C000157309 Fees and Costs — iShares Currency Hedged MSCI South Korea ETF

Data updated: 2020-09-08

The net expense ratio is 0.59% (1.36% before fee waivers). There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $639 in broker commissions, 0.0043% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 17%.

C000157309 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000157309. Prospectus, as of February 29, 2020.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.77%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.00%
Gross expense ratio1.36%
Fee waiver−0.77%
Net expense ratio0.59%
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

C000157309 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000157309, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $375 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.62% 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 0.59%)$62$194$338
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$2
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$10$34
Total costs$62$205$375
Value after costs$10,438$11,371$12,388
Impact on return, per year0.62%0.62%0.62%

C000157309 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): 0.0043%
  • Total broker commissions: $639
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $101.0M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 17%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $274K
  • Net income from securities lending: $3K (0.023% of average net assets)

C000157309 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
JPMorgan Chase & Co.$27142.43%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$21533.66%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$7211.34%
Jefferies LLC$355.55%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$274.20%
UBS Securities LLC$111.79%
Barclays Capital Inc.$71.03%

C000157309 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$29.9M29.60%
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.$27.6M27.31%
BlackRock Funds III - BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury$24.1M23.89%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.$8.4M8.28%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$7.2M7.16%
Jane Street Capital, LLC$2.7M2.64%
Citadel Securities LLC$1.1M1.13%

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.