C000140236 Fees and Costs — iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol Japan ETF

Data updated: 2020-10-14

The net expense ratio is 0.30%. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2020 the fund paid $3K in broker commissions, 0.0090% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 23%.

C000140236 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000140236. Prospectus, as of February 29, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.30%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.00%
Gross expense ratio0.30%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.30%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000140236 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000140236, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $196 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.32% 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 0.30%)$32$99$173
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$3$5
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$5$18
Total costs$32$107$196
Value after costs$10,468$11,469$12,567
Impact on return, per year0.32%0.32%0.32%

C000140236 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2020.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0090%
  • Total broker commissions: $3K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $13.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 23%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $22K
  • Net income from securities lending: $73 (0.000% of average net assets)

C000140236 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Instinet, LLC$47818.92%
Bofa Securities, Inc.$46718.50%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$41416.40%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$39515.63%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$1867.37%
Haitong International Securities (USA) Inc.$1686.67%
Societe Generale$1566.19%
UBS Securities LLC$1164.59%
CLSA Americas, LLC$1014.00%
Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.$431.72%

C000140236 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
UBS Securities LLC$10.8M78.21%
BlackRock Funds III - BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury$3.0M21.79%

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.