C000125532 Fees and Costs — BlackRock Total Emerging Markets Fund, Investor A

Data updated: 2020-12-28

The net expense ratio is 1.18% (1.73% before fee waivers). This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.25%. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $71K in broker commissions, 0.0527% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 21%.

C000125532 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000125532. Prospectus, as of August 31, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.75%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.65%
Gross expense ratio1.73%
Fee waiver−0.55%
Net expense ratio1.18%
Sales charges
Max front load5.25%
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

C000125532 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000125532, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,397 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.41% 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
Sales charges$525$525$525
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.18%)$117$365$632
Trading costs (broker commissions)$5$16$28
Lost growth on money paid in costs$26$102$212
Total costs$674$1,008$1,397
Value after costs$9,826$10,568$11,366
Impact on return, per year6.74%3.14%2.41%

C000125532 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2020.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0527%
  • Total broker commissions: $71K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $174.7M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 21%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000125532 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$32K46.36%
UBS Securities LLC$28K39.48%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$3K3.78%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$2K3.49%
CLSA Americas, LLC$2K2.51%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$9661.38%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$6790.97%
Instinet, LLC$5700.82%
Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.$4980.71%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$3500.50%

C000125532 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Blackrock Liquidity Funds - T- Fund$142.6M85.28%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$5.7M3.39%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$3.7M2.23%
BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC$2.9M1.74%
Pershing LLC$2.8M1.70%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$2.7M1.61%
Jefferies LLC$2.6M1.55%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$1.7M1.00%
Barclays Capital Inc.$1.3M0.78%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$1.2M0.71%

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.