C000120982 Fees and Costs — BlackRock LifePath Smart Beta 2025 Fund, Institutional Shares

Data updated: 2020-06-24

The net expense ratio is 0.32% (1.09% before fee waivers). There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $9K in broker commissions, 0.0357% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 77%.

C000120982 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000120982. Prospectus, as of February 29, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.00%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.87%
Gross expense ratio1.09%
Fee waiver−0.77%
Net expense ratio0.32%
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

C000120982 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000120982, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $225 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.37% 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 0.32%)$34$106$184
Trading costs (broker commissions)$4$12$21
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$6$21
Total costs$37$123$225
Value after costs$10,463$11,453$12,537
Impact on return, per year0.37%0.37%0.37%

C000120982 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): 0.0357%
  • Total broker commissions: $9K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $11.9M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 77%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $991K
  • Net income from securities lending: $7K (0.028% of average net assets)

C000120982 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC$2K24.67%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$2K20.20%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$1K16.03%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$87910.44%
Jane Street Execution Services, LLC$6327.51%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$4445.27%
UBS Securities LLC$4295.10%
VIRTU AMERICAS LLC$4235.02%
CITADEL SECURITIES LLC$2683.18%
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC$2172.58%

C000120982 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BlackRock Liquidity Funds T-Fund$9.7M81.61%
BlackRock Funds BlackRock Total Factor Fund$1.4M11.66%
Quantitative Master Series LLC Master Small Cap Index Series$797K6.72%

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.