C000166354 Fees and Costs — BlackRock Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Fund, Investor C

Data updated: 2023-05-04

The net expense ratio is 2.32% (4.39% before fee waivers). This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $50K in broker commissions, 0.2262% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 254%.

C000166354 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000166354. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.00%
12b-1 fee1.00%
Other expenses2.37%
Gross expense ratio4.39%
Fee waiver−2.07%
Net expense ratio2.32%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

C000166354 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000166354, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,544 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.67% 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$102$0$0
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 2.32%)$244$748$1,276
Trading costs (broker commissions)$24$73$124
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$41$144
Total costs$370$862$1,544
Value after costs$10,130$10,714$11,219
Impact on return, per year3.70%2.67%2.67%

C000166354 Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.2262%
  • Total broker commissions: $50K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $72.3M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 254%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000166354 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$8K20.95%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$7K17.01%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$5K13.68%
UBS Securities LLC$4K10.91%
BofA Securities, Inc.$4K10.43%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$4K9.16%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$3K8.05%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$2K5.13%
CLSA Americas, LLC$2K4.68%

C000166354 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Blackrock Liquidity Funds - T- Fund$69.7M96.46%
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC$1.1M1.56%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$804K1.11%
BofA Securities, Inc.$621K0.86%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$11K0.01%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$320.00%
Pershing LLC$10.00%

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.