assets)

C000050760 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC$2K41.98%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$43611.87%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$41611.33%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$38910.59%
VIRTU AMERICAS LLC$2988.11%
UBS Securities LLC$1905.17%
Jane Street Execution Services, LLC$1694.60%
CITADEL SECURITIES LLC$852.31%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$842.29%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$641.74%

C000050760 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BlackRock Liquidity Funds T-Fund$4.5M78.27%
BlackRock Funds BlackRock Total Factor Fund$938K16.35%
Quantitative Master Series LLC Master Small Cap Index Series$309K5.38%

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.