C000099357 Fees and Costs — iShares International Preferred Stock ETF

Data updated: 2021-08-26

The net expense ratio is 0.55%. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2021 the fund paid $21K in broker commissions, 0.0537% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 68%.

C000099357 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000099357. Prospectus, as of July 31, 2021.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.55%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.00%
Gross expense ratio0.55%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.55%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000099357 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000099357, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $381 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.63% 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 0.55%)$58$181$315
Trading costs (broker commissions)$6$18$31
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$10$35
Total costs$63$208$381
Value after costs$10,437$11,368$12,382
Impact on return, per year0.63%0.63%0.63%

C000099357 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0537%
  • Total broker commissions: $21K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $52.9M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 68%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $33K
  • Net income from securities lending: $81 (0.000% of average net assets)

C000099357 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.$12K57.97%
Winterflood Securities US Corporation$3K16.39%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$3K12.46%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$1K5.81%
TD Securities (USA) LLC$1K5.04%
Carnegie, Inc.$2501.18%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$1030.49%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$510.24%
SG Americas Securities, LLC$460.22%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$410.19%

C000099357 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Virtu Americas LLC$34.4M65.07%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$6.9M13.02%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$5.7M10.83%
BlackRock Funds III - BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury$3.7M7.04%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$1.3M2.43%
BofA Securities, Inc.$619K1.17%
CGS-CIMB Securities (USA), Inc.$233K0.44%

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.