C000121569 Fees and Costs — BlackRock Global Equity Market Neutral Fund, Investor C
Data updated: 2026-08-24
The net expense ratio is 2.31%: a 1.15% management fee, a 1.00% 12b-1 fee plus 0.16% other expenses. This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2026 the fund paid $3.2M in broker commissions, 0.0417% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 113%.
C000121569 Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000121569. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2026.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 1.15% |
| 12b-1 fee | 1.00% |
| Other expenses | 0.16% |
| Gross expense ratio | 2.31% |
| Fee waiver | — |
| Net expense ratio | 2.31% |
| Sales charges | |
|---|---|
| Max front load | 0.00% |
| Max deferred load | 1.00% |
| Redemption fee | — |
| Expense limitation in place (N-CEN) | Yes |
| Fees waived or reduced during the year | Yes |
| Waived fees subject to recoupment | No |
C000121569 Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in C000121569, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,432 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.47% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).
| $10,000 invested | Sell after 1 year | Sell after 3 years | Sell after 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value before costs | $10,500 | $11,576 | $12,763 |
| Sales charges | $103 | $0 | $0 |
| Fund expenses (net expense ratio 2.31%) | $243 | $746 | $1,276 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $4 | $13 | $23 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $38 | $133 |
| Total costs | $349 | $798 | $1,432 |
| Value after costs | $10,151 | $10,779 | $11,331 |
| Impact on return, per year | 3.49% | 2.47% | 2.47% |
C000121569 Trading Costs
Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2026.
- Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0417%
- Total broker commissions: $3.2M
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $57.5B
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 113%
- Securities lending: none during the year
C000121569 Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $986K | 31.66% |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $859K | 27.59% |
| UBS Securities LLC | $496K | 15.94% |
| CLSA Americas, LLC | $269K | 8.62% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $152K | 4.87% |
| CICC US Securities, Inc. | $150K | 4.83% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $136K | 4.38% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $41K | 1.32% |
| BNY Capital Markets, LLC | $13K | 0.40% |
| Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc. | $12K | 0.39% |
C000121569 Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $30.6B | 54.10% |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $11.3B | 19.95% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $4.5B | 7.98% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $3.8B | 6.69% |
| Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. | $2.4B | 4.15% |
| BlackRock Liquidity Funds - T-Fund | $1.7B | 2.93% |
| Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | $763.1M | 1.35% |
| Nomura Securities International, Inc. | $629.8M | 1.11% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $510.6M | 0.90% |
| BMO Capital Markets Corp. | $476.8M | 0.84% |
BlackRock Global Equity Market Neutral Fund Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| C000166017 | Class K | 1.25% | — |
| C000121567 | Institutional Class | 1.34% | none |
| C000121568 | Investor A | 1.59% | 5.25% |
| C000121569 | Investor C | 2.31% | none |
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.