C000120981 Fees and Costs — BlackRock LifePath Smart Beta 2020 Fund, Institutional Class

Data updated: 2020-01-10

The net expense ratio is 0.33% (1.16% before fee waivers). There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $7K in broker commissions, 0.0378% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 102%.

C000120981 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000120981. Prospectus, as of February 28, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.00%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.93%
Gross expense ratio1.16%
Fee waiver−0.83%
Net expense ratio0.33%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

C000120981 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000120981, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $233 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.39% 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 0.33%)$35$109$190
Trading costs (broker commissions)$4$12$22
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$6$21
Total costs$39$127$233
Value after costs$10,461$11,449$12,530
Impact on return, per year0.39%0.39%0.39%

C000120981 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): 0.0378%
  • Total broker commissions: $7K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $10.9M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 102%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $920K
  • Net income from securities lending: $5K (0.029% of average net assets)

C000120981 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC$2K35.46%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$1K14.60%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$87512.73%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$79011.49%
VIRTU AMERICAS LLC$5227.59%
UBS Securities LLC$4196.09%
Jane Street Execution Services, LLC$3465.03%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$1772.57%
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC$1592.31%
CITADEL SECURITIES LLC$1452.11%

C000120981 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BlackRock Liquidity Funds T-Fund$8.3M76.60%
BlackRock Funds BlackRock Total Factor Fund$1.8M16.99%
Quantitative Master Series LLC Master Small Cap Index Series$697K6.41%

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.