C000121711 Fees and Costs — BlackRock Total Factor Fund, Institutional Class

Data updated: 2023-10-13

The net expense ratio is 0.56%: a 0.50% management fee plus 0.52% other expenses, less a 0.47% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $161K in broker commissions, 0.0921% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 101%.

C000121711 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000121711. Prospectus, as of November 30, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.50%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.52%
Gross expense ratio1.03%
Fee waiver−0.47%
Net expense ratio0.56%
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 recoupmentNo

C000121711 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000121711, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $411 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.68% 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 0.56%)$59$184$320
Trading costs (broker commissions)$10$30$53
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$11$38
Total costs$68$225$411
Value after costs$10,432$11,351$12,352
Impact on return, per year0.68%0.68%0.68%

C000121711 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0921%
  • Total broker commissions: $161K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $730.1M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 101%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000121711 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$48K31.93%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$19K12.72%
UBS Securities LLC$17K11.10%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$15K9.89%
BofA Securities, Inc.$14K9.61%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$14K9.14%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$9K6.12%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$5K3.29%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$5K3.24%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$4K2.97%

C000121711 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$579.3M84.31%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$32.4M4.71%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$12.9M1.88%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$10.9M1.59%
FEDERATION DES CAISSES DESJARDINS DU QUEBEC$9.7M1.41%
BARRENJOEY MARKETS PTY LIMITED$9.4M1.37%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.$9.0M1.31%
UBS Securities LLC$8.7M1.26%
Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.$7.7M1.12%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$7.2M1.05%

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.