C000157304 Fees and Costs — iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Australia ETF

Data updated: 2020-09-08

The net expense ratio is 0.53% (1.12% before fee waivers). There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $132 in broker commissions, 0.0107% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 11%.

C000157304 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000157304. Prospectus, as of February 29, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.62%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.00%
Gross expense ratio1.12%
Fee waiver−0.59%
Net expense ratio0.53%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000157304 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000157304, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $341 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.57% 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 0.53%)$56$174$304
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$4$6
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$9$31
Total costs$57$187$341
Value after costs$10,443$11,389$12,421
Impact on return, per year0.57%0.57%0.57%

C000157304 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2019.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0107%
  • Total broker commissions: $132
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $238K
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 11%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $2.4B
  • Net income from securities lending: $1K (0.085% of average net assets)

C000157304 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$5743.50%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.$3426.11%
Jefferies LLC$1511.31%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$107.23%
UBS Securities LLC$97.10%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$53.59%
Virtu Itg LLC$10.81%
Barclays Capital Inc.$00.19%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$00.15%

C000157304 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BlackRock Funds III - BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury$238K100.00%

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.